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  3. Knitting My mother knew how to knit(编织), but she never taught me. She assumed, as did many women of her generation, that kni

Knitting My mother knew how to knit(编织), but she never taught me. She assumed, as did many women of her generation, that kni

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问题                                 Knitting
    My mother knew how to knit(编织), but she never taught me. She assumed, as did many women of her generation, that knitting was no longer a skill worth passing down from mother to daughter. A combination of feminism(女权主义)and consumerism(消费主义)made many women feel that such homely accomplishments were now out of date. My Grandmother still knitted , though, and every Christmas she made a pair of socks for my brother and me, of red wool. They were the ones we wore under our ice skates(冰鞋), when it was really important to have warm feet.
    Knitting is a nervous habit that happens to be productive. It helped me quit smoking by giving my hands something else to do. It is wonderful for depression because no matter what else happens, you are creating something beautiful. Time spent in front of the television or just sitting is no longer time wasted.
    I love breathing life into the patterns. It’s true magic, finding a neglected, dog-eared old book with the perfect snowflake design, buying the same Germantown wool my grandmother used, in the exact blue to match my daughter’s eyes, taking it on the train with me every day for two months, working enthusiastically to get it done by Christmas, staying up late after the stockings are filled to sew in the sleeves and weave in the ends.
    Knitting has taught me patience. I know that if I just keep going, even if it takes months, there will be a reward. When I make a mistake, I know that anger will not fix it, that I just have to go back and take out the stitches(针脚)between and start over again.
    People often ask if I would do it for money, and the answer is always a definite no. In the first place, you could not pay me enough for the hours I put into a sweater. But more important, this is an activity I keep separate from such considerations. I knit it to cover my children and other people I love in warmth and color. I knit to give them something earthly that money could never buy.
    Knitting gives my life an alternative rhythm to the daily deadline. By day I can write about Northern Ireland or the New York City Police Department and get paid for it, but on the train home, surrounded by people with laptops, I stage my little rebellion. I take out my old knitting bag and join the centuries of women who have knitted for love.
According to the passage, which of the following statements about knitting is NOT true?
选项 A、Knitting helps one get rid of bad habits.
B、Knitting helps one get free from a bad mood.
C、Knitting requires patience.
D、Knitting is a profit-making business.
答案D
解析 选项D在短文第五段尤其第一句作者已明确说“编织不是为了挣钱”；选项A在短文第二段第二句得到证实(“It helped me quit smoking”)；选项B在短文第二段第三句已得到证实(“it is wonderful for depression”)；选项C在短文第四段尤其第一句也得到证实(“knitting has taught me patience”)。因此只有选项D与原文不符，是最佳答案。
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