Grandma was a wonderful story-teller, and she had a set of priceless, individually(独特地)tailored stories with which American grandparents of her day brought up children.There was the story of the little boys who had been taught complete, quick obedience(服从).One day when they were out on the grassy plain, their father shouted.“Fall down on your faces!”They did, and the terrible prairie(草原)fire swept over them and they weren’t hurt.There was also the story of three boys at school, each of whom received a cake sent from home.One saved his, and the mice ate it; one ate all of his, and he got sick; and who do you think had the best time?-Why, of course, the one who shared his cake with his friends.
(1)
What is the main idea of this passage?
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A.
Children should obey their parents quickly.
B.
Children should share with others.
C.
The author remembers many of her grandma’s wonderful stories.
D.
The grandma’s stories helped teach the children morals and good manners.
(2)
Which of the following details supports the main idea of the passage?
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A.
The children were saved from the fire because they followed directions.
B.
Grandma told a story of three boys at school.
C.
Each of the three boys got a cake sent from home.
D.
The big prairie fire soon spread over to the village.
(3)
Which of the following statements is true?
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A.
The author was saved from the fire.
B.
The author was brought up from his grandmother.
C.
Grandma was good at telling children stories.
D.
Grandma told stories to children just for fun.
(4)
All of the following were not praised by the author except ________.
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A.
the boy who shared his cake with others
B.
the boy who ate up all his cake by himself
C.
the boy who kept the cake for the future
D.
the boys who didn’t obey their parents
(5)
According to this passage, the underlined word tailored probably means ________.
My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car.From the time I wa s a saver.My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week.I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura.In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural.The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get.I earned some of my money picking one crop or another.When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果园)and it wa s harve st time.She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked.I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day.Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker.
In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away.She left me 100 share s of AT&T.One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me$240 per year in dividend s(利息).That wa s huge for a kid my age.
By the time I wa s seventeen.I had saved up $ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted.Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up $ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car.I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”.I wa s so excited.
My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got.Thi s wa s not a bad thing.I learned self-reliance.Self-reliance i s equal to freedom.Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father.
(1)
Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of $1, 300?
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A.
Weekly allowance.
B.
Her earning s by picking crop s.
C.
Share s left by grandma.
D.
Money earned from selling share s.
(2)
The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________.
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A.
she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s
B.
enough money had been earned for her car
C.
the work wa s too hard for children like her
D.
she had no time to do that again for some rea son
(3)
We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________.
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A.
16
B.
17
C.
18
D.
19
(4)
The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________.