A House Of Memories

楊慶春

童年是快樂的、幸福的、美好的，像五顏六色的氣球，像絢麗多彩的彩虹，令人品味出一絲絲甜蜜，回味無窮。下面讓我們一起來閱讀此文，與作者一起分享他童年的快樂！

It was a fine afternoon. Eddie was putting his toys into boxes. His family were about to move to a new house，and they needed their home cleaned for the next family. Eddie looked around his big and empty house，feeling a little sad. He liked this house and his friends—he did not really want to move.

Eddie followed his mother to the attic （閣樓）. Eddie’s father was already up there，looking through boxes of old photos. He handed Eddie one. It did not have much color left，but showed a young boy playing baseball in his backyard.

“Who is that？”Eddie asked.

“That is me，Eddie，when I was your age，” his father replied.

“Look！ Here’s one of me，”Eddie’s mother said，handing Eddie another photo. In it，a young girl was playing hopscotch （跳房子）.

“You guys were kids？”Eddie asked.

“We weren’t born this old，” Eddie’s mother said，laughing.

Eddie looked at the photos some more. He had never seen his dad or mom playing baseball or hopscotch or other games. They were always working，cooking，cleaning，and driving. It was hard to imagine them as kids playing in their backyards.

Looking out，Eddie could see his backyard. He did have a lot of fun there，but he was not a little kid anymore. At the new house，he would go to a new school. He wanted to try out for the school soccer team and join the drama club. Maybe it was a good time to move after all.

As the family went down from the attic，Eddie picked up their camera，took it to his parents and said， “Mom，Dad，please take a photo of me playing in our backyard！”

1. Eddie’s family cleaned their house for .

A. their visitors

B. their friends

C. the new baby

D. the next owner

2. According to Paragraph 1， it mainly talks about .

A. Eddie and his parents were very happy

B. Eddie looked so unhappy because he would lose his old house

C. Eddie didn’t like cleaning his house

D. Eddie’s parents spent a day staying with Eddie in the old house

3. Eddie’s parents showed Eddie two photos to .

A. talk about their hobbies

B. explain their plans

C. share childhood memories

D. advise Eddie to move

4. What would Eddie think about moving house finally？

A. Acceptable.

B. Troublesome.

C. Surprising.

D. Unpleasant.

5. What is the purpose of the passage？

A. Eddie and his parents left their old house unforgettably.

B. It mainly expresses the author’s memory of the past and looking forward for a new life.

C. Eddie and his parents spent their last day in the old house.

D. Eddie looked back to his childhood.

Keys： 1-5 DBCAB