Question

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 (条纹) 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. nervous

C. awkward D. proud

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

A. Words of love.

B. Famous words of wisdom.

C. Pictures of their pet and flowers.

D. Eggs painted with hearts.

3.It can be inferred that ________.

A. the author’s husband is an environmentalist.

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

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

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

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：作者的母亲每次都会在作者父亲的午餐盒里放一张写有话语的餐巾纸，这个习惯被作者延续了下来。在孩子们还小的时候，作者给他们画素描画；当孩子们到了青少年时期，作者给他们写名人名言。

1.What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.”可知，作者小时候看到妈妈写给爸爸的话时感到有些尴尬，awkward笨拙的，尴尬的，难为情的，故选C。

2.When they were teenagers, I’d copy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example,...”可知，当孩子长大一些之后，作者会写给孩子们一些名人名言来激励他们，故选B。

3.And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he’s all about being green.”可知，作者的丈夫使用再生纸给作者写爱的便条，说明他是一个环保主义者，故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读