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.


Good morning. I’m Chen Hua. Here’s my culture report for today, Monday:
A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o’clock. The film is Pirates of the Caribbean. It’s a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.
The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Caribbean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come face to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also saves Keira Knightley. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightly and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.
The film isn't true to life, but it' s very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It' s an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. U you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now. I' m sure you' 11 enjoy it. It' s showing all week.
【小题1】Pirates of the Caribbean is__________.

A.a tragedy B.a comedy
C.an action film D.an adventure film
【小题2】Depp and Bloom sails around the Caribbean islands because__________.
A.they try to find some lost gold
B.they try to find some gold
C.they try to find some lost iron
D.they try to find some lost iron
【小题3】They meet __________.
A.some terrible men B.some terrible women
C.some smiling menD.some smiling men
【小题4】There's lots of action in the film because they have to__.
A.fight the frightening peopleB.fight the terrible women
C.make the film interestingD.make the film exciting
【小题5】Keira Knightley plays
A.Depp and BloomB.Elisabeth
C.Orlando Bloom D.Johnny Depp
【小题6】What Chen Hua doesn't like about the film is
A.untruth to lifeB.the adventure
C.too much fightingD.the stars
【小题7】Chen Hua advises people to see the film because__     _.
A. it's funny
B. it's true
C. it' s believable
D, it' s excellent
【小题8】The general idea of paragraph 3 is        _ .
A.self introduction
B.where the film is on
C.Chen Hua's opinions about the film
D.the main idea of the film

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.”

1.The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____.

     A. upset     B. exciting     C. terrible     D. amazing

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.

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.

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.

 

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                                                                                                                                       May 8, 2001
Dear Diary,
     What a strange day! First, I saw a dog on the way to school. OK, that's not so strange. But the dog
was wearing a hat and a pair of sunglasses. And someone was feeding him ice cream. Then, the guy
took a bite of the ice cream himself. How disgusting (恶心的)!
     At school, classes were pretty much the same as usual. We watched a movie in history class. It was
about World War II. The photographers were very brave. They took pictures during the fighting! I don't
think I would do that.
    In the hallway on the first floor, I saw the most amazing thing. A girl was dressed in a really expensive
dress. She wore diamond earrings, and her makeup looked great. I thought she was the president's
daughter! Can you believe it? It was Cecilia Dryer! I almost fainted. She never looks so good. Of course,
I could look that good if I wanted to.
     Well, that's about all. I hope my mom will let me borrow her earrings tomorrow...
1. This is probably a diary of a _____.
A. businessman
B. history teacher
C. girl in high school
D. photographer
2. What did the writer think was disgusting?
A. The dog wearing sunglasses.
B. Watching a movie in history class.
C. Seeing a dog in the street.
D. The man eating food after the dog ate some of it.
3. What job would not be good for the writer?
A. Fashion designer.
B. Makeup artist.
C. Model.
D. Police officer.
4. Why didn't the writer recognize Cecilia?
A. Cecilia was running quickly.
B. Cecilia was walking away from her.
C. Many people were talking to Cecilia.
D. Cecilia was wearing very nice clothes.
5. Which of the following is true?
A. They will watch a movie in history class tomorrow.
B. The writer is jealous of Cecilia.
C. Cecilia always wears nice clothes.
D. The writer thinks all dogs are strange.

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