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 (摘錄卡片) 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(翻譯) all his _______ feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears(眼淚) 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(不開心), 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

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