A long time before I was born, my grandma and grandpa had a young family of four little girls. During the Great Depression (大萧条时期), work was hard to find, so Grandpa did whatever jobs he could. On weekends he and Grandma dug a garden to grow some of their own food.
Everybody worked to keep the garden growing. All summer long, the family ate food and enjoyed flowers from the garden. Grandma put up strawberry jam, tomatoes, beans, peppers, pears and peaches in canning jars. They were good to eat through the long winter.
The family grew up, and grandparents grew old. It became hard to keep up the garden, so they made it a little smaller. There was still plenty to eat from the garden and lovely flowers to enjoy.
Then one summer when Grandpa was eighty-nine years old, all he could do was watch from his lawn chair as the vegetables grew and the roses bloomed. Summer slowly faded, and Grandpa died before it was time to bring in the harvest.
It was a lonely winter for Grandma. She sat near the window, looking out at the yard and wondering if she could plant a garden in the spring. When spring came, she planted only a little garden.
One sunny day in the early summer, Grandma heard a commotion (骚动) in the front yard and looked out the window to see a frightening sight. A huge swarm of bees filled the air between two tall trees. The buzzing sound was very loud.
The bees made their way into a hole up in one of the trees. Before long, every one of those bees had disappeared into its new home. During the next few days, the bees were busy minding their own business. Grandma could always see a few bees buzzing in and out around the opening high in the tree. Before long, she decided the bees weren’t bothering anyone, so she didn’t give them another thought.
That summer, Grandma’s little garden grew and grew. The neighbors would stop to admire the huge crop of vegetables and puzzle over their own gardens weren’t doing well.
One day, Grandma’s brother Frank visited from Arizona. As Grandma made Frank a delicious lunch of squash cakes and homemade applesauce, she told him the story about the swarm of bees. Frank said, “In Arizona, the farmers often hired beekeepers to set up beehives near their fields. The bees pollinated (授粉) the crops and helped them to grow.”
That was when Grandma realized that her bees had helped with her garden all summer. “So that’s why my little garden had such a big crop!” she exclaimed.
From that time on, Grandma always believed that since Grandpa couldn’t be there to help her that summer, he had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma’s little garden grow and grow.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The garden was dug by Grandparents during the Great Depression.
B. The garden provided enough food and flowers for the family.
C. The garden was made smaller as Grandparents grew older.
D. The garden once lay in waste after Grandpa passed away.
2.It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. Grandma was too busy to hire someone to deal with the bees.
B. Grandma felt very lonely and helpless when Grandpa passed away.
C. Frank hired beekeepers to help Grandma keep the garden growing.
D. Grandpa turned into bees to help Grandma keep up the garden.
3.The method the author uses in the underlined sentence is _______.
A. offering analyses B. providing explanations
C. making comparison D. giving examples
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Grandpa’s Bees B. Grandparents’ Garden
C. The Harvest of Summer D. The Secret of the Garden
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A long time before I was born, my grandma and grandpa had a young family of four little girls. During the Great Depression (大萧条时期), work was hard to find, so Grandpa did whatever jobs he could. On weekends he and Grandma dug a garden to grow some of their own food.
Everybody worked to keep the garden growing. All summer long, the family ate food and enjoyed flowers from the garden. Grandma put up strawberry jam, tomatoes, beans, peppers, pears and peaches in canning jars. They were good to eat through the long winter.
The family grew up, and grandparents grew old. It became hard to keep up the garden, so they made it a little smaller. There was still plenty to eat from the garden and lovely flowers to enjoy.
Then one summer when Grandpa was eighty-nine years old, all he could do was watch from his lawn chair as the vegetables grew and the roses bloomed. Summer slowly faded, and Grandpa died before it was time to bring in the harvest.
It was a lonely winter for Grandma. She sat near the window, looking out at the yard and wondering if she could plant a garden in the spring. When spring came, she planted only a little garden.
One sunny day in the early summer, Grandma heard a commotion (骚动) in the front yard and looked out the window to see a frightening sight. A huge swarm of bees filled the air between two tall trees. The buzzing sound was very loud.
The bees made their way into a hole up in one of the trees. Before long, every one of those bees had disappeared into its new home. During the next few days, the bees were busy minding their own business. Grandma could always see a few bees buzzing in and out around the opening high in the tree. Before long, she decided the bees weren’t bothering anyone, so she didn’t give them another thought.
That summer, Grandma’s little garden grew and grew. The neighbors would stop to admire the huge crop of vegetables and puzzle over their own gardens weren’t doing well.
One day, Grandma’s brother Frank visited from Arizona. As Grandma made Frank a delicious lunch of squash cakes and homemade applesauce, she told him the story about the swarm of bees. Frank said, “In Arizona, the farmers often hired beekeepers to set up beehives near their fields. The bees pollinated (授粉) the crops and helped them to grow.”
That was when Grandma realized that her bees had helped with her garden all summer. “So that’s why my little garden had such a big crop!” she exclaimed.
From that time on, Grandma always believed that since Grandpa couldn’t be there to help her that summer, he had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma’s little garden grow and grow.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The garden was dug by Grandparents during the Great Depression.
B. The garden provided enough food and flowers for the family.
C. The garden was made smaller as Grandparents grew older.
D. The garden once lay in waste after Grandpa passed away.
2.It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. Grandma was too busy to hire someone to deal with the bees.
B. Grandma felt very lonely and helpless when Grandpa passed away.
C. Frank hired beekeepers to help Grandma keep the garden growing.
D. Grandpa turned into bees to help Grandma keep up the garden.
3.The method the author uses in the underlined sentence is _______.
A. offering analyses B. providing explanations
C. making comparison D. giving examples
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Grandpa’s Bees B. Grandparents’ Garden
C. The Harvest of Summer D. The Secret of the Garden
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Grandma celebrated grandpa’s birthday just days before he passed away. Although his __________ was very difficult for her, I think it taught grandma that good health was not to be taken __________, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as ______ and as long as she could. One day, when she ________ to attend dancing lessons, we rolled our eyes in __________ and helplessly wished she would just stay home and __________ cookies as normal grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed ________ we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a __________ grandma.
I suppose grandma’s primary motivation for dancing was social. She had been a __________ girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpa’s quiet lifestyle before __________ any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, __________, filler her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, and the challenge of learning. __________ the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two-hundred-pound figure, grandma __________ everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, __________ soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor.
Having taken dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances _________ and was soon participating in dancing _________ all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, grandma __________ invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches. My attitude was __________ unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every __________ she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the _________ a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.
1.A. suffering B. birthday C. health D. death
2.A. for sure B. for fun C. for granted D. seriously
3.A. fully B. peacefully C. pitifully D. carefully
4.A. pretended B. announced C. refused D. managed
5.A. agreement B. excitement C. embarrassment D. anger
6.A. sell B. bake C. buy D. keep
7.A. until B. since C. unless D. before
8.A. loving B. dancing C. caring D. selfless
9.A. humorous B. shy C. determined D. mean
10.A. managing B. losing C. developing D. falling
11.A. at most B. to be honest C. in a word D. on the other hand
12.A. Once B. Since C. Because D. Although
13.A. persuaded B. satisfied C. surprised D. confused
14.A. what B. that C. which D. it
15.A. easily B. busily C. hard D. awkwardly
16.A. performances B. trainings C. practice D. matches
17.A. unwillingly B. increasingly C. proudly D. surprisingly
18.A. hardly B. even C. still D. fairly
19.A. incident B. point C. room D. event
20.A. judges B. competitors C. dancers D. audiences
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His grandpa was so poor at that time that he had to get up at________dawn every day and walk to the factory in________distance.
A. ×; a B. ×; the C. a; the D. the; the
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Even though my grandpa was a farmer, my grandma would iron his work clothes every day. Grandma mixed up her own starch (淀粉浆) in a glass Coke ______, with a metal cap that had lots of ______, like a salt-shaker. She would spray grandpa’s pants with the starch, ______ them over a chair for a few minutes for them to dry a bit,, and then ______ the iron to them.
As I was watching, I began to question this ______. Why on earth did grandpa need his work clothes ______? Most days, he never ______ anyone but me and maybe a few other farmers nearby. One day when I was about 13, I asked grandma why she thought it necessary to ______ time and effort to clothes that were rarely seen and would be ______ in just an hour or two.
She gave me a girlish smile, the kind you wouldn’t ______ from grandmothers at their age. She said that grandpa was the most ______ man in the world. She loved every chance she got to ______ and make the rest of the world jealous of her. “I want him to look the most handsome man God had ______ made.”
Later that day, I looked ______ at grandpa, who surely didn’t ______ at all handsome to me. He was short and skinny, and his false ______ didn’t line up. “You just aren’t looking in the right light.” Grandma laughed.
I decided to ______ it. Sheesh, I thought, old people.
The years ______, and I watched grandma and grandpa grow old together. I was probably 30 when it ______ on me what love really was – it was grandma ironing grandpa’s pants with ______ from a Coke bottle.
1.A. drink B. box C. bottle D. sign
2.A. holes B. pictures C. dots D. designs
3.A. turn B. squeeze C. dry D. hang
4.A. adapt B. adopt C. appeal D. apply
5.A. method B. practice C. sport D. request
6.A. washed B. ironed C. tailored D. worn
7.A. saw B. talked to C. asked D. thought of
8.A. deliver B. attach C. devote D. owe
9.A. tidy B. shiny C. dirty D. scary
10.A. expect B. choose C. learn D. prevent
11.A. meaningful B. handsome C. powerful D. troublesome
12.A. turn him down B. call him in C. figure him out D. show him off
13.A. never B. always C. ever D. yet
14.A. closely B. madly C. quickly D. randomly
15.A. sound B. look C. prove D. become
16.A. hair B. sense C. teeth D. names
17.A. remember B. forgive C. mention D. forget
18.A. went on B. came along C. stood by D. lay ahead
19.A. depended B. settled C. dawned D. agreed
20.A. water B. starch C. salt D. juice
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．It was a long time before she_________ to what he had said.
A. caught on B. went on C. went up D. caught up
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I’ve always had a love for baseball. So when my daughter was born, I looked forward to the time when I could share that______with her. From the time that she was quite______, we would spend lots of Sunday afternoons watching baseball games on television. As she_____ a bit older, we added the regular activity of going out in the backyard to play catch. So it should be no surprise that I was_____ to take her to see a live game someday.
There was a baseball _______ in our town one day when my daughter was about seven years old, so we made big plans to go to our first _________ baseball game together. The day finally came, and we had great seats. I ____ pointed out the position each player was playing and together we ______ each hit. We shared hot dogs and soda. To our_____, finally the team we liked won.
As we headed across the parking lot to our _________ after the game, an elderly gentleman _________ to us with a baseball in his hand and_____my daughter. “Excuse me,” he said, “I caught this baseball today and I already have a few. Would you like to have it? ” With ________ eyes, my daughter gratefully accepted the ball and we both___ the gentleman as he turned to go. It was the____ to a perfect day.
Years later, we were talking about things we had done when she was a kid. I remembered that first baseball game we attended together and, out of______, I asked her what she remembered about it. She____ responded with, “I remember that old man who _______ me the baseball!” Not the game itself, not the players or the hot dogs, but some random (随意的) person we___ in the parking lot.
Sometimes the most___ things about the events aren’t the experiences we have but the personal interactions we have with other people who are attending the same event.
1.A.entertainment B.advantage C.interest D.experience
2.A.modest B.young C.active D.outstanding
3.A.grew B.intended C.accepted D.directed
4.A.struggling B.waiting C.arguing D.longing
5.A.team B.coach C.competition D.show
6.A.convincing B.real C.charming D.crowded
7.A.eagerly B.calmly C.jokingly D.particularly
8.A.observed B.commented C.whispered D.cheered
9.A.amusement B.satisfaction C.kindness D.thanks
10.A.house B.place C.car D.direction
11.A.came B.waved C.explained D.pointed
12.A.searched for B.looked into C.listened to D.turned to
13.A.wide B.sleepy C.tearful D.hungry
14.A.comforted B.thanked C.encouraged D.inspired
15.A.chance B.summary C.period D.ending
16.A.curiosity B.control C.question D.freedom
17.A.coolly B.finally C.immediately D.gradually
18.A.gave B.lent C.returned D.found
19.A.respected B.supported C.met D.heard
20.A.ordinary B.practical C.meaningful D.useful
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My grandma is c 1.Zhu Jinping. She is sixty-one and she lives 2.my grandpa in a flat in the centre of Beijing. She loves children and animals, 3.(尤其是)cats, although she h 4.their claws! Her 5.(特别喜爱的)thing to eat is yoghurt with honey. She doesn’t like food she has to chew too much _6.her teeth aren’t strong! She never 7.TV except for the news. Grandma is very p8.with her neighbours, maybe because 9.is so helpful. For e 10., she often looks after children for people in her apartment block. Babies love sitting on her lap! She devotes a lot of her time to caring the neighbours.
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Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, “Mum, you must come and see the daffodils(水仙花)before they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Lake Arrowhead. "I will go next Tuesday," I promised, a little unwillingly, on her third call.
The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn’s house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible (看不见的) in the cloud and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see!"
My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this weather all the time, Mum. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read "Daffodil Garden."
We got out of the car and each took a child’s hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up amazed. Before me lay the most beautiful sight. Flows of flowers of different colors seemed poured down the peak and slopes. There were five acres of flowers! A sea of daffodil! It was like a fairyland all beyond description.
"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn. "It’s just one woman." Carolyn answered. "That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio (露台), we saw a poster." Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline.
The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs (鳞茎)" it read. The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman." The third answer was, "Began in 1958."
I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than fifty years before, had begun one bulb at a time to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top. Just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, had changed the world where she lived and created something of magnificence, beauty, and inspiration.
When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small amounts of daily effort, we too can accomplish great things. Everyone can do something to change the world.
1.The writer wasn’t going to see the daffodils at first because ______.
A. she cared more about the children B. they were on a remote mountain top
C. the weather was not good enough D. it was not easy for her to drive there
2.What do we know from the passage about the woman who grew daffodil?
A. She must have been a modest woman.
B. It took her great determination to grow the daffodils.
C. She worked as a professional gardener.
D. Being poor, she made a living by selling daffodils.
3.What has the writer learned from this experience?
A. It’s never too late to learn
B. We must put the interests of others above our own.
C. Accumulation of small steps may lead to something magnificent
D. People can change the world where they live by growing flowers
4.Which may be the best title for the passage?
A. One Bulb at a Time B. I Love Daffodils
C. The Daffodil Garden D. An Unforgettable Experience
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It was the first time that Zhang Lin had spoken before hundreds of strangers and he spent several days __________ his lecture before he stepped onto the platform.
A. polishing B. printing C. spreading D. exchanging
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________her grandma before, he didn’t know she was his grandma even if his mother had told him.（ ）
A．Not being seen B．Not having seen
C．Having not seen D．Not seeing
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