题目内容
I tell him everything, for he is a good friend of me.
me 改为 mine,
解析:
a friend of 后习惯上名词性物主代词,不接人称代词的宾格形式。
Lie in bed, by an open window, and listen…
“No air conditioning? How can you sleep?” a friend asks, horrified. I tell her my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and reduce our electric bill. On this first night of our cost-cutting plan, it’s only 85 degrees. We’re going to suffer, but the three kids complain anyway.
They have grown up in 72-degree comfort, protected from the world outside.
“It’s too hot to sleep,” my 13-year-old daughter complains. “I’m about to die from this heat,” her brother complains down the hall. “Just try it tonight,” I tell them. In truth I’m too tired to turn for long. My face is sweaty, but I lie quietly listening to the cricket choirs outside that remind me of childhood.
The neighbor’s dog howls. Probably a passing squirrel. It’s been years since I took the time to really listen to the night.
I think about grandma, who lived to 92 and still helped with my mom’s gardening until just a few weeks before she died. And then, I’m back there at her house in the summer heat of my childhood. I move my pillow to the foot of grandma’s bed and turn my face toward the open window. I turn the pillow, hunting for the cooler side.
Grandma saw me turn over and over. “If you just watch for the breeze(清风),” she said, “you’ll cool off and fall asleep.” I stare at the filmy white curtain, willing it to move. Lying still, waiting, I suddenly notice the life outside the window. The bug chorus. Neighbors, porch(门廊)-sitting late, speak in unclear words that calm me.
“Mom, did you hear that?” my seven-year-old son cries, “I think it was an owl(猫头鹰)family.”
“Probably,” I tell him, “just keep listening…”
Without the working air conditioner, the house is peaceful, and the natural night noises seem close enough to touch. I hope I’m awake tonight when the first breeze comes in.
【小题1】On the first night of the writer’s cost-cutting plan, her children ______.
A.live a comfortable life as usual |
B.begin to be unhappy |
C.are protected from the world outside |
D.are about to die from the heat |
A.people used to live a hard life |
B.people at that time were hardworking |
C.it’s OK for people to live a simple life |
D.she has learned a great deal from her grandma |
A.free from parents’ protection |
B.full of dissatisfaction with life |
C.dependable because of parents’ love |
D.lacking in real test of hardships in life |
A.Waiting for the Breeze. |
B.An Interesting Experience. |
C.Life at Present and Life in the Past. |
D.Different Times, Different Children |
Shall I tell him the change of the schedule right now?
---- I am afraid you ________, in case he comes late for the meeting.
A.will |
B.must |
C.may |
D.can |
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(苹果馅饼), 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 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.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 |
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 |