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(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me 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 one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; 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 certainly didn’t 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(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, 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.

72. Why did the author go to mother’s home?

A. To see her mother’s quilts.           B. To help prepare for a show.

C. To get together for the family dinner.   D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

73. The author was surprised because __________________.

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

74. The underlined word “crooked” in the passage most probably means __________ .

A. unfinished      B. broken      C. bent    D. unusual

75. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Quilt Show     B. Mother’s Home  C. A Monday Dinner   D. Grandmother’s Quilt

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After listening to everyone’s concerns and problems, Professor Smith looked over at the hostess (主持人) and asked her if she could get a paper and pen for everyone in the room. She    36    a minute later, and brought some paper and pens.

    “Do me a    37   ,” Professor Smith asked. “We’re going to try something and I    38    your cooperation. On the small piece of paper please    39    the 3 biggest problems you are facing in your personal life right now. Don’t write your name on it. We’ll keep it    40   .”

    The group found the experiment    41   , not knowing what was to follow.

    After everyone wrote down their problems, Professor Smith asked everyone to    42    their paper and put it in a small basket that was in the front of the room. There were    43    expressions throughout the room,    44    again, everyone cooperated, wanting to know what would    45    next.

    Professor Smith shook the basket and then he    46    around the room and asked each person to    47    a paper from the basket. After he had done that, he sat back down and looked around the room.

    “Friends,   48    the paper and read to yourself the problems that you    49   ,” Professor Smith said.

    Then, Professor Smith    50    at the woman sitting on his left and asked, “Lisa, would you like to    51    your problems that you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”

 “No,” Lisa said.

    Next, Professor Smith asked the man sitting next to Lisa the    52    question. “Would you like to exchange the problems you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”

   53    the reply was “No.”

    Professor Smith went around the whole room. Everyone had a    54    to answer.

Surprisingly, the answers were all the same — no, no, no, no…. Some people said that “I can settle my own problems, but I can’t    55    what I chose out of the basket”. Some people said “Wow — these make my problems look like nothing.”

A. left                B. returned             C. answered             D. finished

A. favor          B. help                 C. prize                    D. reward

A. like           B. wish                 C. ask                  D. need

A. put out         B. wash away                C. write down               D. speak out

A. secret         B. silence                  C. message              D. future

A. encouraging        B. interesting              C. surprising               D. boring

A. tear           B. cut                  C. desert                   D. fold

A. frightened     B. pleasant             C. curious              D. terrible

A. but                B. so                   C. for                  D. and

A. say         B. happen               C. move                 D. adventure

A. jumped         B. ran                  C. walked               D. rushed

A. throw          B. touch                    C. hold                 D. pick

A. unfold         B. see                  C. search                   D. study

A. heard           B. chose                    C. noticed              D. feared

A. shouted            B. wondered             C. looked                   D. knocked

A. give           B. accept                   C. understand               D. exchange

A. same           B. different                C. easy                 D. strange

A. Immediately     B. Again                    C. Surely                   D. Then

A. bravery            B. fault                    C. chance                   D. power

A. struggle with       B. show off             C. throw away               D. deal with

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(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me 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 one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; 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 certainly didn’t 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(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, 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 mother’s home?

2.The author was surprised because      .

3. The underlined wood “crooked” in the passage most probably means       .

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

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(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me 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 one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; 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 certainly didn’t 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 a crooked line straight. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. Zxxk

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 mother’s home?

A. To see her mother’s quilts.           B. To help prepare for a show.

C. To get together for the family dinner. D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.[来源:Z

2.

 The author was surprised because __________________.

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 __________ .

A. unfinished      B. broken      C. bent    D. unusual

4.

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Quilt Show B. Mother’s Home C. A Monday Dinner  D. Grandmother’s Quilt

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(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me 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 one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; 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 certainly didn’t 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(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, 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.

Why did the author go to mother’s home?

  A. To see her mother’s quilts.            B. To help prepare for a show.

  C. To get together for the family dinner.    D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

The author was surprised because      .

  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

The underlined wood “crooked” in the passage most probably means       .

  A. unfinished     B. broken      C. bent       D. unusual

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

 A. A Quilt Show    B. Mother’s Home  C. A Monday Dinner  D. Grandmother’s Quilt