Question

Dear William,

It’s 2:25 am. I can’t sleep. There is something that I have to tell you. Our grandfather feels bad and gets very sick. He had a fever for the whole day yesterday. So, Aunt Ruby sent him to the hospital last night. Did your father tell you that? Mike and I planned to go to New Town to visit him this weekend. Do you want to go with us? Maybe we can cheer him up.

Grandpa took care of us when we were little. After grandma died, he spent lots of his time being with us. He helped our parents a lot. He changed diapers (尿布) for us, stayed with us when we were sick, and took us to a park every day. He was so nice to us. We have to do something for him now. As we know, “Time and tide (潮汐) wait for no one; treat the elders well when they are young”.

Please call me when you see this email. I have to buy the train tickets today.

Yours,

Kevin

1.What will Kevin do this weekend?

A. He will go to William’s house for fun.

B. He will stay at home.

C. He will visit his grandpa.

D. He will exercise in a park.

2.What does the underlined word “that” mean?

A. William will go to New Town with Kevin.

B. Kevin is going to write an email to William.

C. Kevin couldn’t sleep well.

D. Their grandfather is sick in hospital.

3.What is the relationship (关系) between Kevin and William?

A. They are father and son.

B. They are brothers.

C. They are teacher and student.

D. They are cousins.

4.What does the underlined sentence “Time and tide wait for no one; treat the elders well when they are young.” mean in Chinese?

A. 家有一老, 如有一宝         B. 岁月不待人，尽孝需尽早

C. 年龄长一岁，责任重一分     D. 学无老少，能者为师

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Aunt Ruby is sick because she looks after children every day.

B. Kevin took care of William when he was little.

C. Kevin will take a train to New Town this weekend.

D. William wrote this email to his grandpa.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这是凯文给威廉在凌晨写的一封信。他们的爷爷病重，凯文无法入睡，就告诉威廉这件事，并且说这周末会去看望爷爷，问他去不去。信中回忆了小时候爷爷照顾他们的情景，给他们换尿布，在他们生病时陪着他们，带他们去公园等，写得很感人。

1.C细节理解题。信件开头提到爷爷重病，所以下文Mike and I planned to go to New Town to visit him this weekend.迈克和我在这个周末要去看他。中的“他”指的是生病的爷爷。所以凯文这个周末将去看他爷爷。故选C。

2.D细节理解题。文中的that多指代上文中提到的内容，上文说到Our grandfather feels bad and gets very sick. He had a fever for the whole day yesterday. So, Aunt Ruby sent him to the hospital last night.我们的爷爷感觉很不好，病的很重，昨天一整天都在发烧，所以卢比叔叔昨晚送他去医院了。所以这里的that指代的是爷爷生病这件事，故选 D

3.D细节理解题。由文中的一些细节Our grandfather feels bad and…我们的爷爷感觉不好……和Did your father tell you that?你爸爸告诉你这件事了吗？可知，威廉和凯文是同一个爷爷，但是不是一个父亲，所以他们的关系是堂兄弟关系。故选 D

4.B推理判断题。这句话的字面意思是：“时间和潮汐不等任何人，在长辈还年轻的时候善待他们。”结合这封信的内容，爷爷病重要去看望爷爷，所以，该句子的意思更符合B选项。“岁月不待人，尽孝需趁早。”

5.Mike and I planned to go to New Town to visit him this weekend.他和迈克这周末回去新城看望生病的爷爷。所以C选项是对的。爷爷病了，卢比叔叔送爷爷去医院，故A不对；信中说道在凯文和威廉小时候是爷爷照看他们，故B不对；这封信的收信人是威廉，所以这是凯文给威廉写的信，故D不对。

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