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.
When he was 16, his father seriously said to him, “I’ll give you whatever you want before you are 18. But after that, I won’t care much about you, and you should give me whatever I want.” When his 18th birthday was coming, the young man began thinking about looking for a job. So he sent resumes(简历) to many companies he liked on the Internet. But, most got no reply, he said, “Maybe they were surprised about my primary school education.”
By chance, one of his friends was looking for someone, who could work as an egg porter(搬运工) in the supermarket, for 0.5 Yuan a box. Facing lots of difficulties in getting a job, he said, “I’ll take this job. At least I can make some money for my petrol(汽油).” Then every day, he drove his car, his 18th birthday gift, to work in the supermarket. He did that for three months.
Later, he heard that a newspaper was looking for a network technician(网络技术员), so he asked for it. But they were also worried about his school education. He practiced his skill right in front of the computer, and showed the managers web pages he had designed. He started to work the next day, and became the director of network department in less than a year.
And now, the 23-year-old man is a boss. In January 2005, he started a magazine for children, with himself as the editor in chief（主编）. And the only writer was his father.
1.It was difficult for the young man to get a job because _______.
A. he was only 18 years old
B. his father cared too much about him.
C. he had an expensive car
D. he didn’t have enough school education
2.What did the 18th birthday mean to the young man?
A. He could get a car as a gift.
B. He had to make a living all by himself.
C. He had to leave his parents.
D. He had to work in a supermarket.
3.The young man’s father might be_______.
A. a well-know and rich writer B. a computer programmer
C. a very old and kind man D. a manager of a big company
4.The magazine the young man started was perhaps______.
A. about network technicians B. about working for newspapers
C. made of many funny stories D. sold only in supermarkets
As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let’s look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching mouse”, have negative meanings. But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive actions. For example, “You are a lucky dog.” means you are a lucky person. And “every dog has its day.” means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person’s serious illness, they say “sick as a dog”. The word “dog-tired” means very tired. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is cruel.
The rose is regarded as symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose means love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.
The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.
1. “Every dog has its day.” means “________”.
A. Everybody in the world is lucky.
B. Each person lives his own way of life.
C. If one works hard, he’s sure to succeed.
D. Everybody has a time in life to be lucky.
2.What can we know from the passage?
A. Words show differences in culture.
B. Chinese people prefer dogs to cats.
C. Western people think cats to be good friends.
D. Rose is the national flower of all western countries.
3.Which statement is right according to passage?
A. People think the rose means love, peace, luck and friendship.
B. The words about plants and animals are used both in positive and negative ways in different cultures.
C. In China, people use the dog to describe negative actions.
D. In eastern culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is cruel.
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Negative or Positive
B. Different Countries Have Different Culture
C. Rose Means the Same in Chinese and English
D. What Dog and Cat Mean in English and Chinese
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In America, science is a very important class. In middle school we were __1._ how to solve problems by thinking like a ___2.__. We had to think of a question, guess an answer, and ___3.__ a way to test our guess. There were lots of experiments and other activities. I remember studying how science can explain things like light and electricity.
Our English class is very different from___4.__ in China, more like Chinese class I think! We read lots of books and talked about them, ___5._ we could understand what we read better. We learned how to know what information is important when we read and what ___6._ so important. In my class we all gave six ___7._ to the class during the year. We had to talk in front of the class for six __8.ten minutes!
We also have health classes. In this class, we learned about our bodies and how to take care of ___9.__ by doing things like eating healthy foods, and not doing ___10.__ things like smoking or drugs (毒品). We cooked a little bit, but I was not very good at it!
The students in Shanghai No. 3 Girls’ High School have a flower-arrangement lesson every week. The course is the 41 of its kind among middle schools in Shanghai．It’s a new start. It helps the students to enjoy the 42 of flowers better. That’s 43 the course has become very popular among the students.
The teachers of the course are all 44 trained. They are good at this art and work hard at passing on the skill 45 students. So far, many students in the school 46 a lot of prizes in this field. In order to further 47 the students’ skill, the teachers usually play 48 while students are arranging flowers. Students 49 the music, and then they can 50 more good ideas for flower-arrangement.
Besides, the teachers 51 teach the students other skills at the same time, for example, they ask the students 52 compositions about flowers. In this way, students not only get art education but also improve 53 writing skills.
Several months ago, some foreigners visited the school. When they saw common flowers become more 54 meaningful, they got amazed and interested. They made 55 and would play them for their own students after they returned home.
1.A．first B．second C．third D．last
2.A．color B．beauty C．smell D．shape
3.A．how B．when C．why D．what
4.A．clearly B．special C．polite D．specially
5.A．with B．for C．on D．to
6.A．win B．won C．have won D．had won
7.A．drop B．decide C．develop D．open
8.A．computer B．games C．jokes D. music
9.A．are angry with B. are exciting with C．are afraid of D．are pleased with
10.A．come up with B．run out of C．hold on to D．make a list
11.A．almost B．never C．hardly D．always
12.A．write B．writing C．to write D．wrote
13.A．their B．your C．our D．theirs
14.A．ugly B．lively C．lonely D．friendly
15.A．plans B．notes C．videos D．gifts
