One of my favorites as a young girl was writing. I found that it was a great way to express what I was feeling. I actually wrote journals as early as my first grade. I find them amusing to look at now. I even read some to my son. I noticed that he actually started doing the same thing. He came to me the other day and wanted to read me a story he had written—Sponge Bob Square Pants.
As he sat there and read it aloud to me, it brought a big smile to my face, for I saw myself in him. Recently his school held auditions(试演) for a talent show and he was really interested in it. I remembered him asking me, “Mum, what is my talent?” I asked him to list all of the things that he enjoyed doing. He said reading was at the top, followed by drawing, writing and playing Super Mario Brothers. So I asked him, “What can you do to combine some of those things that people would enjoy watching?”
He disappeared into his room for a while and I began to get a little worried. I know how embarrassed he got performing in front of the big crowds. I heard him rushing down the stairs with excitement.
“I can do a puppet(木偶) show, Mum!” He showed me what he had come up with while in his room. He called it, Yoshi Goes to Africa. What a great idea I thought to myself. I found a puppet show tent online and cleaned up some old puppet friends for him. My son was the only boy who entered the talent show at his school and he won the second place. I was so proud of him.
1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. The author felt sorry for her son’s experiences.
B. The boy forgot all about his mother’s journals.
C. The boy rushed out of the room after finishing a story.
D. Both the author and her son were interested in writing.
2. Which of the following did the boy like most?
| A. Writing. | B. Drawing. | C. Reading. | D. Playing. |
3. Hearing what the boy had come up with about the talent show, the mother was ______.
| A. pleased | B. discouraged | C. embarrassed | D. nervous |
4. According to the passage, we can learn that _______.
A. the mother asked her son to join the talent show
B. the author’s son took great interest in the talent show
C. it was the second time for the boy to enter the talent show
D. the boy got nervous in front of the big crowds