A little boy sold magazines. He walked up to an old house, whose owner hardly ever came out. The boy knocked on the door and _______________. As he was about to leave, the door suddenly opened.

"What do you want?" an old man asked. "Sir, I am selling these magazines, and I ________________if you would like to buy one."

As they were talking, the boy noticed some dog figurines (小雕像) inside the house. Then he asked the old man __________he collected dogs. The old man told him "yes" and they were all he had.

The boy then felt ________________ for the man, as he was very lonely. "Well, here, I have a magazine for collectors. And I also have one about ________________since you like dogs so much." The old man was ready to ________the door and said, "No, boy, I don't need any magazines, now goodbye."

Sad for the old ________________man in the big house, the next day, the boy came back with a little dog figurine. He knocked on the door ________________ , and this time the old man came right to the door, shouting angrily, "Boy, I thought I told you no magazines" The boy handed him the figurine, and the old man's face ________________ . From that day on, the old man started coming out and meeting people.

This simple nice act _________________the old man's life forever.

1.A. waited B. left C. shouted

2.A. hope B. wonder C. decide

3.A. how B. when C. if

4.A. sorry B. happy C. afraid

5.A. birds B. cats C. dogs

6.A. break B. open C. close

7.A. happy B. lonely C. crazy

8.A. once B. again C. hardly

9.A. it up B. let down C. popped out

10.A. changed B. hurt C. collected

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch I packed, I included a note. Often written on a piece of small paper, it might be a thank-you for an unusual moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of encouragement for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they loved their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious(有自我意识的), and by the time he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer enjoyed my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to read them but I still needed to write them, I continued until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move home for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduation from college, completing two internship(实习)in Washington, D.C., and finally, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento. However, he had lived away from home except for short holiday visits. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was especially happy to have Marc back. Since I was still making lunch for his younger brother, I packed one of Marc, too. Imagine my surprise when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, asking about his lunch.

“Did I do something wrong? Don’t you love me any longer, Mom?” he asked.

“Of course I love you, dear!” I laughingly said. “What’s wrong?”

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

1.The writer wrote the daily notes in her children’s exercise books, didn’t she?

2.What kind of note did the writer give her children before a test?

She gave them a note __________________________________________.

3.What did Marc suggest his mother do when he reached high school?

4.When did Marc visit home during the six years after he left high school?

5.Why did the writer feel especially happy to have Marc back?

6.How do you understand the underlined part “Don’t you love me any longer, Mom?” and why?

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