¡¡¡¡I arrived at my mother's home for our Monday family dinner£®The smells of food flew over from the kitchen£®Mother was pulling out quilt(±»×Ó)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing their beauties£®She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church£®When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of on box£®£®I pulled it out£®¡°What is it?¡±I asked£®
¡¡¡¡¡°Oh?¡±Mon said,¡°that's Mama's quilt£®¡±
¡¡¡¡I spread the quilt£®It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together£º irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right£®
¡¡¡¡¡°Grandmother made this?¡±I said, surprised£®My grandmother was a master at making quilts£®This didn't certainly look like any of the quilts she had made£®
¡¡¡¡¡°Yes, right before she died£®I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,¡±she said£®¡°I'm still working on it£®See, this is what I've done so far£®¡±
I looked at it more closely£®She had made straight a crooked line£®At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(·ì)a piece of cloth with those words£º¡°My mother made many quilts£®She didn't get all line straight£®But I think this is beautiful£®I want to see it finished£®Her last quilt£®¡±
¡°Oh, this is so nice, mom,¡±I said£®It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother's quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother£®I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure£®It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another£®
(1)
Why did the author go to her mother's home?
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To see her mother's quilt
B£®
To help prepare for a show
C£®
To get together for a family dinner
D£®
To discuss her grandmother's life
(2)
The author was surprised because________£®
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A£®
the quilt looked very strange
B£®
her grandmother liked the quilt
C£®
the quilt was the best she had seen
D£®
her mother had made some changes
(3)
The underlined word¡°crooked¡±in the passage most probably means ________£®
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unfinished
B£®
broken
C£®
bent
D£®
unusual
(4)
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment£®I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind£®So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote£º
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For nine months I carried you, growing inside me¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡No Charge
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For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you¡¡No Charge
¡¡¡¡
For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡No Charge
¡¡¡¡
When you add it all up, the full cost of my love¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡No Charge
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Well, when he finished reading, he had big tears in his eyes£®He looked at his mother and said,¡°Mummy, I love you£®¡±Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the¡°bill¡±¡°All paid£®¡±
(1)
What's the best title for this passage?
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A£®
Part-time Job
B£®
Mother's Love, No Charge
C£®
Payment for House Work
D£®
Greedy Mother
(2)
The write wrote the passage in order to ________£®
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A£®
show that children should be paid for their housework
B£®
show that children should not be paid for their housework
C£®
show a clever way of teaching children
D£®
tell children how to spend their spare time
(3)
How do you think of the mother in the passage?
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Clever
B£®
Greedy
C£®
Cold£hearted
D£®
Selfish
(4)
From the last passage we know that ________
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the boy got all the money he wanted
B£®
the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy
C£®
the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework
D£®
the mother was angry with what the boy said
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¡¡¡¡Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel£®Green said,¡°Clearly I am the most important£®I am the sign of life and hope£®I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves£®Without me, all animals would ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Blue interrupted,¡°You only think about the ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡, but consider the sky and the sea£®¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea£®Without my peace, you would all be ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Yellow chuckled(ЦµÀ),¡°You are all so serious£®I bring laughter, fun, and ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ into the world£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Orange started next to blow her trumpet,¡°I am the color of health and strength£®I may be ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life£®When I fill the sky ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ to any of you£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Red could stand it ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ and he shouted out,¡°I am the ruler of all of you£®I am the color of danger and of bravery£®I am willing to ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ truth£®I am also the color of passion and of love£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Then came Purple and Indigo(ÉîÀ¶)¡£®
¡¡¡¡The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own ¡¡¡¡11¡¡¡¡£®Their quarreling became louder and louder£®Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder£®Rain started to pour down ¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡£®The colors crouched(òéËõ)down ¡¡¡¡13¡¡¡¡, drawing close to one another for comfort£®
¡¡¡¡In the midst of the clamor(½ÐÈÂ), rain began to speak,¡°You foolish colors, fighting ¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡yourselves, each trying to dominate¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡£®Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, ¡¡¡¡16¡¡¡¡?Join hands with ¡¡¡¡17¡¡¡¡ and come to me£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Doing as they were told, the colors ¡¡¡¡18¡¡¡¡ and joined hands£®They formed a colorful rainbow£®From then on, whenever a good rain ¡¡¡¡19¡¡¡¡ the world, a rainbow appears in the sky£®They remember to ¡¡¡¡20¡¡¡¡ one another£®
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