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.

 

句型转换 （10）

1.John enjoys swimming. Peter enjoys swimming,too. (合并为一句)

   John         Peter          swimming.

2.Jim is twelve years old. Tim is twelve years old,too. (合并为一句)

Jim is                             Tim.

3.He did some sports last week. (改为否定句)    He                       sports last week.

4.What do you think of the TV play?(同义句转换)          do you        the TV play?

5.Why don’t you come to join us?(同义句)                   come to join us?

6.She has a healthy eating habit. (改为同义句)   Her ________ _______ _________ healthy.

7.She eats junk food once a week. (对画线部分提问)  ________ _______ ______she eat junk food?

8.Jim is taller than the other two. (改为同义句) Jim is _________ _________ of the three.

9.Michael is funnier than any other student in his class. (同义句)

Michael is                           in his class.

10.Movie World has big screens. Town Cinema has bigger screens. (合并为一句)

Town Cinema has           screens          Movie World.

 

“Excuse me,” said a young man, standing shyly at the open church door. “I’m here to pick up an Easter basket for my daughter. Am I in the right place?” Well, we have baskets, but they’re not Easter baskets for kids; they’re food baskets,” I explained.

That morning I arrived at St. Micheal’s Church in Carmichael, California, to help give out the baskets to needy families for Easter. To make sure every family would receive one, we had handed out numbers to them that matched the basket they were supposed to receive. Each one contained a whole ham, potatoes, bread, vegetables, and a pie --- enough food to help feed a family for a week.

“Why don’t you come in?” I said to the man. He looked disappointed. He shook his head and said, “I can’t... My daughter is waiting for me over there. I’m grateful for the food, but when I heard you were giving away baskets for Easter ... well, I thought they would be Easter baskets for children.” He continued, “I promised my daughter one, and I wanted to surprise her.”

I felt bad, but there was nothing I could do. The man handed me his number, and I walked over to the baskets. A bulge(凸起) in one of the baskets caught my eye. “What is that?” I wondered. Leaning over and looking more closely, I could see, unmistakably, an Easter basket --- filled with candy, chocolate, and Easter eggs. One of the volunteers must have added it by mistake! I thought. Then I looked at the man’s number in my hand. Well, he’ll be....

“Happy Easter,” I said to the man, handing him the only food basket with an Easter basket inside --- the very same basket with his number on it. “Someone knew just what you needed.”

1.The young man had thought that ____________.

A. he would have an Easter basket and a food basket

B. there would be Easter baskets for children.

C. there would be children’s toys in the food basket

D. he would get enough food for the whole year.

2.What did the author do at the church?

A. He worked there as a churchman. 

B. He was called in to give out Easter baskets.

C. He went there to meet the young man.

D. He was a volunteer who helped there.

3.The young man looked disappointed at first because ____________.

A. he was told not to take a food basket     

B. there was little food in the Easter basket

C. he came so late that all the basket had been given out

D. he was told that he wouldn’t get what he wanted

4.What surprised the author was that __________.

A. there was an Easter basket in the food basket

B. someone knew what the young man needed

C. one of the baskets was filled with more bread than others

D. he found that the young man’s name was on the basket

5.We can infer that the young man left the church feeling ________.

A. sad             B. satisfied           C. angry          D. surprised

 

根据要求变化下列各句

1.Lucy goes to school by train every day.（对画线部分提问）

_____ ___ Lucy ____ to school every day?

2. My parents are doing cleaning now. （用Tom做主语改写）

Tom _____ _____ _____ now.

3. Why don’t you come earlier? （同义句）

_____ ____ come early?

4. There’re two ships on the river. （对画线部分提问）

_____ ____ ships are there on the river?

5. ---_____ ____ does it take by ship? （根据答句填空）

---It takes three hours.

6. The boy does some cleaning in the evening. （一般疑问句）

____ the boy ____ ____ cleaning in the evening?

7. You mustn’t talk in class. （祈使句）

____ ____ in class.

8. Are you from China? （作否定回答）

_____, _____ _____.

 

介词填空

1.Tom, can you play basketball _____ me?

2. I have to go to the doctor ____ Saturday.

3. We will go to the movies _____ the evening.

4.Can you come to my party _____Sunday afternoon?

5.How ____ going for a walk?

6. We have to study ____ a test.

7. Thanks ____ giving us a present.

8. Why don’t you come over ____ China for a holiday?

9. Lucy was ____ duty yesterday, but she forgot to clean the classroom.

10. it’s very nice ____ you to get me tickets _____ the World Cup.