When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dad’s lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, was certain “Love you!” she had written on the napkin. “ Meat loaf for supper!”

Mom penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins, and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.

It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young, I’d glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches(素描) of our dog, Max, along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers, I’d copy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example, or Bruce Springsteen. Then, my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he’s all about being green.

Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura’s mom always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids’ bananas.

We’re into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson, Clayton, spends the night, he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week, I drew a picture of me, waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, “ Where’s Grandpa?” I added a man in a clean shirt. “ You forgot his tie,” he said. I quickly drew a line of stripes(條紋) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa,” he whispered, running his fingers across the napkin. “It’s you!”

1.When the author first saw Dad’s lunch box notes, she felt ______.

A. moved B. awkward

C. proud D. nervous

2.What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?

A. Words of love.

B. Pictures of flowers.

C. Drawings of their favorite animals.

D. Famous words of wisdom

3.It can be inferred that ________.

A. the author’s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins.

B. the author’s children dislike making lunch box notes.

C. the author’s husband is an environmentalist.

D. the author’s friends all had their brand of lunch box notes.

4.What’s the best title for the text?

A. Old generation’s way of expressing love.

B. Different brands of lunch box notes.

C. Lunches packed with love.

D. Some interesting family traditions.

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇故事類短文，講述了家人之間愛的傳遞。作者小時候無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)母親會在餐巾紙上或者三明治的包裝上寫上關(guān)愛父親的語言，后來作者也開始在自己孩子們的午餐盒上寫上不同的話，傳遞著自己的愛，她的行為也影響到了朋友們。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.可知當作者小時候看到母親在餐巾紙上或者午餐包裝盒上寫給父親的話時，感到很尷尬，選B。

2. 細節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段When they were teenagers, I’d copy words of wisdom from great people,可知當孩子長到十幾歲的時候作者在給他們留的愛心紙條上寫名言，選D。

3.細節(jié)理解題。由文章第三段And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he’s all about being green.可知作者的丈夫提倡環(huán)保，選C。

4.主旨大意題。文章主要講述了作者小時候看到母親給父親的午餐盒里放的愛心紙條，后來她也寫給自己的孩子，而且也影響到她的朋友這么去做，由此判斷C選項可以概括文章中心，選C。

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