What do you think of your father? Maybe we have different ideas. As for me, my father always ______ me and stands by my side. He is the “VIP(very important person)” in my life. Now I want to ______ some stories between us.

When I was a kid, my father was often ______. I spent a lot of time with my grandmother. At that time I could really be called a naughty(淘气的) girl and often couldn't ______ myself. I don't know why my father was not able to just stay at home and play with me like other children's fathers.

As time went by, I studied in a boarding(寄宿) school. One day I told my father ______ the phone that I missed my mother's ______ very much. To my surprise, when I was preparing to go to bed, one of my roommates told me that ______ was calling me. I ran out and saw that my father was there, outside of the gate of the dormitory(寝室), with a lunch box in his hand. I went ______ towards him and he gave me that lunch box. His face was filled with tiredness by the long trip. Without ______ anything, he disappeared(消失) in the dark. Back to the dormitory I couldn't help crying.

I just want to tell you that the ______ from your father may come in its own way and I really love my father!

1.A. shouts to B. cares about C. turns down D. laughs at

2.A. share B. keep C. write D. add

3.A. rich B. busy C. strong D. angry

4.A. dress B. teach C. control D. help

5.A. on B. to C. of D. about

6.A. story B. life C. face D. dishes

7.A. everyone B. anyone C. nobody D. someone

8.A. seriously B. quickly C. carefully D. heavily

9.A. remembering B. leaving C. saying D. losing

10.A. love B. food C. trouble D. surprise

Kwame Alexander is an American writer of children's fiction. His novel The Crossover was written in poetic (诗歌的) form and won several awards in 2015. Alexander's most recent novel Booked is about a middle school student Nick Hall, whose love for soccer helps him deal with the challenges of growing up. Recently, a reporter had an interview with Alexander about his books.

(R=Reporter, A= Alexander)

R: 1.

A: It has to do with my love of sports. As a kid, I loved to play sports. I was a tennis player. I love to watch sports and to get excited about what happens on the field. Why not use sports as a way to tell these stories? I know kids are going to get into it. What kid doesn't love tennis or swimming or soccer?

R: 2.

A: I've always been interested in the power of poetry. I've been trying to write my feelings and ideas about the world we live in and poetry allows me to talk about some heavy and deep things in a pleasant way. I love poetry and for me, it's so cool.

R: 3.

A: Video games and television mostly offer fantasy (幻想). They offer interesting and unrealistic fantasy. Literature (文学) opens up a world of possibility to readers. As a writer for kids, I want to help readers imagine what's possible in the world — how to make it better and how to make themselves better in it.

R: 4.

A: Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings — those are the main ones. It's the things they wrote about, the way they played with language and held the readers' attention.

R: Are you planning a new novel?  5. 

A: It will be. I'm writing a prequel (前传) to The Crossover. It's about the father, Chuck Bell, when he was 12 years old.

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

“Cool”is a word with many meanings.Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meaning.

“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street,maybe you will say,“It’s cool.”You may think,“He’s so cool,”when you see your favorite footballer.We all maximize(扩大) the meaning of“cool”.You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”.Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used.A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall(瀑布)they had visited.On one student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool.Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words.Without “cool”,some people have no words to show the same meaning.So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性).Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can.And I think they are also very cool.

1.We know that the word“cool” has had ______.

A. only one meaning B. no meanings

C. many different meanings D. the same meaning

2.In the passage,the word“express”means“______”.

A. see B. show C. know D. feel

3.If you are ______ something,you may say,“It’s cool.”

A. interested in B. angry with C. afraid of D. unhappy with

4.The writer takes an example to show he is ______ the way the word is used.

A. pleased with B. strange to C. worried about D. careful with

5.In the last paragraph,the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”______.

A. can be used instead of many words B. usually means something interesting

C. can make your life colorful D. may not(可能不)be as cool as it seems

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