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expectantly.
Suddenly, we were interrupted clapping. "Terrific," the director said, stepping up the stage from the
aisle(过道). “Except, could you kids face the audience a bit more?"
The kids shifted to face the empty seats, which would be filled in a few days for the church play.
"Perfect," the director said. "Now, Grandma, read to your grandchildren." A pang of sadness hit me.
If only I could read to my real grandchild!
I had a granddaughter, but I"d never met her. Sixteen years earlier my son was involved in a
relationship that ended badly. But out of it came a blessing: a baby girl named Lena. I hoped to be a
grandmother to her-but shortly after the birth, the mother moved without any address left. Over the
years, I asked around town to try and find my son"s exwife(前妻), but it seemed that she didn"t want
to be found.
I"d just joined this new church a week earlier, and was at once offered the part of Grandma in the
play. At least now I could pretend to be a grandma. The rehearsals went well, and finally the day of the
show arrived. The performance was great. “You all looked so natural up there," one of my friends said.
Afterward, we went to the church basement for refreshments(茶点). I walked over to one of the
girls in the play, Rehearsals had been such a whirlwind(一片忙乱) that we never really got to talk.
"How"s my granddaughter?" I joked.
"Fine!" she answered. Just then, someone else walked up and asked the girl her name.
I wasn"t sure I heard the girl"s answer correctly. But it made me ask her another question. "What"s
your mother"s name?"
She told me, I was still in shock. "And what"s your father"s name?" I asked. She told me. It was my
son.
She"d only started going to that church a week before I did. Since that day of the play, we"ve stayed
close. Not long ago, she even made me a great grandma.
B. Playing a game.
C. Preparing for a play.
D. Acting in a movie.
B. The director"s words hurt her so badly.
C. She wished that she had a real grandchild.
D. The director wasn"t content with her performance.
B. Lena treated the author as a friend.
C. The author got to know who Lena was.
D. Lena mistook the author for her grandmother.
B. contrast and conclusion
C. cause and effect
D. questions and answers
B. heartbroken
C. confused
D. anxious
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核心考点
试题【 "Grandma, Grandma, tell us a story!" Four darling children sat by my feet, 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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needn"t have a lot of __1__. One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. By doing this one day, I
got to __2__ a young homeless man. He was often __3__ the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his __4__ was close to
mine. It meant that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year __5__ after his birthday, and after congratulating(祝贺) him, without thinking, I
asked if he had had a good day. He __6__ and said that he hadn"t really celebrated. I felt so __7__.
I just couldn"t bear the thought of this nice, young man being __8__ on his 25th birthday with no
presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(纱线) basket. __9__ for me, I had
enough yarn __10__. I set to work and knitted(编织) a __11__ for the young man. The yarn had
become a little dirty because I didn"t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be
__12__ when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had hoped to meet him so I had__13__
the scarf and a piece of my own birthday __14__ around with me. He was very happy with these gifts
and so was I. The __15__ in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
| ( )1. A. work ( )2. A. realize ( )3. A. selling ( )4. A. birthday ( )5. A. long ( )6. A. looked up ( )7. A. foolish ( )8. A. calm ( )9. A. Suddenly ( )10. A. used ( )11. A. scarf ( )12. A. different ( )13. A. made ( )14. A. cake ( )15. A. light | B. energy B. ignore B. reading B. house B. shortly B. turned up B. excited B. happy B. Luckily B. done B. cap B. dry B. thrown B. present B. pain | C. money C. know C. covering C. height C. ever C. looked down C. clever C. alone C. Badly C. left C. sock C. wet C. received C. song C. sight | D. experience D. recognize D. buying D. hobby D. even D. got down D. worried D. hungry D. However D. produced D. glove D. clean D. carried D. party D. tear | |||
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| It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step. "Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them. I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow. "Come in and I"ll make you a cup of hot cocoa." They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking. The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, "Lady, are you rich?" "Am I rich? Pity, no!" I looked at my wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and said, "Your cups match your saucers." They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched. I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too. I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am. 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Lady, are you rich? B. A story of Thanksgiving Day C. Don"t forget how rich you are D. Does cups and saucers match well? 2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________. A. she wanted to sell old papers to them B. she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party C. she showed great pity and care on them D. she had the same experience as them in the past 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy. B. The writer had thought she wasn"t rich because her supplies were not expensive. C. If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap. D. After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was. 4. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________. A. show that she was a kindhearted lady B. remind her that she shouldn"t forget how rich she was C. leave room for readers to think about what being rich is D. prove that she had understood what meant being rich 5. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________. A. how much money you have made B. what attitude you have had towards life C. the way you help others D. your social relationship | ||||||
| Nathan Phillips, who will formally begin his freshman year at the University of San Diego(USD) on Aug. 31, will arrive on campus in an unusual and philanthropic manner. Phillips is expected to arrive between 5 p. m. and 6 p. m. Thursday on his bicycle, having pedaled 1,450 miles from Astoria, Ore. Phillips combined his desire to complete a long bike ride before entering college with his interest in helping the children of Uganda. He is raising funds for Invisible Children, a San Diegobased organization seeking to end conflicts afflicting(使苦恼) northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic and stop the use of children as soldiers. Phillips had raised $1,540 before embarking Aug.11 and hopes to reach $2,000. Phillips, who is from Redmond, Washington, visited Uganda during high school and worked in an orphanage(孤儿院) there. He was also inspired by a presentation by Invisible Children at his high school. "I have been to Uganda and personally gotten to know some of the kids affected by the war," Phillips said in a statement released by the university. "I would do anything to help these kids." Phillips" new roommate, Kyle Sharp, has joined him for the last 600 miles of the trip. Students and other members of the USD community are expected to join him for the last 13 miles. "Nathan"s passionate commitment(恪守承诺) to improving the lives of children more than 8,000 miles away resonates(共鸣) with USD"s mission to prepare future leaders to change the world for the better," Pamela Gray Payton, assistant vice president of public affairs at USD, said in a prepared statement. "We are delighted to have Nathan as a member of our campus community." Supporters from USD and Invisible Children will greet Phillips and his entourage(随从) when they arrive in front of Founders Hall on campus. The public is invited as well. | ||||||
| 1. Which of the following statements about Nathan Phillips is TRUE? | ||||||
| A. Nathan Phillips has been a freshman at the university. B. Nathan Phillips is an American. C. Nathan Phillips is an African. D. Nathan Phillips likes riding a bike. | ||||||
| 2. Why does Nathan Phillips finish riding a bike for a long way before going into college? | ||||||
| A. He travels to Uganda. B. He practises riding a bike. C. He raises money to help the children of Uganda. D. He wants to take exercise. | ||||||
| 3. How much money does Nathan Phillips expect to collect in total? | ||||||
| A. $1,540. B. $2,000. C. $3,540. D. $2,540. | ||||||
| 4. How far does Nathan Phillips ride to college? | ||||||
| A. 8,000 miles. B. 600 miles. C. 13 miles. D. 86,000 miles. | ||||||
| 5. What can we learn from the last paragraph? | ||||||
| A. People like Nathan Phillips. B. The public invite Nathan Phillips. C. People support what Nathan Phillips does. D. Supporters like Nathan Phillips. | ||||||
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| One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather.Several times,it __1__ several obstacles(障碍物)in its path.And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detou r(绕道). At one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10 mm wide.After some __2__ thoughts,the ant laid the feather over the crack,walked across it and picked the feather up on the other side,then continued on its way.I was __3__ by the cleverness of this ant.It was only a small insect,lacking of __4__ yet equipped with a brain to reason,explore, discover and overcome. But this ant, like the other twolegged creatures __5__ on the earth, also shares human failings. After some time the ant __6__ reached its destination-a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its __7__ home.It was there that the ant met its __8__.How could that large feather possibly __9__ such a small hole? Of course, it couldn"t.So the ant, after all this __10__ and using great brightness, overcoming problems all along the way, just gave up the __11__ and went home.The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a burden. Isn"t our __12__ like that? We worry about our families; we worry about the __13__ of money and we worry about all kinds of things.These are all burdens-the things we pick up along life"s path,and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to __14__ that at the destination they are __15__ and we can"t take them with us. | ||||||
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