题目内容
Ripe apples________, as an experienced farmer once told.
A. are picked easy B. pick easy C. are picked easily D. pick easily
D
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,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.
【小题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 |
| A.looking for Grandma’s recipe for apple pie |
| B.helping Sophie’s grandmother make apple pie |
| C.trying to make apple pie all alone for Sophie |
| D.talking about apples,and bees,and Grandma with Sophie |
| 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 |
| A.My grandfather’s orchard | B.My grandmother’s apple pie |
| C.A morning in the attic | D.The last days of summer |
Chuck was thirteen when he came home from the hospital. He came home not because he was getting better but because he wanted to be with people he knew and loved when he died. I came by the house to visit him and his family several times a week during his treatment. On most of my visits, Chuck was very weak. But the last time I saw him alive, he was awake. “I have got something for you.” He pulled out a piece of crumpled (弄皱的) paper from under his pillow. “I want you to give this to my mom and dad after I die. You’ll know when it’s right, I guess, won’t you?”
“What is it?” I asked. “It’s a list of all the fun we had, and all the happy time when we laughed.” I almost gasped in great surprise.
“Like what?” I asked quietly, trying to regain my calmness.
“Like the time when Mom, Dad, Chrissie, Linda and me were dressed up as fruits and Dad was driving us to a costume party. Dad was a bunch of grapes and I was an apple, and the others were different things like bananas and pears.”
And a policewoman pulled Dad over for speeding. When the policewoman came up to the car, she looked and started laughing so hard that she could hardly stand up. And we all started laughing and she said, “Where are you all heading — a salad bar?
” Dad said he was sorry to be speeding, but his kids were getting so ripe(成熟的) that they were starting to draw flies. And she laughed till she had to take off her dark glasses and wiped tears from her eyes.”
Chuck laughed and so did I. The list was full of laughing and fun. What a wonderful gift, I thought.
【小题1】Why did Chuck go home from
the hospital?
| A.He had been cured by the doctors. |
| B.He got better and better. |
| C.He missed his friends and teachers. |
| D.He wanted to be with people who he knew and loved when he died. |
| A.What to do after his death. | B.His thoughts about fear, anger and disappointment. |
| C.What to do before his death. | D.All the happy time he had with his family. |
| A.Because she mistook the children for fruits. |
| B.Because she saw some flies around the children. |
| C.Because she was frightened. |
| D.Because the children were dressed in a funny way. |
| A.stopped Dad | B.punished Dad |
| C.put Dad into prison | D.knocked Dad down |
If we want to deal with the association(交往) between boys and girls properly, here are some “dos and don’ts” for you to follow.
Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. It is very natural for the boys and girls to make friends with each other. We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep in touch with the other sex(性别) in public instead of in secret.
Don’t be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friends with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.
Don’t fall into the ditch of early love. The boys and girls at adolescence(青春期) are rich in feeling. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion, early love is a green apple that can’t be eaten. An apple won’t taste sweet until it is fully ripe. Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of early love.
1.The main idea of the passage is to ______.
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A.tell students to keep away from early love |
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B.give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls |
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C.tell students how to make friends |
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D.teach boys how to talk with girls |
2.We should keep in touch with the other sex in the following EXCEPT ______.
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A.with a good state of mind |
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B.in real friendship |
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C.in public |
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D.in secret |
3. If you are a shy person, you can _______.
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A.find friends with the same interest and hobby first |
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B.only have a few friends of the same sex |
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C.not make friends with the other sex |
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D.not fail in love with other students easily |
4.What does the underlined word “ditch” mean?
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A.波浪 |
B.泥潭 |
C.圈套 |
D.迷惑 |
eaten. An apple won't taste sweet until it is fully ripe. Do keep out of early love.