Question

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch I packed, I left a note. The note might be a thank-you for a special moment, or a few words of encouragement for the coming test or sporting event.

When they were little, they loved their notes. And when I went back to teaching, they even put notes in my lunches. As they grew older, my elder son, Marc, told me that he no longer needed my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to read them but I still needed to write them, I continued the tradition until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could stay at home for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, and he was very successful. He lived far away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was especially looking forward to seeing Marc at home.

Since I was still making lunch every day for his younger brother, I packed one for Marc, too. Imagine my surprise when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, complaining (抱怨) about his lunch.

“Did I do something wrong? Aren’t I still your kid? Don’t you love me any more, Mom?” he asked.

I laughingly asked him what was wrong.

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

This year my younger son will be in high school. He, too, has said that he is too old for notes. But like his elder brother and sister, he will receive those notes till the day he graduates.

1.Every time the writer packed lunches for her children, .

A. she wrote them a letter

B. she gave them a kiss

C. she gave some flowers to them

D. she wrote them a note

2.How many children may the writer have according to the passage?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

3.Why did Marc call to complain about his lunch?

A. Because he didn’t like the taste of the lunch.

B. Because the lunch wasn’t enough for him.

C. Because his mother didn’t love him any more.

D. Because he didn’t find the note in the lunch box.

4. From the last paragraph we know that .

A. the writer didn’t prepare lunch for her daughter

B. the writer will continue writing notes for her younger son

C. Marc didn’t love the note in the lunch box

D. the writer’s children won’t get money from her any more

5.What is the BEST title for the passage?

A. Love notes B. Children’s complaint

C. My children’s story D. Lunches for children

Answer 1