摘要： Tears came to his eyes . A. after hearing the exciting news B. after he heard the exciting news C. he heard the exciting news D. after heard the exciting news
One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough．Perhaps you feel you won’t 1 others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you．Such thinking is misguided．The 2 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are．
When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 3 memories．Some were painful memories from 4 when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure．I 5 pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred, 6 things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers．
Then a terrible thing happened． 7 dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom(衣帽间)outside the campus dining hall． 8 that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I 9 back, but it was gone．
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it 10 ．A month later, I was 11 up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown 12 diary, just where I’d left it．
13 I read through the pages and found that a 14 had written the following, “God bless you．I’m 15 like you, only I 16 keep a diary, and I’m 17 to know there are others like me．I hope things turn out well for you．”
Tears came to my eyes．It had never dawned(开始为人所明白)on me that any one could know my inner feelings and also 18 things just like the way I did．
No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or average, attractive or 19 , there are people like you．Discard(抛弃)your fears of not measuring up(符合期望), and 20 yourself as you are．
One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough．Perhaps you feel you won’t 1 others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you．Such thinking is misguided．The 2 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are．
When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 3 memories．Some were painful memories from 4 when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure．I 5 pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred, 6 things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers．
Then a terrible thing happened． 7 dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom(衣帽间)outside the campus dining hall． 8 that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I 9 back, but it was gone．
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it 10 ．A month later, I was 11 up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown 12 diary, just where I’d left it．
13 I read through the pages and found that a 14 had written the following, “God bless you．I’m 15 like you, only I 16 keep a diary, and I’m 17 to know there are others like me．I hope things turn out well for you．”
Tears came to my eyes．I had never thought that any one could know my inner feelings and also 18 things just like the way I did．
No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or 19 , attractive or plain, there are people like you．Get rid of your fears of not being good enough, and 20 yourself as you are．
One night I was sitting in my kitchen half-listening as 15-year-old Tommy fought with his 12-year-old brother Kevin．I didn't pay attention when Kevin charged up the stairs with the hurt on his face．
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin inside the bathroom．I knocked on the door and asked,：“Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No response．
I tried again,“why don't you come out of there?”No response again．
So, joking around, I grabbed some index cards(索引卡)and a pencil and wrote,“If you don't want to talk, we can write notes to each other．”
An hour later I was sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with stacks of(堆积的)index cards in front of me from Kevin．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 am not the oldest, and I am not the talented．Tommy thinks I'm stupid and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he is good at basketball．And you are never around to even notice me．”
Tears came to rny eyes as I wrote back to him,“You know Kevin, I really do love you and I am sorry I don't always show it．I am here for you and you are loved in this family．”
There was no response for a while, but than I heard a tearing sound coming from the inside the bathroom．Kevin, who had run out of index cards, wrote on a torn up paper cup,“Thanks．”
I wrote back,“for what?”it returned to me with“loving me”written on it．
Since than, I try my best to give more attention to my family members．Kevin and．
I have a closer relationship now, and sometimes when one of us noticed the other is upset, we'll smile and say,“write it on a piece of cup?”
(1)
Kevin stayed alone in the bathroom crying mainly because________．
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A．
his elder brother, Tommy, had a fight with him
B．
his face was hurting
C．
his mum never paid attention to him
D．
he thought nobody in this family loved him
(2)
What might be the reason that Kevin thought his dad didn't like him?
[ ]
A．
Kevin was not good at playing basketball．
B．
Kevin was always alone, not communicating with others．
C．
Kevin often cried and talked less．
D．
Kevin was not as talented as his brother．
(3)
What did the mother learn from this family affair?
[ ]
A．
She must stop fighting between family members．
B．
Everyone should show his love and care to the family members．
C．
The best way of communicating with family members is to write．
D．
It is hard to make friends with the children．
(4)
It is implied from the text that ________．
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A．
Kevin was not a brave and talktive boy
B．
Tommy was always fighting with Kevin
C．
Kevin and Tommy would never fight with each other again
One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15 year-old brother 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, “Hi, Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No response(无应答)．I tried again, “Why don't you come out of there?”
Again, no response．
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of index 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 index cards in front of me．One was blank and one was cars 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, and I'm not talented．Tommy thinks I'm stupid 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 again 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 response for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom．Kevin, who had run out of index cards wrote on a torn-up paper cup, “Thanks．”
I wrote back “For what?” It returned to me with “Loving me” written on it．Since then, I try my best never to half-notice my family members anymore．Kevin and I have 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．”
(1)
Why did Kevin stay inside the bathroom alone crying?
[ ]
A．
Because he lost in the fight with Tommy．
B．
Because the author didn't help him win Tommy．
C．
Because he felt no love from the family members．
D．
Because he hurt him when rushing up the stairs．
(2)
The underlined word “yucky”(Para．6)most probably means “________”．
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A．
unpleasant
B．
exciting
C．
doubtful
D．
frightening
(3)
What could be the reason that Kevin's Dad doesn't like him?
[ ]
A．
Kevin likes fighting with others．
B．
Kevin is not good at playing basketball．
C．
Kevin doesn't want to talk to others．
D．
Kevin is not talented as his brother．
(4)
What did the author learn from the incident?
[ ]
A．
It's hard to comfort young brothers at home．
B．
It's dangerous to half-notice someone in the family．
C．
It's important for family members to show their love．
D．
The best way to communicate with family members is by writing．
As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter．He had a wife and two fine sons．One night, his oldest son 1 a severe stomachache and died suddenly．To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, 2 him alone with his six-year- old younger son．The hurt and pain of the two situations were 3 Al could handle, and he 4 to alcohol．Al began to lose everything he possessed－his home, his land, his art objects, everything． 5 he died alone in a San Francisco motel room．
When I heard of Al’s death, I reacted with the same disdain(蔑视)the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing 6 left．“What a complete failure!”I thought．“What a totally 7 life!”
As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier 8 judgement．You see, I knew Al’s now adult son, Ernie．He is one of the kindest, most 9 , most loving men I have ever known．I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free 10 of the love between them．I knew that kindness and caring had to come 11 somewhere．
I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father．It is so hard to 12 an alcoholic．One day I get up my 13 to ask him．“I’m really puzzled by something,”I said．“I know your father was basically the only one to 14 you． 15 on earth did he do that you became such a special person?”
Ernie sat 16 and thought for a few moments．Then he said, “From my 17 memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a 18 and said, I love you, son．”
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to 19 Al as a failure．He had not left any material possession behind, 20 he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known．