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 ____.

Mr. Black works on a big farm. His wife Mrs. Black works in a school Mr. Black is nearsighted. But he doesn’t like wearing glasses when he has meals. Mr. Black has a son. His name is Tony. He is in Class One, Grade Eight of No.2middle School. He likes talking very much. He often talks about his school and his friends at table. Mr. Black is angry, he always shouts, “Don’t talk when you have meals.” And Mrs. Black also says to him, “Be a good boy, Tony.”     

  One day, when they are having supper, Tony finds there is a fly in his father’s bowl. Then he wants to tell his father about it,“Dad, there is …” His father looks at him and says,“Stop talking!” After supper, his father asks him , “Well , my boy, what is it?” “There is a fly in your bowl, and it is in your stomach now.”says Tony.“Why don’t you tell me earlier?” shouts his father angrily.

1. Mr. Black is a            .

A. farmer              B. teacher           C. driver                    D. worker 

2. Mr. Li eats a          .

A. bird                        B. fly                   C. fish                            D.  dog

3. What is Tony like ?                . 

A. He is shy               B. He is outgoing   C. He is quiet        D. He is lazy

阅读理解

In a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. He was ready to go and help people. People always went to him when they were ill.

Many years later, the doctor began to forget things. People were afraid and little by little, they stopped going to him. The doctor saw his business wasn’t as good as before. He thought, “Well, if I was the patient (病人), I’d be afraid to go to me, too. Maybe it’s time for me to stop being a doctor. But this town has no doctor. What will the people do when they become ill? ”

His wife heard him talking to himself and said, “Why don’t you find a young doctor to take your place Then people will have another good doctor to take care of them and I will get my husband back.”

The doctor liked what his wife said. He found a very good young doctor to help the people. The doctor and his wife then had time to take long walks together, go dancing, go travelling and spend the rest(剩余部分) of their days together.

根据短文内容，选择正确的答案

1.What’s the story about?

A. A husband        B. A wife        C. A small town         D. A doctor

2. The people ________the doctor when he forgot things.     

A. helped                      B. went to see              

C. stopped going to              D. forgot

3. The doctor’s business wasn’t as good as before because ________.

A. he was always ready to help people

B. people were afraid of him and his wife

C. he was old and forgetful

D. he found a very good young doctor to help the people

4. The expression “to take your place” in the passage means .

A. to take you home                                         B. instead of you

C. to take care of you                                       D. to take your time

5. Which of the following is NOT true

A. The old doctor agreed with what his wife said.

B. The old doctor was still busy working at the doctor’s.

C. The people weren’t taken care of by the old doctor any more when he was old.

D. The doctor and his wife had more time to enjoy their lives after the young doctor came.

You must be very tired. Why don’t you______ a rest?