Question

    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  _______ on his face.

About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs, I heard Kevin _______ inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey, Kevin, do you want to talk?”

No response (回答). I tried again, “_______ don’t you come out of there?” Again, no response.

So, I got a stack (堆) of index cards (摘录卡片) and a pencil and wrote, “_______ you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”

An hour later, I was _______ sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of index cards in front of me. One stack was blank(空白的) and one stack was cards from Kevin on which he had translated(翻译) all his _______ feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears(眼泪) came into my eyes. It said, “_______ in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest, and I’m not a top student. Tommy thinks I’m stupid and Dad _______ he had the other Kevin as a kid because he is better at basketball. And you’re never around to even _______ me.”

Tears came to my eyes as I __________ back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always __________ it. I’m here for you and you’re loved in this family.”There was no response for a while, __________ then I heard a(n) tearing(撕碎的) sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of (用完) index cards, wrote on a torn(撕破的) paper cup, “__________.”

I wrote back, “For what?” __________ returned to me with “Loving me” written on it.

Since then, I try my best never only to half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a __________ relationship now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset(不开心), we will smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”

1.A.smile B.hurt C.luck D.joy

2.A.laughing B.crying C.talking D.smiling

3.A.Why B.When C.How D.Where

4.A.Unless B.Although C.Until D.If

5.A.still B.yet C.also D.even

6.A.good B.happy C.sad D.strange

7.A.Everyone B.Someone C.Anybody D.Nobody

8.A.promises B.wishes C.advises D.supposes

9.A.believe B.protect C.notice D.support

10.A.wrote B.walked C.replied D.threw

11.A.remind B.remember C.show D.accept

12.A.and B.but C.so D.or

13.A.Thanks B.Sorry C.I’m OK D.Nothing is serious

14.A.He B.I C.It D.They

15.A.stranger B.farther C.worse D.closer

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

【解析】

本文讲述了“我”坐在自己的房间里，听着15岁的弟弟汤米和12岁的弟弟凯文打架。然后凯文在浴室哭，“我”去看他，然后他不肯出来，“我”只好跟他写字条交流。然后凯文说家里没人爱他，然后“我”告诉他，“我”们是爱他的，只是没有表现出来，“我”觉得人们对于家人的爱，要多多表现出来，这样会有一个更亲密的关系。

1.句意：凯文脸上带着伤冲上楼时，我没有注意。

smile微笑；hurt伤；luck幸运；joy乐趣；根据“ my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin.”可知听着我15岁的弟弟汤米和12岁的弟弟凯文打架，所以凯文此处是应该受伤了，故选B。

2.句意：我听到凯文在浴室里哭泣。

laughing大笑；crying哭；talking谈论；smiling微笑；根据“…which he had translated(翻译) all his sad feelings into words for me.”悲伤的情绪，可知此处是他在浴室哭泣，故选B。

3.句意：你为什么不出来呢?

Why为什么；When什么时候；How如何；Where哪里；根据why don’t you 表示“为什么不”，可推测出此处是“为什么”，故选A。

4.句意：如果你不想说话，我们可以给彼此写字条。

Unless除非；Although尽管；Until直到；If如果；根据“you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”可知是if引导的条件句，表示“如果你不想说话，我们可以给彼此写字条”，所以此处是“如果”，故选D。

5.句意：一个小时后，我仍然坐在浴室外面的地板上，面前放着两叠索引卡。

still仍然（句中）；yet还（句末）；also也；even甚至；根据“An hour later, I was ___5___ sitting on the floor outside the bathroom”可知此处是“仍然”，且放句中，所以用“still”，故选A。

6.句意：其中一叠是空白的，另一叠是凯文传来的卡片，他把自己所有的悲伤都用文字表达出来。

good好；happy开心；sad难过；strange奇怪；根据后文“nobody in this family cares about me.”可知他很伤心，故选C。

7.句意：这个家里没有人关心我。

Everyone每个人；Someone一些人；Anybody任何人（肯定句），一些人（否定句、疑问句）；Nobody没有人；根据“And you’re never around to even notice me.”可知你根本就没注意到我，所以此处是没有人，表达他的伤心原因，故选D。

8.句意：汤米认为我很笨，爸爸希望他有另一个凯文，因为他更擅长打篮球。

promises承诺；wishes希望；advises建议；supposes认为；根据“Tommy thinks I’m stupid and Dad ___8___ he had the other Kevin as a kid”可知汤米认为我很笨，可推测出此处是爸爸也希望有另一个凯文，所以用“wishes”，故选B。

9.句意：你甚至都没注意到我。

believe相信；protect保护；notice注意；support支持；根据下文“I try my best never only to half-notice my family members any more.”可推测出此处是“注意”，故选C。

10.句意：当我给他回字条时，泪水夺眶而出。

wrote写；walked走；replied回复；threw扔；根据上文“If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”可知是两人在写字条交流，所以此处也是写字条，故选A。

11.句意：我很抱歉我没有经常表现出来。

remind使想起；remember记得；show展示，显示；accept接受；根据“I’m sorry I don’t always ___11___ it. I’m here for you and you’re loved in this family.”可知是我一直爱凯文，家人也爱他，可推测出此处是“没有表现出来”，所以用“show”，故选C。

12.句意：有一阵子没有反应，但后来我听到浴室里传来撕碎的声音。

and和；but但是；so所以；or否则；根据“There was no response for a while, ___12___ then I heard a(n) tearing(撕碎的) sound coming from inside the bathroom.”可知两句话之间是转折关系，所以用“but”，故选B。

13.句意：谢谢。

Thanks感谢；Sorry对不起；I’m OK我没事；Nothing is serious没什么严重的；根据“returned to me with “Loving me” written on it.”可知是凯文感谢我爱他，所以是“谢谢”，故选A。

14.句意：它返回给我，上面写着“爱我”。

He他；I我；It它；They他们；根据“wrote on a torn(撕破的) paper cup”可知此处用it代替“a torn paper cup”，故选C。

15.句意：凯文和我现在有一个更紧密的关系。

stranger更强壮；farther更远；worse更差；closer更近；a close relationship表示“亲密关系”，根据“I try my best never only to half-notice my family members any more.”可知现在我会更关心家人，所以此处是“更亲密的关系”，故选D。