Question

When I was little, my grandfather would pick me up after school and take care of me until my parents came home. Every day I looked forward to being with Grandpa.

If it was a fine day, he would take me to the park where he told me the names of the flowers and trees. Sometimes, we would go shopping together. He would push the cart and I would help him get things off the shelves. He always found ways to involve me in what he was doing. I was his ”little helper”. Grandpa taught me to care about the world by having me help with the gardening. He watered the trees and bushes, while I watered the flowers. We fed the birds. He showed me that if you were really quiet and stayed still, the birds would come up to you. I still love feeding birds and never understand people who get so wrapped up in owning a home that they don’t stop to care for the surrounding wildlife.

For an after-school snack, my grandfather would give me boiled potatoes and carrots with a little bit of butter on them or he would cut up some fresh fruit for me. My mother was so strict that she held that I must finish my homework as soon as I got home from school. Grandpa thought it was more important to relax, so he would let me watch one show first. He had his way and the way worked. And he said, “Were I you, I wouldn’t tell your mother, or you won’t have time to relax.” Whenever I left a room, Grandpa would remind me to turn off the light to save electricity. My grandpa was a devoted family man. He helped my parents through really tough financial times.

Grandpa passed away when I was 10. I love him and he will live in my heart forever and always.

1.We can learn from this passage that     .

A. the writer was attached to her grandpa

B. the writer lived with her grandpa as a little girl

C. the writer’s grandpa died when she was grown-up

D. the writer’s grandpa finally moved to live with her parents

2.The writer’s experiences in the garden made her     .

A. help her grandpa a lot when he was busy

B. get the idea of protecting the wildlife

C. know vegetables were difficult to plant

D. become a gardener when she grew up

3.Why did the writer’s grandpa tell her not to tell her mom the truth?

A. Because he was afraid that she would punish the writer

B. Because he wanted the writer to know about TV shows

C. Because he was afraid that she would get angry with him

D. Because he wanted to let the writer relax before studying

4.The writer refers to the experience of turning off the light to show     .

A. Grandpa made her develop a good habit

B. Grandpa tried his best to save money

C. she was too forgetful to remember that

D. she was careless when she was young

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】本文介绍作者和爷爷在一起生活的经历，爷爷照顾她帮助她养成好习惯，她非常爱爷爷。

1.A

推理判断题。根据第一段When I was little, my grandfather would pick me up after school and take care of me until my parents came home. Every day I looked forward to being with Grandpa.可知作者爱她的爷爷。故选A。

2.B

推理判断题。纵观全文，特别是第二段中We fed the birds. He showed me that if you were really quiet and stayed still, the birds would come up to you. I still love feeding birds and never understand people who get so wrapped up in owning a home that they don’t stop to care for the surrounding wildlife.可知作者在花园里的经历使他有了保护野生动物的想法。故选B。

3.D

细节理解题。根据第三段中My mother was so strict that she held that I must finish my homework as soon as I got home from school. Grandpa thought it was more important to relax, so he would let me watch one show first. He had his way and the way worked. And he said, “Were I you, I wouldn’t tell your mother, or you won’t have time to relax.”可知爷爷不让她告诉妈妈事实是为了让她放松。故选 D。

4.A

推理判断题。根据第四段最后几句Whenever I left a room, Grandpa would remind me to turn off the light to save electricity. My grandpa was a devoted family man. He helped my parents through really tough financial times.爷爷让她养成了一个好习惯。故选A。