题目内容
My grandfather was a serious man. A quick look from him was enough to keep my sisters and me in line. ______ every summer I looked forward to seeing Grandpa in his farm. We enjoyed every moment of feeding and washing the animals.
Grandpa was a man who didn’t show his ______easily. There were times he caught us touching some of his personal things or exploring places that we weren’t ______ to. His quiet scolding(责备) left us ______ for the rest of our stay.
One morning I heard “clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ping”. I stopped and found where the sound ______: Grandpa in his study, typing a letter. I leaned ________ to see better when I fell through the door. For a while I ______ on the floor of the study. I stood up and went red in the face, hoping the scolding would be short.
Grandpa’s eyes shone. He called me over. I went to him _______ with my eyes looking at the floor. He asked what I was doing, and I told him that I was drawn by the ______ of the typewriter. I only wanted to get a better _____. I wasn’t going to touch anything, I _____.
The rest of the summer I stood near his elbow watching him type. How I wished to _____ the beautiful yellow keys with steel rims.
After going home, I spent the year writing poems, letters, and stories in my notebooks and ________ myself to use Grandpa’s typewriter to write novels.________, I planned to be a writer, and writers used typewriters.
The next summer, I’d hear the sounds of typewriter keys and walk toward them, admiring the ________ of the words forming on the page. I wished he would offer me a chance to try it. But he never did.
On returning home that year, I got a parcel. I found the typewriter in the box! My serious grandfather！
1.A.So B.Otherwise C.Then D.Yet
2.A.spirits B.feelings C.courage D.strength
3.A.afforded B.regarded C.supposed D.known
4.A.well-dressed B.well-organized C.well-behaved D.well-balanced
5.A.came across B.came over C.came out D.came from
6.A.farther B.longer C.higher D.lower
7.A.lie B.lied C.lay D.laid
8.A.excitedly B.slowly C.quickly D.proudly
9.A.appearance B.movement C.voice D.sound
10.A.expression B.impression C.photo D.look
11.A.accepted B.promised C.agreed D.wished
12.A.touch B.fall C.move D.attack
13.A.imagining B.remembering C.reminding D.mentioning
14.A.After all B.As usual C.At last D.Above all
15.A.advantage B.wonder C.memory D.step
阅读快车系列答案Plants on mountains
Mountains are more than 500 meters tall and it’s not easy for plants to live on them. The wind is strong. The soil is thin and rocky. Which plants can live there? Come and see some of them.
| They look like a small cushion(垫子). They grow together and they are less than 30 cm tall. But they can be 3 meters wide. People also call the plants “ecosystem engineers”. That’s because many other plants live under them. Cushion plants keep the cold away. They make the soil inside soft and wet. In this way, cushion plants help other plants survive(生存). |
| The snow lotus lives at elevations ranging from 2,400 to 4,000 meters. The climate there is cold. It always snows and the air is thin. Most plants will die. But the snow lotus grows well. A snow lotus can be 15 to 35 cm tall. People use it in medicine. |
| The evergreen saxifrage has star-shaped flowers. Most saxifrages are very small — less than 12 cm tall. They grow very slowly in cold environments. Saxifrages can live both in the mountains and in your garden, yet they are not resistant (耐受的) to high temperatures. |
1.According to the passage, which are the smallest plants?
A.Cushion plants B.Snow lotuses C.Saxifrages
2.What do we know about cushion plants?
A.They can grow up to 3 meters tall.
B.They can protect the plants under them from the cold.
C.They need to live in soft and wet soil.
3.Which plants can be used in medicine?
A.Cushion plants B.Snow lotuses C.Saxifrages