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 20mintes later, as I was walking up-stairs 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, on answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, on answer.
So, looking 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 feeling into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “No-body 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 words 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.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.Why did Kevin stay inside the bathroom alone crying?
A. The writer didn’t help him beat Tommy.
B. He felt no love from the family members.
C. He hurt himself when rushing up stairs.
D. He wanted to be alone.
2.The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ______.
A. terrible B. exciting
C. amazing D. interesting
3.What could the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?
A. Kevin is not as clever as his brother.
B. Kevin is not good at playing basketball.
C. Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others.
D. Kevin isn’t interested in playing basketball.
4.What do we know about the writer?
A. She has two children in her family.
B. She used to show her love to Kevin.
C. She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before.
D. She was friendly to all the family members.
5.What does the writer want to tell us?
A. It’s important to keep peace in the family.
B. It’s hard to get on well with family members.
C. Everyone should show how they love their family members.
D. Everyone should hide their love deeply.
It is easier to find songs for adults than for kids. The market in children’s music is growing, however. Babies learn about music from the simple songs that their parents sing to them. When the children are older, their parents might teach them songs as part of a game. BB King’s recording of Rainy Day Blues follows this tradition. Most of BB King’s fans, however, may not know about his recordings for children. They only know that he writes very popular blues(布鲁斯乐曲) songs for adults.
BB King, a great blues musician, recorded Rainy Day Blues for a company called Music for Little People.
The company began when a man named Leib Ostrow was looking for songs for his children. He looked for them in stores and looked through books. He could not find anything that he really liked, so he decided to begin a recording company of his own. Soon he was recording music for children. Many parents thought it was a great idea. So did many recording artists.
Music for Little People is located in northern California. It started as a mail-order business in 1985.Today it is one of the largest children’s musical and educational companies in the United States.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.Rainy Day Blues is a (n) ______ .
A.book B. article C. company D. song
2.______ creates a lot of music for children in the United States.
A. Music for Little People B. BB King
C. Leib Ostrow D. California
3.The underlined word “located” probably means “ ______” in Chinese.
A. 起源于 B. 坐落于 C. 追随与 D. 针对于
4.If people wanted to buy music from Music for Little People in 1985, ______ could help them.
A. pilots B. waiters
C. singers D. postmen
5.Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.Rainy Day Blues.
B. Music for Little People
C. Lelb Ostrow, a Kind Father.
D. BB King, a Great Blues Musician.
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Smiles and tears are part of life. But do you find enough time for ? I’m not asking if you experience lots of good times. Of course, we should laugh during the happy times. But do you laugh during the difficult times?
Erma Bornbeck is know for her funny looks. But she wrote about a more serious subject--cancer in children. The book is titled, I WANT TO GROW , I WANT TO GROW UP. Erma talks with many children who cancer and learns important lessons from them. She learns, for example, that cancer survivors(幸存者) know how they should smile at life, though they are receiving chemotherapy(化疗).
She tells about the experience of Jessica. Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee(膝盖) because of cancer. She was learning to wear a prosthesis(假肢). Jessica told about playing soccer. She hit the ball hard her foot. The ball flew off in one direction her man-made leg flew another way. Then the brave girl lay on the floor, laughing happily.
As the saying goes, “There’s a time to cry and a time to laugh.” Do our find . time to laugh? You can … if you find reasons to laugh during the difficult times. Survivors know . If you can laugh even when you’re in trouble, you will make it. Remember, laugh and the whole world laugh with you. Cry and you cry alone.
1.A.calling B. laughing C. crying D. cry
2.A.either B. too C. also D. as well
3.A.it B. one C. ones D. first
4.A.HAIR B.NAILS（指甲） C.GRASS D. finger
5.A.has B. have C. had D. had had
6.A.15 years old B.15-years-old C.15-year-old D.15-years-olds
7.A.in B. with C. under D. below
8.A.while B. whenever C. whether D. if
9.A.many B. plenty of C. lot D. lots
10.A.where to laugh B. who to laugh C. how to laugh D. why to laugh
I don’t know what her hobbies are, because we talk ______ about work when we met last time.
A. mainly B. clearly
C. possibly D. impossibly
This school is ______ as big as that one.
A. two B. second
C. the second D. twice
-We don’t like bread with butter. How about you Gina?
-____________.
A. I do neither B. I don’t, either
C. No, I don’t D. I do, either
