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 w ind.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 ca n 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.

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

2.Sophie’s grandfather spent the morning in the attic______　　　.

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

3.The underlined part in the last paragraph shows

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

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．My grandfather’s orchard           B．My grandmother’s apple pie

C．A morning in the attic              D．The last days of summer

 

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to  26  in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the  27  ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too  28  for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of   29  .

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there  30  between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She  31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had  32  her. I was  33  and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it  34  , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt   35  . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen     36  , but it’s really there. Love is  37 .”

I listened carefully but I  38  her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly  39  seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked  40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father   41  on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t  42  me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”  43  his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and  44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just  45  in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

【小题】 A. keep fit   B. rise early      C. earn money      D. collect money

【小题】A. magic       B. romantic        C. fantastic       D. attractive

【小题】A. simple      B. easy            C. relaxing        D. luxurious(奢侈)

【小题】 A. the questionB. question       C. reach           D. control

【小题】 A. feeling    B. love            C. quarrel         D. smile

【小题】 A. raised     B. shook           C. lifted          D. bowed

【小题】A. hurt        B. injured         C. wounded         D. harmed

【小题】 A. in great surprise             B. in a great embarrassment

C. with delight                       D. in great astonishment

【小题】A. happens     B. comes about     C. appears         D. occurs

【小题】A. warm and soft                  B. hot and hard

C. thin and cool                      D. strong and durable (耐用的)

【小题】 A. somewhere and sometime        B. anywhere or anytime

C. more or less                  D. everyhere and everywhere

【小题】A. inside      B. outside         C. faraway         D. nearby

【小题】A. could believe           B. couldn’t understand

C. wouldn’t recognize     D. might know

【小题】 A. got sick   B. got stuck       C. threw up        D. became disabled

【小题】 A. quite healthyB. very pale     C. fairly red      D. much surprised

【小题】A. jump high   B. go hurriedly    C. run fast        D. walk slowly

【小题】 A. think about B. talk with       C. worry about     D. laugh at

【小题】A. Reading     B. Listening       C. Speaking        D. Writing

【小题】A. fresh rosesB. gold ring     C. sweet kisses      D.beautiful jewelry

【小题】A. a thread    B. a needle       C. the cloth        D. the cotton

 

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

—Where shall we take our children this weekend？

—We could take them to Water World or to Oldfield Adventure Park.  1 

—Well，how far away are they？I don’t want to spend all day in the car.

—   2   But Old-field Adventure Park will take about two and a half hours if we’re lucky.

— 3 

—Water World has a huge fun swimming pool．  4 

—I really don’t like zoos. I hate seeing animals in cages．

—Well，there aren’t any animals at Water World.

—If we are going there，I’m going to take a picnic basket．I know they have got restaurants but

they are always expensive.  5 

—That’s a good idea. I’ll tell the

 children.

—OK．

----I really don’t know when we can get over all the troubles.

---- ______! Our troubles will soon be over.

A．Forget it

B．Cheer up

C．Neither do I

D．What a pity

 

I really ______ whether we win or lose. 

A．care about

B．care for

C．care

D．care to