2021-2022学年安徽省合肥市重点高中高二下学期开学测试英语试卷含答案

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第一节 (共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选择项中选择出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What will the man d tnight?
A. G t the cinema.B. Lk after the baby.C. G shpping
2.What des the man imply?
A. He left halfway in the test.
B. He has finished all the blanks.
C. He must fail the test.
3.What time is it nw?
A. Abut 5:20 p.m.B. Abut 5:40 p.m.C. Abut 6:00 p.m.
4.What is the man ding?
A. Shwing the wman hw t use a camera.
B. Reading the instructins f a camera.
C. Taking pictures f the wman.
5.Hw will the speakers g t the Sprts Cmplex?
A. By taxi.B. By bus.C. By subway.
第二节 (共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前， 你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6.Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a cmpany.B. At hme.C. In a hspital.
7.What des the man ask the wman t d?
A. Check if he has gt a temperature.B. Give his secretary a call.
C. Arrange a meeting fr him.
请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题
8.What is the wman’s prblem?
A .She desn’t have her passprt n her.
She desn’t knw what t d with her passprt.
She lst her presents fr her family.
9.Whm des the wman want t buy wine fr?
A. Her husband.B. Her sn.C. Her grandchildren.
10.Why des the man suggest the wman buy nly ne bttle f wine?
A. Mre wine is frbidden at the custms（海关）.
B. There is a limit t the number f bttles n the plane.
C. She needs t pay tax fr mre wine.
请听第 8 段材料，回答第 11至 13 题。
11.What impressed the speakers?
A. The candidate’s answers.B. The candidate’s cnfidence.
C. The candidate’s resume（简历）.
12.Hw did the candidate greet the speakers?
A. By shaking hands with them.B. By ndding at them.
C. By intrducing herself.
13.What is the wman mst dissatisfied with?
A. The candidate’s psture.
B. The candidate’s lacking sense f persnal space.
C. The candidate’s way f greeting.
请听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14.Why des the wman call the man?
A. T seek help frm him.
B. T share her lve experience with him.
C. T give sme advice n a lve prblem.
15.Where is the wman frm?
A. Canada.B. India.C. China.
16.When did the wman have her first child after she gt married?
A. 5 years later.B. 4 years later.C. 3 years later.
17.What is the wman’s parents’ attitude twards her husband nw?
A. They are still angry with him.
B. They feel uneasy when they with him.
C. They accepted him cmpletely.
请听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18.Where did speaker wrk when she was a student?
A. In a clthing stre.B. In a gift shp.C. In a ty stre.
19.What was the speaker curius abut?
A. Why the cuple shp n the Christmas Eve.
B. What hliday presents the cuple bught fr their sns.
C. Why the cuple shpped in the same clthing stre.
20.Why des the speaker suggest ding Christmas shpping at Albany?
A. Albany has everything that peple want.
B. Albany ffers a great discunt during hliday.
C. It can be a valuable and meaningful experience fr a family.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分 40分）
第一节（共15小题;每小题2分, 满分30分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
A
NEW MUSEUMS OPEN DOORS
These new and upcming museums are set t feed yur curisity fr the mnths ahead.
Humbldt Frum
The Humbldt Frum pens n 17 December. It is set t stage arund 1,000 events and exhibitins when the full prgrammer is rlled ut. Fr nw, at least, the museum is pening in stages, with an exhibitin n the histry f the German capital, Berlin, amng the first t g n shw.
Natinal Museum f African American Music
Opening in early 2021, the Natinal Museum f African American Music is said t be the Wrld's nly museum devted t the musical cntributins f African Americans. Frm the Great Migratin and jazz and blues t the present day, it's set t be a timely celebratin, thrugh well-rganized exhibitins, f hw African Americans have shaped the music f the United States.
Munch Museum
MUNCH is hme t the largest cllectin f wrks by Edvard Munch. The museum digs int the Expressinist's significant talents, with paintings drawings and phtgraphs frm the cllectin dnated t the city n his death in 1944.
Museum f the Hme
While the cllectin at the frmer Geffrye Museum is still as fascinating as ever, it's experienced changes t becme the new Museum f the Hme. I'll sn wn new galleries, extended exhibitin spaces and a reading rm when it repens befre lng. The petty Gardens Thrugh Time utdr space and new cffee shp will make it a great spt t relax.
21. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. Edvard Munch’s wrk are largely been kept by Munch museum.
B. African Americans made n cntributins t the music f USA.
C. Museum f the Hme has been renamed the Geffrye Museum.
D. The Humbldt Frum pens n 17 Nvember.
22. Which museum is an ideal place fr visitrs t kill time by drinking cffee?
A. Humbldt FrumB. Natinal Museum f African American Music
C. Munch Museum D. Museum f the Hme
23. In which kind f a newspaper are yu likely t read the passage?
A. Gegraphy. B. Architecture. C. Travel. D. Histry.
B
While watching vides n Duyin ne day, I came acrss a very unique prfile（轮廓）: an 88-year-ld farmer livestreaming trendy prducts in a rural setting. I clicked his page and saw that he was livestreaming because he needed t cver his wife's medical expenses. Curius, I decided t cntact him and learn mre abut his stry.
Nw a retired farmer, Wu relies n gvernment subsidies（补贴）. One rainy day, he returned t his rundwn ne-flr cttage in the suburb f Henan prvince and fund his wife lying n the grund in great pain. She had brken her leg and lst the ability t walk.
A great burden befell this already pverty-stricken family. The medical expenses fr Wu's wife are abut 800 yuan per mnth. Her daughter, a mther f three and a husewife, has n means f supprting Wu financially. As a heavy user n Duyin, Wu's daughter thught that perhaps they t culd try livestreaming as a way t help their family. With a 9.9 yuan phne hlder, they began livestreaming n Duyin, and Wu became ne f the ldest livestreamers n the platfrm.
Every day, Wu livestreams fr a ttal f six hurs, separated int mrning and afternn sessins. With a brad smile and sthing（宽慰的）vice, he explains the prducts n his table, which range frm water bttles, makeup remvers and vegetables t traditinal Chinese clthing that Wu himself wears in frnt f the camera. Thusands f viewers are drawn in by his mving stry and amiable（和蔼的）persnality. They refer t him dearly as "my uncle Wu" r "Laxiang".
During my interview with him, Wu wuld laugh warmly. His strng Henan dialect was smetimes hard t understand, but his tne was full f cmfrt and ptimism. "I enjy livestreaming. One day, ne f the viewers came t visit me. I was s happy." Wu spke abut the friendships he made after becming a livestreamer, and his vice was s cntagius（感染力的）that it put a smile n my face.
He als des nt avid shwing affectin fr his wife: "I will buy her gd fd when I have the mney." I am mved by his ability t see the ptimistic side f life despite being struck by hardships and his resilience（坚韧）sailing thrugh the lw tides f life.
24. What happened t Wu's family?
A. They lst the chance t get subsidies.B. Wu was frced t retire frm his jb.
C. Wu's wife was unable t walk.D. Wu suffered a severe disease.
25. Why did Wu start livestreaming?
A. T supprt his daughter.B. T prmte trendy prducts.
C. T share his stry with viewers.D. T pay his wife's medical bills.
26. What attracted viewers t Wu?
A. His gd nature and tuching stry.B. The high quality f his prducts.
C. His rich experience in frnt f the camera.D. His detailed explanatin f prducts.
27. Which f the fllwing best describes Wu?
A. Cnfident and mdest.B. Open-minded and respnsible.
C. Helpful and sciable.D. Cheerful and humrus.
C
High n the tp f Califrnia's White Muntains, the hard cnditins make it difficult fr life t take rt. But fr a certain type f tree — and fr thse wh have travelled here t study it — this place is a perfect place.
These bristlecne pines are the ldest individual trees in the wrld. Researchers like Andy Bunn have cme t learn frm the ancients. "It's remarkable t sit here and have yur hand n ne f these trees and knw that it was grwing when the Pyramids were built." Bunn added.
"By studying samples (样本) frm the trunks, it's pssible t discver their hidden histry. Each annual tree ring is like a time capsule f the envirnment fr that year frm which it was frmed," said Matt Salzer, a scientist at the University f Arizna's Labratry f Tree Ring Research. "And it cntains many different types f infrmatin — chemical infrmatin, the infrmatin n grwth, and climate infrmatin."
"If yu're trying t lk at peple in the past thrugh time, tree rings give yu a way t d it in a way that makes sense in a human life," said University f Arizna Prfessr Charltte Pearsn. She first became fascinated with the bristlecnes after reading abut an ancient vlcanic eruptin n the Greek island f Santrini. "It blew my mind that trees n the ther side f the wrld culd pssibly be used t date this thing within a single year," she said excitedly.
The ldest knwn living bristlecne is estimated t be ver 4, 800 years ld. Fr Bunn, the climate recrd written in the rings ffers guidance fr hw we might think abut what's happening in the present as we plan fr the future. "What we're seeing increasingly is that a lt f the climate events that we are experiencing and living thrugh right nw have n example in the paleclimate (古气候) recrd," he said. “S, we really are mving int unknwn field."
28. Why des Bunn mentin the Pyramids in Paragraph 2?
A. T state the trees' age is very ld.B. T prve his discvery is imprtant.
C. T attract readers' attentin. D. T stress the hard living cnditin f the trees.
29. What's the third paragraph mainly abut?
A. The result f the research.B. The prcess f the research.
C. The methd f the research.D. The significance f the research.
30. What d the underlined wrds "It blew my mind" in Paragraph 4 prbably mean?
A. It cnfused me.B. It surprised me.
C. It defeated me.D. It disappinted me.
31. What can we infer frm the last paragraph?
A. Paleclimate recrd is hard t find.
B. There are lts f unknwn things abut pines.
C. Studying the tree rings is imprtant fr climate research.
D. There were frequent ccurrences f the extreme climate events.
D
Will the next generatin d better than the ne that came befre? T yung peple in wealthier natins, that dream f upward mbility seems mre like a stry abut the past than mdern-day reality, accrding t a large new survey taken in 21 cuntries. In prer cuntries, thugh, there is still hpe that yung peple’s lives will be better than thse f their parents, and that the wrld is becming a better place.
“In a lt f the develping wrld, there is a bit mre ptimism that with each generatin ur living standards are imprving,” said Laurence Chandy, directr f the ffice f glbal insight and plicy at UNICEF, which cnducted the survey with Gallup. “But there’s a recgnitin in the West that that’s stpped happening.” In the United States,56 percent f yung peple and 64 percent f lder peple said that children tday wuld be wrse ff, ecnmically, than their parents.
The survey was f 21,000 peple in tw age grups — 15 t 24, and 40 and up — and included natinally representative samples frm all regins f the wrld. The yunger grup said that children tday were better ff in basic ways, like educatin, health care and physical safety.
And the best part f being a yung persn tday? Technlgy, accrding t respndents in fllw up interviews.
But yung peple als have significant cncerns. In the survey, abut nine in ten said they smetimes r ften have anxiety. Six in ten said children tday have mre pressure frm adults t succeed than their parents did.
In the six richest cuntries in the survey, abut ne-third f yung peple said they thught tday’s children wuld be ecnmically better ff than their parents. They were particularly pessimistic (悲观的) in Japan, France, Britain and Spain.
In lw-incme cuntries, thugh, abut tw-thirds f yung peple said they thught tday’s children wuld d better financially than their parents, especially in Africa and Suth Asia. They were als mre likely than thse in high-r middle-incme cuntries t say the wrld was becming a better place with each generatin
32. Hw des the authr develp the first paragraph?
A. By listing figure y giving examplesB. By giving examples
C. By fllwing the time rderD. By making a cmparisn
33. What’s the best part f being a yung persn tday?
A. EducatinB. Health careC. Technlgy D. Physical safety
34. What percentage f yung peple have anxiety in the survey?
A. 90%B. 60%C. 56%D. 64%
35. What’s the best title f the text?
A. Hw t make the wrld a better place?
B. Where are yung peple mst ptimistic?
C. What are the cncerns f yung peple abut ecnmy?
D. Will children be much healthier than their parents?
第二节（共5小题;每小题2分, 满分10分）
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Fd is part f wh we are. It’s part f ur habits and cultures. Sadly, we lve fd, but we dn’t take care f it. ____36____. Here are ways t help us lve ur fd better and grw respect the wrld behind what we eat.
Reduce yur fd waste.
Buy nly the fd yu need, learn t lve ugly fruits and vegetables, stre fd wisely, dnate excess and turn leftver fd int the next day’s meals. When we waste fd, all the resurces used fr grwing, prcessing, transprting and marketing that fd are wasted t. ____37____.
Supprt yur lcal fd prducers.
Chefs get awards, stars and recgnitin fr their creatins. But what abut ur farmers, ___38___. Aren’t farmers the real heres? Shp at yur lcal markets and get t knw yur farmers.
Giving them yur business is giving them yur recgnitin and respect.
Adpt a healthier, mre sustainable diet.
___39___. We get ur energy and maintain ur health frm gd fd. We nrmally dn’t pay attentin t the pwer that fd and nutritin have ver ur bdies. We need t respect that fd is fuel. T much f it, r t much f nly ne kind f it, can lead t besity r diet-related diseases.
____40___.
By treating each meal with pride, we respect the farmers wh prduced it, the resurces that went int it and the peple wh g withut. Respect can be passed n. Talk t the peple arund yu and t the next generatin abut making infrmed, healthy and sustainable fd chices.
A. Have a cnversatin
B. Learn where fd cmes frm
C. Our bdies run ff f calries and nutrients
D. Fr many peple n the planet, fd is a given
E. Fd is s much mre than what is n ur plates
F. Abut ne third f all fd prduced glbally is lst r wasted
G. Withut them, we wuldn’t have the fresh fd we need n a daily basis
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节, 满分 45 分）
第一节 （共 20小题;每小题1. 5 分, 满分 30分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As a reading specialist at an elementary schl(小学), I wrk with many children wh experience difficulty in reading. While there are bvius ___41___ during the year when students make great prgress, there are als many ___42___ perids as well, when we, as teachers, want t find ut why ur students aren’t ___43___. Recently, I had an experience which allwed me a ___44___ chance t understand what ges n in the mind f a struggling reader.
Earlier this summer I ___45___ a bad cncussin(脑震荡)while riding my bike. One ___46___result f my cncussin was that I lst all shrt-term and sme lng-term ___47___ fr a perid f days. The days befre and after the ___48___ seemed a blur(模糊)as the wrld went n arund me.
Peple seemed t be ___49___ extremely quickly, and I struggled t _____50_____cnversatins. Jkes were nt _____51_____ at all. Once I began trying t read the newspaper, but much t my disappintment, I realized that I culdn’t _____52_____ any f what I read. I culd knw the wrds, but culdn’t understand the meaning. As I read, the wrds didn’t _____53_____ pictures in my mind. I was reading each sentence slwly, then carefully setting it aside. The wrds had n _____54_____, prduce n images, and were simply wrds. By the time I finished the _____55_____, I had built nthing in my mind. They were simply wrds _____56_____ past my eyes, and I suddenly realized that this is hw my student read!
I am just s _____57_____ that this is a temprary cnditin. I have a much clearer _____58_____f what struggling readers are _____59_____. I remember that there are s many students ut there, fr whm reading is _____60_____ s puzzling. We must reach them befre they give up.
41. A. eventsB. celebratinsC. chances D. accidents
42. A. rewardingB. excitingC. interesting D. disappinting
43. A. readingB. listeningC. speakingD. writing
44. A. privateB. easyC. quickD. unique
45. A. treatedB. affectedC. received D. recvered
46. A. pssibleB. dramaticC. lucky D. excellent
47. A. memryB. jbC. intentinD. aim
48. A. hlidayB. schlC. tripD. accident
49. A. talkingB. walkingC. riding D. repeating
50. A. get rid fB. break away frmC. keep up with D. take part in
51. A. seriusB. difficultC. lngD. funny
52. A. understandB. rememberC. cpyD. translate
53. A. imprveB. createC. useD. change
54. A. sundB. factC. meaningD. pwer
55. A. nvelB. letterC. textD. article
56. A. hikingB. gingC. runningD. jumping
57. A. painfulB. fearfulC. gratefulD. helpful
58. A. lessnB. adviceC. directinD. picture
59. A. lking frB. thinking fC. ging thrugh D. learning abut
60. A. partlyB. exactlyC. unlikelyD. freshly
第二节（共10小题;每小题1. 5, 满分15分）
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Scientists have been attempting t send humans t Mars. Researchers frm NASA are ___61___(current)trying t find ut what kind f plants culd grw n Mars, hping astrnauts will be able t grw their wn fd there. The jurney t Mars culd take up___62__ tw-and-a-half years. The astrnauts___63___(take)enugh fd just t last fr the jurney. They will grw their wn vegetables and ther plants n Mars. Hwever, NASA said they wuld have truble in___64___(grw)things n their wn because the sil is nt gd enugh.
Nw researchers frm NASA___65___(test)special “Martian gardens” t see what plants might grw n Mars. They have used a special sil___66___(make)up f crushed vlcanic rck; similar t the sil n Mars it cntains n nutrients. Scientists managed t grw lettuce in it, ___67___ tasted nrmal, but it had weaker rts and tk___68___(lng)t grw. The scientists are nw trying grwing ther vegetables. A NASA Spkesman said, “___69___(discver)made in these gardens will pave the way fr future studies___70___ technlgy develpment in terms f reliable and efficient fd prductin.”
第四部分：写作（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题;每处1分, 满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
On January 5th,students in ur schl visited Rbt Wrld, which we saw a great variety f rbt. It was amazed t find thse rbts culd d a great number f things just like real peple, including playing chess, playing pian and drawing pictures. What’s mre, the rbts are in different kinds and shapes,which made us enjyable. In additin, that excited me mst was the shw given by a grup f rbts. They danced just as if we were dancers n the stage. By visit Rbt Wrld, I have learned a lt abut rbts, especial abut their functins and shapes. The great human wisdm is s pwerful that it makes us t feel mre cmfrtable t live in the wrld.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你的英语好友杰克来信说他最近汉语学习进步很大，想读一部汉语作品。请你用英语给他写一封回信，向他推荐一本书。
注意：1.词数100左右
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
高二英语试卷答案
听 力：1-5 ACBAA 6-10 BABBC 11-15 CBBCA 16-20 BBAAC
阅读：21-23 ADC 24-27 CDAB 28-31 ADBC 32-35 DCAB 36-40 FEGCA
完形填空：41-45 BDADC 46-50 BADAC 51-55 DABCD 56-60 CCDCB
语法填空：61. currently 62. t 63. will take 64. grwing 65. have been testing
66. made 67. which 68. lnger 69. Discveries 70. and
改错：
书面表达：
Dear Jack,
I’m glad t hear that yu’ve made great prgress in learning Chinese. As yu requested, I’d like t recmmend the bk” A Dream f Red Mansins” t yu, which is a well-knwn masterpiece in the wrld f literature. Written abut 250years ag by Ca Xueqin, the nvel has attracted cuntless readers. It mainly describes the daily life and declining frtunes f a large family. At the heart f the nvel is a tragic lve between Jia Bayu, LinDaiyu and Xue Bachai. Ca devted all his feelings t the characters in the bk, giving them special lks ,vices and emtins.
The nvel is really wrth reading and I believe yu will enjy it.
Yurs,
Li Hua
听力原文：
Text 1
W: Can yu keep an eye n the baby while I g shpping?
M: OK, but please cme back as quickly as yu can. I’m ging t a mvie tnight.
Text 2
W: I’m sure t fail ut f the test. I dn’t knw where the teacher managed t get s many difficult questins.
M: S am I. I left half f the blanks unfilled.
Text 3
M: I’m in truble. I have t get these letters t the pst ffice befre it clses at 6 pm, and it’s almst 6 pm already.
W: Take it easy. This clck is twenty minutes fast.
Text 4
M: It seems that it is the first time fr yu t take pictures.
W: Yes, that’s right.
M: Yu shuld bring the subject in the lines and push the buttn. Understand?
W: Oh, I see.
Text 5
M: D yu think we shuld take the subway t the Sprts Cmplex?
W: I think we’d better take a bus.
M: Are yu kidding? There’s n bus in that directin. Let’s take a taxi.
W: Up t yu!
Text 6
W: D yu feel OK, hney?
M: Nt really. After a 12-hur flight I’m exhausted and I think I’ve als gt the flu. Culd yu feel my frehead and check t see if I have a fever?
W: Yu’re really ht. Why dn’t yu call yur secretary and tell her t reschedule the meeting? Yu shuld really stay hme this mrning in rest r yu’ll end up feeling even wrse than yu d nw.
M: O-K.
Text 7
W: Excuse me, but culd yu please tell me what I have t d with my passprt?
M: Yu’d better have it ready t shw t the fficer.
W: Thank yu. Culd yu please help me? Yu see, I’ve frgtten t bring the presents I gt fr my grandchildren and I als left behind the bttle f wine fr my sn. Where can I buy it?
M: Dn’t wrry, granny. Why dn’t yu visit the duty-free shp ver there?
W: That’s a gd idea.
M: By the way, yu’d better nt buy mre than ne bttle f wine r yu’ll have t pay tax fr it at the custms.
W: Thanks.
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M: What did yu think abut the last candidate? She had a very impressive resume.
W: But she seemed t lack the cnfidence that I think a gd manager needs.
M: What made yu think that she wasn’t very cnfident?
W: Did yu ntice the way that she avided making eye cntact with us while she talked?
M: She was a bit nervus, I guess. What else?
W: When she first walked int the rm t greet us, she just ndded at us.
M: Yu’re right. She shuld shake ur hands r intrduce herself.
W: Right. And did yu als ntice the way she sat in her chair? She had terrible psture.
M: I didn’t ntice that. I was paying mre attentin t her answers than her bdy language.
W: On tp f that, she didn’t keep enugh distance between us during the talking.
M: That’s true. I guess we’ll have t keep lking fr a manager then.
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M: Welcme t Lve Talk. Just nw we heard abut Brian’s stry, an Indian man with a lve prblem. Nw this is the part f the shw where we listen t ur clleague’s advice. Hi, what’s yur advice fr ur wrried friend?
W: Hell, I’m Carla, and I married a Chinese man five years ag. When I first tld my parents I wanted t marry a freigner, they were very angry. Yu see, they are very traditinal. They’ve always expected me t marry smene Canadian frm the same religius backgrund.
M: Then, what happened?
W: Fr fur years, they hardly talked t me and they never came t visit us. It was like they diswned me.
M: After fur years, smething changed?
W: Yes. When ur little girl was brn, I sent my parents a picture f her. A week later, they came t see us. Nw they are still uncmfrtable with my husband, but they’re trying t understand him.
M: S, what’s yur advice?
W: Dn’t give in t traditin. Marry the persn yu lve, but have yur first child sn. Dn’t wait fur years like I did.
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When I was in high schl and cllege, I wrked in a Man’s clthing stre. Each year, n Christmas Eve, a cuple wuld cme in with their tw yung sns t buy gifts. One year, I asked the cuple why they waited until Christmas Eve t shp. They said it had been a traditin since they married. And when their bys were brn, they included them as well. T them, it was a way they culd be tgether during the hliday seasn and created a memry they culd all share. Shpping during the hliday seasn has t be cnvenient fr me. I’m nt the ne t spend a lt f time lking fr gifts. Albany’s shpping center has all the shps ne culd want. As yu g abut yur Christmas shpping this year, be sure t shp at Albany. This shpping experience culd becme a family traditin that all can value.