Unit 3 Computers Learning about language课时作业

第一节 阅读理解

　　I have a particular lunch bag kept with me for maybe 14 years. But actually it belongs to my daughter，Molly.

　　Soon after she came of school age，she became an enthusiastic participant in packing lunches for herself，her brothers and me. Each bag got a share of sandwiches，apples，milk money and sometimes a note. One morning，Molly handed me two bags，one regular lunch sack(袋子) and the other one with paperclips(纸夹) on it.

　　"Why two bags？"

　　"The other one is something else."

　　"What's in it？"

　　"Just some stuff(东西)．Please take it with you，"she replied and then I put both sacks into my briefcase，kissed the child and rushed off.

　　At midday，after having my lunch from one bag，I opened the other one and shook out the contents. Two hair ribbons，three small stones，a plastic dinosaur，a tiny seashell，two animal crackers，a marble，a used lipstick，a small doll，two chocolate kisses and 13 pennies.

　　I thought they were useless，and then threw them into the waste basket.

　　That evening Molly came to stand beside me while I was reading the paper.

　　"Where's my bag？"

　　"What bag？"

　　"You know the one I gave you this morning."

　　"I left it at the office，why？"

　　"I forgot to put this note in it，"She handed over the note."Besides，I want it back."

　　"Why？"

　　"Those are my things in the sack，Daddy，the ones I really like. I thought you might be very happy to play with them like me，but now I want them back. You didn't lose the bag，did you，Daddy？"Tears welled up in her eyes.

　　"Oh，no. I just forgot to bring it home，"I lied."Bring it tomorrow. Okay？"

　　As she hugged my neck with relief，I found the words on the note-"I love you，Daddy."I felt moved as well as a little ashamed. I looked at the face of my child for a long time.

　　Molly had given me her treasures- all that a 7­year­old considered important. That was"Love" in a paper sack. But not only had I missed it，but also I had thrown it away because "there wasn't anything in there I needed"．

The next morning，after kissing my girl，I hurried to my office. I picked up the waste basket