One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, no answer.
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of (一摞)cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” it returned to me with “Loving me” on it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”
【小题1】The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____.
A.upsetB.excitingC.terribleD.amazing
【小题2】What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?
A.Kevin is not as clever as his brother.
B.He is neither the youngest nor the oldest.
C.Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others.
D.Kevin is not good at playing basketball.
【小题3】What do we know about the writer?
A.She has two children in her family.
B.She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before.
C.She used to show her love to Kevin.
D.She has a closer relationship with Tommy after that.
【小题4】What does the writer want to tell us?
A.Everyone should show how they love their family members.
B.It’s hard to get on well with family members.
C.It’s important to keep peace in the family.
D.We should try our best to stop our children from fighting.

A young man and a young girl get married (结婚). The man has much money, and he likes reading very much in his spare (空闲的) time. The woman is very beautiful, but she doesn’t have anything to do because the servant(仆人)does everything for her every day. She isn’t happy, either. Do you know the reason? Her husband is busy reading his books and has no time to stay with her every day.

One day, she says to her husband: “I would like to be a book!” “Why, dear?” the husband asks. “Then you will love to read me very much” “But I don’t think so, dear. After I read one book, I usually read the next one soon,” the husband answers.

1.The young man is ________.

A.Cute             B.poor             C.rich              D.tall

2.Who does the housework in the family?

A.The woman.       B.The man.          C.The servant.       D.The man’s mother.

3.The man likes ______ in his spare time.

A.fishing            B.swimming         C.reading           D.sleeping

4.What does the underlined word “husband” mean?

A.妻子             B.丈夫             C.佣人             D.爷爷

5.Why does the woman want to be a book?

A.Because she likes books very much.         B.Because the man has lots of money.

C.Because she wants the man to read her.      D.Because she wants the man to love her.

 

Elena jogged (慢跑) with her dad in some empty lots (小块地). These out-of-the-way lots were good places to jog. But the lots were full of rocks and rubbish.

One day, Elena saw a sign on the lots. It said, “New City Park”. Elena was excited. Maybe the park would have a jogging trail (路径)! Elena told her parents about the sign.

“I read about the park in the newspaper,” said Elena’s father. “The city wants volunteers to help clean the area. Then the city will build a soccer field and a playground. But the paper didn’t mention a jogging trail.”

“Well, perhaps if I help clean up the lots, they’ll put in a jogging trail,” said Elena.

On Saturday Elena went to the lots. Many adults were working there. Some were picking up rubbish. Some were moving rocks. Elena looked around. She could carry rubbish, and she could move rocks. So she went to the area every week to do volunteer work. She told everyone she was glad to help build the park. She explained that she hoped the park would have a jogging trail. Then everyone knew her and her jogging trail.

Soon the volunteers cleared the lots. The city could start building. The mayor (市长) gave a speech. He showed a drawing of the new park. He told them about the soccer field. There would be picnic tables. There would be a playground. The park would even have basketball courts. But there was no sign of a jogging trail.

The mayor thanked the volunteers. Then he asked if they had any suggestions. The volunteers said they wanted to build a jogging trail around the park. They told the mayor how helpful Elena had been and how she wanted a jogging trail. The mayor then said, “A jogging trail won’t be hard to build. Let’s do it!”

Everyone clapped and cheered.

1.How did Elena know the city needed volunteers to help clean the lots?

A.She read it in the newspaper.              B.She learned it from a sign.

C.She was told by other volunteers.           D.Her father told her about it.

2.Why did Elena want to help clean the lots?

A.Because she wanted to play on the playground.

B.Because she wanted her name in the newspaper.

C.Because she wanted the city to build a jogging trail.

D.Because she wanted to work with other volunteers.

3.Who suggested the mayor to build a jogging trail?

A.The volunteers.     B.Elena herself.       C.Elena’s father.     D.Nobody.

4.What can be the best title for the story?

A.Elena and a Mayor                      B.Elena and a Jogging Trail

C.Elena and Some Volunteers                D.Elena’s Family

 

根据短文内容,从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

It was two days before Christmas, when my ten-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike.  Her bike was too   16  , and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas   17  ,  her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, we thought, for she didn't say it again. We were busy   18  some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than   19  .

Now we didn't know   20  to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing   21  presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight. So there was   22  time to take to buy the "right hike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and   23  .

Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (mi) and writing a note that she could trade in (交换) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully   24  with clay to make a small bike.

25  Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the   26  loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real   27   ?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would   28  trade in this beautiful bike   29  Daddy made me. I   30  keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present I have ever got in my life!"

1.

A.new

B.old

C.beautiful

D.modern

 

2.

A.came nearer

B.was over

C.went by

D.passed

 

3.

A.buy

B.bought

C.to buy

D.buying

 

4.

A.something else

B.anything else

C.else something

D.else anything

 

5.

A.what

B.how

C.why

D.where

 

6.

A.children

B.children's

C.boy

D.girls

 

7.

A.enough

B.no

C.much

D.still a little

 

8.

A.happy

B.excited

C.sad

D.angry

 

9.

A.works

B.worked

C.working

D.to work

 

10.

A.In

B.On

C.At

D.For

 

11.

A.book

B.story

C.note

D.newspaper

 

12.

A.one

B.ones

C.some

D.any

 

13.

A.usually

B.certainly

C.never

D.of course

 

14.

A.who

B.those

C.what

D.that

 

15.

A.am going to

B.would like to

C.had better

D.would rather

 

A teenage girl couldn’t stand(忍受)her family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and    41   years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still ___42___ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she    43   a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you …Come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was so surprised that she couldn’t believe her    44  . “Is that me?” She moved    45   and read the words, “I still love you…” She cried. She couldn’t wait    ___46   back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She    47   her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter looked at each other with excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “   48  is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked    49   you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”

As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents.    50   this way, both parents and children can be happy.

1.

A.a little

B.a few

C.much

D.many

 

2.

A.looking for

B.looking after

C.looking at

D.looking up

 

3.

A.sets on

B.puts up

C.cuts up

D.makes up

 

4.

A.eyes

B.ears

C.nose

D.head

 

5.

A.farther

B.further

C.closer

D.away

 

6.

A.going

B.go

C.to gone

D.to go

 

7.

A.wake

B.wakes

C.woke

D.waking

 

8.

A.what

B.who

C.when

D.why

 

9.

A.since

B.for

C.before

D.unless

 

10.

A.with

B.in

C.by

D.on

 

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