题目内容
Dear Carrie,
Your brother sounds like a very selfish person. But I want to know what causes him to act this way. Since he seems to be doing this on purpose, maybe the only way to do with the problem is to try to find the cause.
I think your brother is probably hurting in some way. Perhaps he feels unsafe because he is not a full part of the family. He could be jealous (嫉妒) of your mother's love for the rest of you over him.
It is wrong to fight anger with anger though you think it is a need to help your mother. I suggest you try to help your brother by treating him with more care and love. It must be hard for him to grow up in a family where his sisters had their real mother but he didn't. Try to let him know that you care about him. Over time he may come to know how lucky he is and start to treat you all with the same kindness that you give him.
1. From the passage we may know that ____.
A. there are two mothers in the family
B. the mother is the brother's stepmother (继母)
C. the family is not a full family
D. the brother has three sisters in the family
2. The writer suggests that Carrie ____.
A. treat her brother with more love and care
B. find her mother with more fights
C. find the cause for her brother's habit
D. fight against her brother with anger
3. The writer thinks Carrie's brother ____.
A. should know Carrie treats him with kindness
B. should be treated more kindly
C. is very lucky to live in such a family
D. is a bad young man
4. In Carrie's letter she must have said that ____.
A. she often punished her brother
B. she often gave her brother love
C. she often felt sad and angry in the family
D. her mother wasn't a good mother
BA CC

Dear Hamilton,
We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.
You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral(葬礼)remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.
It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.
This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting.
Thank you for understanding.
【小题1】The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________.
A.money | B.suggestions | C.reports | D.understanding |
A.show more kindness. | B.discontinue the present practice |
C.quit being the organizer for gift giving | D.know more about co-workers’ families |
A.apology | B.sympathy | C.appreciation | D.dissatisfaction |