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 w ind.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 ca n work it out.Want to try?”
“But it won’t be the same without Grandma,” I tell him.
“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.trying to make apple pie
all alone for Sophie
D.talking about apples,and bees,and Grandma
with Sophie
3.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
4.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