中考英语阅读练习：阅读理解训练第三节

中考英语阅读练习阅读理解训练第三节

　　I shook hands ith my father in the truck, and for a long ti he looked straight ahead and didn't say a ord. But I kne he as going to say a little t o . "I can't tell anything," he finally said. "I never ent to llege, and none of your brothers ent to llege. I can't say don't do this and do that, because everything is different and I don't kno hat is going to e up. I can't help much ith money either, but I think things ill ork out. "

　　He gave a ne check-book. "If things get pushing, rite a small check. But hen you rite one, send a letter and let kno ho much. There are so things e can alays sell." In four years all t he checks I rote ere less than a thousand dollars. My part-ti jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting ith the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.

　　"You kno hat you ant to be, and they'll tell you hat to take," my father ent on. "When you get a job, be sure it's honest, and ork hard." I kne that soon I ould be alone in the big ton, and I ould be missing the ol inds and a life here your thinking as done for you.

　　Then my dad reached don beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible that he had read so often, the one he used hen he anted to look sothing up in a friendly quarrel ith one of the neighbours. I kne he ould miss it. I kne, though, that I must take it.

　　He didn't say read this every morning. He just said, "This can help you if you ill let it."

　　Did it help? I got through llege ithout being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since.