( )1. A. noon ( )2. A. expected ( )3. A. being encouraged ( )4. A. Yet ( )5. A. laugh ( )6. A. got up ( )7. A. report ( )8. A. almost ( )9. A. ask ( )10. A. liked ( )11. A. head ( )12. A. boring ( )13. A. hurts ( )14. A. interest ( )15. A. feeling ( )16. A. life ( )17. A. set down ( )18. A. answer ( )19. A. possible ( )20. A. condition | B. afternoon B. burnt B. being allowed B. Although B. smile B. got back B. shout B. never B. greet B. got B. heart B. hard B. comforts B. surprise B. story B. mind B. took away B. question B. true B. future | C. morning C. sweet C. waiting C. So C. shout C. broke away C. apologize C. often C. tell C. cooked C. arms C. disappointing C. invites C. kindness C. choice C. an end C. finished up C. comment C. terrible C. situation | D. night D. delicious D. refusing D. Until D. stare D. put forward D. complain D. hardly D. kiss D. made D. hands D. sad D. hates D. satisfaction D. memory D. a conclusion D. washed up D. suggestion D. great D. marriage |
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I"m lying on my back in my grandfather"s orchard (果园), looking up at the branches above me.It is one of the last days of summer.Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler.Some kinds of apples are already ripe (成熟的). Others will be ready to pick soon.I think of my grandmother"s apple pie, and how I used to make it with her.She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie since.I really miss her.I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers.The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep. The sky is as blue as my grandfather"s eyes.Above me, big white clouds race across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind.School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down. "Sophie!" calls my grandfather."Is that you?" I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard.We talk about apples, and bees, and Grandma.He tells me that he misses her too. He puts his rough, brown farmer"s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close."You know, Sophie, " he says, "I spent the morning in the attic (阁楼), and you"ll never guess what I found.It"s the recipe (烹饪法) for Grandma"s apple pie.I used to help her make it sometimes.I can"t do it all alone, but you used to help her too.Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out.Want to try?" "But it won"t be the same without Grandma, " I tell h ![]() "That"s true, " he says, "but nothing_is_the_same_without_Grandma.Still, I don"t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie.What do you say?" I nod yes, and we walk towards home... towards an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma"s famous apple pie. | |||
1. We learn from the passage that Sophie________. | |||
A. likes to watch clouds in the attic B. comes to the orchard after school C. enjoys Grandma"s apple pie very much D. picks many apples in the orchard | |||
2. Sophie"s grandfather spent the morning in the attic________. | |||
A. looking for Grandma"s recipe for apple pie B. helping Sophie"s grandmother make apple pie C. tr ![]() D. talking about apples, and b ![]() | |||
3. Both Sophie and her grandfather used to________. | |||
A. help Grandma make apple pies B. spend summer afternoons in the orchard C. enjoy fresh fruit in the farmhouse kitchen D. walk alone among the apple trees | |||
4. The underlined part in the last paragraph shows________. | |||
A. how much Sophie"s grandmother loved Sophie B. how much Sophie"s grandfather likes apple pies C. how much Sophie loves her grandfather"s orchard D. how much Sophie"s grandfather misses Grandma | |||
5. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? | |||
A. My grandfather"s orchard B. My grandmother"s apple pie C. A morning in the attic D. The last days of summer | |||
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Having lived in California until 1970,my family has felt a number of earthquakes.We have been fortunate,however,to have suffered no bodily harm or property damage. There is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from 1769 to the present.The site lists the dates and times as well as the magnitude (震级) and the exact location of any quake that measured more than 6.0.There are only a few quakes that stand out in my memory and,luckily,none is shown in the website.So,my personal experience with earthquakes might be considered insignificant. There are three earthquakes that are difficult to forget.The first one was in 1955 and our oldest daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Redwood City in California.As the shaking became stronger I held her to me with one arm as I held on to one of our fruit trees with the other.All three of us (my daughter,I and the tree) shook for two or three minutes that to us felt like hours. The second one was in 1963.Our entire family was visiting Disneyland in Southern California.The earth started to shake just as we were beginning to walk from our hotel toward the_famous_landmark. My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California.It was in my sixties and I was alone in an old church.As the building started to shake,I quickly headed for the door to go outside.I remember I said a little prayer-something like,"Help me get out of here in time,Dear Heavenly Father".Minutes later,I was safe outside. | |||
1. The author writes the passage mainly to tell us about________. | |||
A. a new film about an earthquake B. how to survive an earthquake C. his three earthquake experiences D. how to save children in an earthquake | |||
2. The earthquakes the author has experienced________. | |||
A. all caused bodily harm B. are all recorded in a website C. all measured more than 6.0 D. all happened in California | |||
3. When the first earthquake happened,the author______![]() | |||
A. was staying with his daughter B. was planting fruit trees C. held on to a tree for hours D. was in a hotel | |||
4. What does the underlined part "the famous landmark" refer to? | |||
A. A church. B. Disneyland. C. A building destroyed by an earthquake. D. The place where the author was born. | |||
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the third earthquake? | |||
A. It happened in the author"s sixties. B. the author succeede ![]() C. When it happened,the author was in a church. D. The author was too afraid to walk when it happened. |