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6学科网 学种网票创，让学司更容易！ JP.ZXXK.COM 学科网精品频道全力推荐 Unit 3 Family Matters 单元话题阅读理解练习 (2022秋·河南周口·高-统考阶段练习)My only child Sam was just9 when my editor called to offer a popular column spot in our local daily newspaper."Write about things that typical suburban families can relate to." said the editor,who couldn't see me doing the happy dance in my kitchen while we finalized the details over the phone. At the time,blogging was just a pipe dream.I'd already published articles and personal essays in several national magazines-but my byline (was hardly a household name.A weekly column would change that, at least locally.Before long.I had established a faithful Sunday readership.including a group of admiring fans who would stop to chat at the post office or the supermarket. "If you're going to write about me,you had better get it right or don't publish it,"My son,in grade school at the time,exploded after I wrote about the time I discovered a soda pop can under his bed.The column,which had unkindly trashed the housekeeping habits of little boys,described how I felt when I discovered that one of the pop cans hosted a colony of honeybees.For entertainment value,I'd stretched the facts a bit,implying that my son was keeping the bees as pets "I wish you'd quit writing about me,"he shouted,fighting tears as he ran upstairs."I don't want to ruin your job,but that's just how I feel!"He knew he had posed a serious dilemma.The faithful readership had made it clear that the"kid columns"were my best stuff,and they wanted more. From the start,I avoided hot-button topics (in favor of tender family life.I published what most journalists would consider safe or soft material,knowing full well that my son had to face the challenge at school while I hid behind a desk at home. And so,after our tearful talk,I agreed to a temporary ban on the kid columns.After years of teaching my son the importance of respecting boundaries,I'd finally learned to respect his. 1.Why did the writer feel glad for a weekly