Question

October is usually a happy time for me ---- my grandchildren , Daniel and Carly , get all excited about Halloween . They often spend time dreaming of their activities and candies a few weeks .

More than anything else, though, they love best. But not just any pumpkins(南瓜). They wanted the ones by their great aunt Margret--- my sister. I to joke that she had a place in her backyard that attracted those kids deeply .That’s where the pumpkins grew. She and the kids the pumpkins, putting a wooden box under each one so it wouldn’t roll down to the ground. Whenever I took my grand children to visit Margaret, they would say hello to her before running into the to see what was going on there. They harvested (收割) them and used the ones for Halloween.

I didn’t know why or how pumpkins grew in such a place Margret had never planted seeds (种子) there before. Maybe she had just an old pumpkin out there. She was good at gardening, though. I hoped that I had been given Margret’s gardening.

What would my grandchildren do this first Halloween after my sister ? I wished there were some other ways to make the day so as to let Daniel and Carly know their great-aunt’s lived on.

Next day I went to the kids. Upon walking in, I was greeted by their quickest hello, “Grandma! Grandma! Come and see!”

“See what? ”

“ Just come!” they said, my hands and pulling me with them. We went outside. There, right on the side of the house, were six pumpkins, growing in a place where had ever been planted before.

I said, “You know what great- aunt Margret would do if she were here…” We all ran to the kitchen to get some . The big pumpkins were used for Halloween. Those left were used to beautify the front doorway. They lasted for and served as an autumn-long reminder for my two little pumpkin kids.

1.A．earlier B．longer C．ago D．again

2.A．dessert B．pumpkins C．candy D．toys

3.A．cooked B．bought C．grown D．placed

4.A．agreed B．tried C．got D．used

5.A．safe B．magic C．secret D．strange

6.A．came across B．looked after C．picked up D．turn down

7.A．sometimes B．always C．nearly D．hardly

8.A．workshop B．kitchen C．backyard D．room

9.A．fresh B．delicious C．big D．expensive

10.A．unless B．if C．because D．so

11.A．brought B．thrown C．pointed D．stolen

12.A．poor B．great C．social D．ordinary

13.A．died B．slept C．moved D．lost

14.A．free B．busy C．special D．easy

15.A．spirit B．group C．idea D．family

16.A．visit B．advise C．help D．educate

17.A．washing B．holding C．clapping D．raising

18.A．Everything B．something C．nothing D．anything

19.A．food B．water C．knives D．baskets

20.A．months B．days C．hours D．weeks

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

这个故事讲的生命中一些意外的惊喜。故事的开头讲十月份到了孩子们很喜欢万圣节，而他们最爱的莫过于南瓜，所以他们特别喜欢妹妹家的那株南瓜藤和上面结的南瓜。后来在她妹妹死后的第一个万圣节，他们找到了另一株南瓜。

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10.

11.来；B扔掉；C指向；D偷取。句意也许是妹妹不经意扔了一个老南瓜在这里。故选B

12.

13.去；B睡着；C搬走，移动；D走失。句意：妹妹死后的第一个万圣节，孩子该做点什么呢？故选A

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15.织；C思想；D家庭。答案在AC之间选择，全文没有提到姨奶奶的思想。故选A

16.

17.起。句意：一边说着“这边”，一边拉着我跑。故选B

18.种任何东西。所以选C

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考点：考察记叙文理解。