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
Mike broke the window, but I didn’t punish him for the reason that he didn’t do it _________.
A. on purpose B. face to face
C. as usual D. at present
you’d better ________ his telephone number , his name and address in your notebook before you forget them.
A. hold on B. set down
C. come to D. pick up
Judy and I are flying to London for a holiday and I will ________ the chance to practice my spoken English.
A. get used to B. catch up with
C. go through D. make use of
She expressed her thanks to the policeman sincerely, because he ______ the famous painting which had been stolen a year before.
A. preferred B. transported
C. recovered D. packed
Thank you for speaking for me at the dinner party. You __________ me from an unpleasant
situation.
A. rescued B. requested
C. recognized D. persuaded