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     The school bus is coming. A 16-year-old high school student,Rain Price,gets on the bus and says goodbye to his father,Dale Price. Dale Price is standing at the door of his house and is dressed like Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean.

     Are you surprised at this? If you are a classmate of Rain,you won’t be surprised You must have seen Dale Price in different strange clothes every day in the past school year.

     Dale Price is disabled and only has one leg. He lives in America with his family. To show his love to his son,he has spent a whole school year waving at his son's school bus every day while dressed in different strange clothes. He has ever been dressed like Santa,a king and a football player.

     “I just want to show my love to my soa And I want him to have a wonderful experience ,” Dale Price said 

      However,Rain couldn’t understand him and was very nonplussed in the first few days.

     “Terrible ,” Rain said when he was remembering his Hrst feelings about this thing. After a few days,he even said to his mother ,“Mom,please do not let Dad wave at the bus tomorrow. ”

years old now.

2. Rain's classmates must have seen Dale Price every day in the past school year.

3. Dale Price is a man and only has one leg.

4. Dale Price wanted to show his love to his soa And he wanted Rain to have .

5. Rain couldn’t understand his father and his first feelings were .


D 閱讀提示：Dale Price為了表達(dá)自己對兒子Rain的愛，經(jīng)常穿奇裝異服，打扮成《加勒比海盜》中的船長杰克、圣誕老人、國王、足球運(yùn)動員等在校車上揮舞，以便使Rain有一個美妙的經(jīng)歷。

1. 16/sixteen 根據(jù)短文第一段第二句話“A 16-yearold high school student,Rain Price,gets on the bus and says goodbye to his fa-ther,Dale Price. ”可知，Rain Price 現(xiàn)在16歲了。

2. in different strange clothes 根據(jù)短文第二段第三句話“You must have seen Dale Price in different strange clothes every day in the past school year. ”可知Rain的同學(xué)們一定看見Dale Price在過去的學(xué)年里每天穿著不同的奇怪的衣服。

3. disabled 根據(jù)短文第三段第一句話“Dale Price is disabled and only has one leg. ”可知，Dale Price是一個殘疾人，只有一條腿。

4. a wonderful experience 根據(jù)短文第四段第二句話“And I want him to have a wonderful experience”可知，Dale Price 想讓 Rain 有一個奇妙的經(jīng)歷。

5. terrible根據(jù)短文第六段中的信息“Terrible”可知答案。

題目來源：2016年啟東中學(xué)作業(yè)本英語閱讀理解與完形填空5 > Week 9 Mysteries 趣聞軼事

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