Question

 When I was 11,I threw a glance into Dad’s lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence,a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper,was certain “Love you!” she had written on the napkin. “Meat loaf for supper!”

  Mum penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins,and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.

  It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young,I’d glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches (素描) of our dog,Max,along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers,I’d copy words of wisdom from great people,Einstein,for example,or Bruce Springsteen. Then,my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper,because he’s all about being green.

  Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura’s mum always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids’ bananas.

  We’re into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson,Clayton,spends the night,he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week,I drew a picture of me,waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, “Where’s Grandpa?” I added a man in a clean shirt. “You forgot his tie”’ he said. 1 quickly drew a line of stripes (条纹) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa ,” he whispered,running his fingers across the napkin. “It’s you!”

(   ) 1. When the author first saw Dad’s lunch box notes,

she felt        .

   A. moved

   B. nervous

   C. proud

   D. awkward

(   ) 2. What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?

   A. Words of love.

   B. Pictures of flowers.

   C. Famous words of wisdom.

   D. Drawings of their favourite animals.

(   ) 3. It can be inferred that        .

   A. the author’s husband is an environmentalist

   B. the author’s children dislike making lunch box notes

   C. the author’s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins

   D. the author’s friends all had their brand of lunch box notes

(   ) 4. What’s the best title for the text?

   A. Old generation’s way of expressing love

   B. Different brands of lunch box notes

   C. Some interesting family traditions

   D. Lunches packed with love

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了自己小时候看到妈妈在餐巾纸上给爸爸写爱语，然后到自己做了妈妈，给孩子的午餐盒上写名言，又到了自己的外孙，这种爱的传达也得到了继续。

1. D细节理解题。根据第二段提到"Mum penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins,and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents."可知妈妈在餐巾纸上写了各种各样的信息给爸爸，爸爸收藏了起来，作为一个小孩子来说，她感到尴尬的这些事都是父母珍贵的记忆，故选D项。

2. C细节理解题。根据第三段提到"When they were teenag?ers,I'd copy words of wisdom from great people,Einstein..."

可知当孩子到了青少年阶段，"我"会写一些名人的名言，如爱因斯坦的，故选C项。

3. A推理判断题。根据第三段提到"And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper,because he's all about being green."可知"我"的丈夫会在再生环保纸上写爱"我"的话，因为他是环保主义者，故选A项。

4. D主旨大意题。本文讲述自己小时候看到妈妈在餐巾纸上给爸爸写爱语，然后到自己做了妈妈，给孩子的午餐盒上写名言，又到了自己的外孙，这种爱的传达也得到了继承，故选D项。