Question

I am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the right time! It might be in a dream, a lost letter, a memory, or something found that we’d forgotten about.

My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors.

Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting …She would make sandwiches and we’d have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well as making beautiful quilts　for her grandchildren. I remember the small thimble ( 顶 针 ) she would place on her finger while doing her needlework.

A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth for her new residence in Heaven, I bid farewell to my loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change! We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. She’d never forgotten my birthday!

On one particular birthday when I was feeling a little low, something happened and made me feel as if she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow；it was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam (缝) that I carefully opened, and, to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!

How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her! Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing h into that little pillow that I just happened to fluff (抖松), to place on my bedspread (床罩) that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others Id collected over the years. What a precious memory of a very special lady who, somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble into my pillow. I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!

1.In the author’s memory, what would her grandmother do?

A. She would make sandwiches and hamburgers for her family.

B. She would wear a thimble for needlework every day.

C. She would make beautiful quilts for money.

D. She would look after the flowers in the garden.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. The modern world’s fast-changing life.

B. The fact that the grandmother had passed away.

C. The author’s missing her grandmother.

D. The love the author got from her grandmother.

3.How did the author feel when she found the thimble?

A. Surprised.    B. Regretful.

C. Guilty.    D. Lonely.

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

A. Grandma’s Thimble

B. Grandma’s Life Story

C. The Joy of Finding Something Lost

D. The Importance of Putting Things Away

Answer

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者想念她的祖母，介绍奶奶的Thimble。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段中She would make sandwiches and we’d have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them.可知，在作者的记忆中，她的祖母会照看花园里的花。故选D。

2.词义指代题。根据第四段中I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. She’d never forgotten my birthday! 我非常想念她，但我大部分时间都是在我生日那天注意到的，因为奶奶没有卡片。她永远不会忘记我的生日！由此可知it指“作者想念她的祖母。”故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第五段中to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!可知，当她发现顶针时，她感到惊喜。故选A。

4.主旨大意题。根据最后一段中I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!可知，本文主题是奶奶的Thimble。故选A。