题目内容
Summer rains came and never stopped. When it grew darker, Grandmother sent my sister Cathie and me out to gather roses. We carried many roses into the house, filling all the bottles we could find. The ______ filled the air, and the ants came out of the flowers, filling the house.
Grandfather held his new camera, taking pictures of the ants, roses and everything. The camera light came out everywhere until Grandmother became ______.
“Marcus! I can't read! Go away. Be a ______.”
“I am a farmer who takes pictures,” he said ______. “I am a photographer?farmer.”
Grandmother drove him to the barn(畜棚). I ______ Grandfather there, watching him take photos of cows ______ they showed him their backsides. I stood behind Grandfather, trying to see what he saw ______ the camera.
Then I walked to the back of the barn where his pictures hung. And then I saw it—the picture I had taken of ______ with Cathie, Cathie's mouth opened, both lost in a singing game, light from the window around them. The picture wasn't ______ as if it was a painting or a memory. For a moment, I felt like I was Cathie. I stepped back to see the picture better and ______ against Grandfather standing behind me.
“You moved the camera,” he said. “That's ______ it didn't come out clearly.”
I nodded.
“It's not a good picture.”
“Joe,” said Grandfather softly, “it is a wonderful picture.”
“But I ______ the camera.”
“You did. See how it looks like Cathie and I are the only ones there. What a wonderful picture!”
Grandfather's voice rose ______.
I said shyly, “Well, it's not perfect.”
“Perfect!” Grandfather said, his voice loud. “What is ______? Joe, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a ______. That goes for life.”
1.A. rain B. roses C. bottles D. smell
2.A. inactive B. impatient C. impolite D. unfair
3.A. farmer B. photographer C. cowboy D. painter
4.A. correctly B. luckily C. proudly D. successfully
5.A. invited B. followed C. led D. showed
6.A. until B. when C. so D. unless
7.A. above B. across C. through D. over
8.A. Grandfather B. Grandmother C. Grandparents D. myself
9.A. clean B. interesting C. colourful D. clear
10.A. beat B. bumped C. played D. held
11.A. how B. why C. where D. what
12.A. moved B. dropped C. broke D. opened
13.A. in surprise B. in confidence C. with patience D. with excitement
14.A. happy B. soft C. polite D. perfect
15.A. camera B. painting C. picture D. memory
At midnight on New Year's Eve, people in Rome(罗马), Italy throw all the things they no
longer want. You can find old chairs, beds, clothes and dishes.., everywhere in the streets.
In Madrid ( 马德里), Spain, New Year comes in more quietly. People go to the main squares,and each of them holds a bag of grapes. As the clock strikes twelve, the people eat grapes.
In Tokyo(东京),people eat noodles on New Year's Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji(富士山). There they watch the first sunrise of the new year.
In China,family members come back home and have a big dinner. New Year's food is a whole fish and a whole chicken. The whole chicken has a head, a tail and two feet and that will bring them good luck.
Spend New Year's Eve in1. ways | |
In Italy | Throw 2. things. You will see them here and there in the 3. |
In Spain | People go to main squares and eat4. |
In Japan | People eat 5.. Some6. Mount Fuji to 7. the sunrise. |
In China | People get8.. They have the 9. fish and chicken. The food will make them 10. in the corning new year. |