Question

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

I will never forget the Sunday afternoons I spent at my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania when I was a little boy. Miles of winding stone walls around the house provided endless hours of________ for a city kid like me.

I can still remember one afternoon when I was eight years old. Since my first visit to the ________, I’d wanted to be allowed to climb the stone walls around the farm. My parents would never approve(赞同). Still, my wish to climb across those walls grew so ________ . One spring afternoon, I picked up all my courage and ________ the living room, where the adults were sitting and talking over tea after dinner. “Can I climb the stone walls?” I asked. Immediately the women in the room cried. “Heavens, no! You’ll ________ yourself!” I wasn’t too disappointed; their reply was just as I’d expected. But before I could leave the room, my ________ stopped me. “Wait a minute.” I heard him say, “Let the boy climb the stone walls. He has to ________ to do things for himself.”“Hurry up,” he said to me, “and come and see me when you get back”. For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls and had the ________ of my life. Later I met with my grandfather to him about my adventure(冒险). I’ll never forget what he said. “Fred,” he said, smiling, “you made day a ________ day just by being yourself. Always ________ , there’s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are.”

1.A. sadness B. pity C. fun D. puzzle

2.A. farm B. house C. home D. room

3.A. weak B. high C. low D. strong

4.A. visited B. entered C. saw D. left

5.A. enjoy B. hurt C. forget D. lose

6.A. mother B. father C. grandfather D. friend

7.A. agree B. finish C. promise D. learn

8.A. time B. love C. regret D. failure

9.A. terrible B. difficult C. special D. hopeless

10.A. hope B. forget C. value D. remember

Answer 1