Question

Love Notes

From the time when each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch that I packed for them, I put a note, often written on a napkin. The note might be a thank-you for a special moment, a reminder of something we were happily looking forward to, or a bit of encouragement for a coming test or sporting event.In early grade school they loved their notes  — they wrote something on them after school as a reply, and they even put notes in my lunches! But as the kids grew older they became self conscious, and my older son, Marc, after being laughed at by his classmate for the notes, told  me that he no longer needed my daily  missives  but  I continued the tradition  until the  day when he graduated.

Marc is now a successful doctor in Washington DC. Last November, Marc called me and asked me if he could stay with us for two months. It was six years since he began to work. This year his younger sister was leaving for college, his younger brother, Sam, will be a senior in high school. Sam, too, told me that he is too old for notes. But like his elder brother and sister, he will receive those notes till the day he graduates.

I was especially excited and pleased to have Marc coming back home.

During those two months, I was still making lunch every day for his younger brother. Of course, I packed one for Marc, too, then he could have his lunch on the way back to his home. Imagine my surprise when I got a phone call from my 30-year-old son, Marc, complaining his lunch from his home. "Did I do something wrong? Aren't I still your kid? Don’t you love me any more, Mom?" were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I laughingly asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered.“ Where' s my note?”

— Adapted from Love Notes by Antoinette Kurita

*Vocabulary

complain: to say that you are unhappy or not satisfied

reminder: sth. that makes you remember sth./sb.

self-conscious: to know yourself and your action and thought well

按要求完成下列任务：

1.填空：

① Love Notes was written by _________.

② Give your idea：

Mother’s love is like_____, as it makes me_______.

③ the tradition means _________

2.选择：

missives的同义词是     

A.lunches B.letters C.words

3.英译汉：将划线句子But like his elder brother and sister, he will receive those notes till the day he graduates译成中文：

____________________________________________________

4.找出同义句：they knew themselves and their action and thought well

____________________________________________________

5.用英语回答问题：

Why did Marc call his mother when he returned to his home?

____________________________________________________

6.假如你是Marc，给妈妈写一张明信片。50词

Dear Mom,

How time flies! I am 30 years old. And I can well remember that you________________________________________________________

However,_________________________________________________________________

So now…_________________________________________________________________________________

Answer

1. Antoinette Kurita sunshine warm in each lunch, I put a note, often written on a napkin

2.B

3.但是就像他的哥哥姐姐，他也会收到那些便条直到毕业。

4.they became self-conscious

5.(Because) he missed her mother’s notes.(任何符合文章意思的答案都可以接受)

6. put notes in my lunches.（任何符合文章主旨的答案都可以接受） I didn’t receive any notes on my last lunch. （任何符合文章主旨的答案都可以接受） could you please continue the tradition? （任何符合文章主旨的答案都可以接受）

【解析】

本文讲述了作者从她的孩子上学开始就在孩子带去的学校的午餐里放纸条，起初孩子很喜欢纸条还会在纸条上写回话；但是随着孩子长大有了自我意识以后，他们开始不喜欢纸条了。直到作者的儿子大学毕业工作以后，他却又很怀念妈妈的纸条，希望妈妈在自己的午餐里放纸条。

1.

根据文章最后一句“Adapted from Love Notes by Antoinette Kurita”可知，本文是改编自Antoinette Kurita的《爱的纸条》，所以本文的作者是Antoinette Kurita，故①处填Antoinette Kurita；根据文章第一段“The note might be a thank-you for a special moment, a reminder of something we were happily looking forward to, or a bit of encouragement for a coming test or sporting event.”可知，作者纸条的内容是表谢意，告诉孩子值得期待的事情以及一些鼓励的话语，这些内容都能使人感到温暖，所以纸条就像阳光一样，故②处填sunshine，③处填warm；根据第一段“And in each lunch that I packed for them, I put a note, often written on a napkin.”可知，作者对待孩子们的每一顿午餐都是先打包，然后在餐巾纸上写一些话语放入午餐中，所以第二段的“tradition（惯例）”就是指作者为孩子的午餐放纸条这一做法，故④处填in each lunch, I put a note, often written on a napkin.

2.

词句猜测题。根据第二段“…after being laughed at by his classmate for the notes, told me that he no longer needed my daily missives”可知，在因为纸条被同学们嘲笑后，作者的儿子就告诉她不再需要她写的纸条了，所以missives指的是上文的纸条，选项中纸条和letters（信件）是同类型词。故选B。

3.

but“但是”；like“像”，此处作介词；his elder brother and sister“他的哥哥和姐姐”；will receive“会收到”；those notes“那些便条”；till the day“直到那天”，作时间状语；he graduates“他毕业”，作定语从句修饰先行词day。故填：但是就像他的哥哥姐姐，他也会收到那些便条直到毕业。

4.

句意：他们了解自己以及自己的行动并且仔细思考过了。根据文章最后一个词汇提示可知“to know yourself and your action and thought well”是“self-conscious”的意思；此单词在第二段“…they became self-conscious…”出现，所以此句同义句为they became self-conscious。故填they became self-conscious.

5.

根据文章最后一段“ ‘My note, Mom,’ he answered. ‘Where' s my note?’”可知，作者的儿子打电话给作者是为了问作者他午餐的纸条在哪里，儿子之前读书时午餐总能收到纸条，现在毕业后午餐没有纸条他反而想要纸条，也就是说他想念作者的纸条。故可填(Because) he missed her mother’s notes.（任何符合文章意思的答案都可以接受）

6.

本题要求以Marc的角度写一张明信片给妈妈，且明信片中的内容提示此时Marc的年龄是30岁，即Marc已经工作了。结合文章最后两段的内容，工作后的Marc的午餐里没有妈妈放入的纸条，所以他打电话询问妈妈纸条在哪里就是想让妈妈以后再在自己的午餐里放入纸条。由此我们可以构想出明信片的内容为：妈妈以前会在我的午餐里放入纸条；但是最近一次的午餐里没有放，所以我现在想请妈妈以后都在我的午餐放纸条。故①处可填put notes in my lunches.②处可填I didn’t receive any notes on my last lunch.③处可填could you please continue the tradition? （任何符合文章主旨的答案都可以接受）