The first time my grandma came to visit us in Canada, she was a little upset. She ________ that there was nothing to do.
Before my grandma arrived, I used to tend the flowers in our garden. But while I was at school and my parents were at work, my grandma, feeling ________, came down upon the little piece of land. She pulled out the annuals and ________ those with orderly rows of green onions and other ________. I told her to stop, to keep the flowers. “They’re pretty, but they're ________,” she said matter-of-factly. I was annoyed until I learned something about her past.
Grandma was ________ at the time of a severe famine (饥荒). She lost her parents and did everything on her own. _______, she never cried about it to anyone.
Different times ________ unique characters. My grandma was shaped by the ________ of her family members and the difficulties in China’s recent history. Those who experienced the famine are, ________, unwilling to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her ________, responsibility, diligence and frugality (勤俭), helped her through those difficult years, some of which were laid down by the hands of time, and to change them now would ________ her. She is a (n) ________ link between my family’s past and future—she ________ her times’ challenges to support the next generation. Someday, I will be like my grandma and ________ my small part to human’s moving on.
【小题1】A.complained | B.confirmed | C.convinced | D.agreed |
【小题2】A.amused | B.curious | C.bored | D.discouraged |
【小题3】A.removed | B.replaced | C.decorated | D.surrounded |
【小题4】A.vegetables | B.flowers | C.grasses | D.trees |
【小题5】A.commercial | B.complicated | C.expensive | D.useless |
【小题6】A.brought up | B.let down | C.picked up | D.took shape |
【小题7】A.Therefore | B.However | C.Otherwise | D.Instead |
【小题8】A.combine | B.inform | C.create | D.sustain |
【小题9】A.preference | B.experience | C.blessing | D.loss |
【小题10】A.merely | B.gradually | C.naturally | D.immediately |
【小题11】A.achievement | B.gentleness | C.guideline | D.independence |
【小题12】A.break | B.arrest | C.threaten | D.ruin |
【小题13】A.tight | B.essential | C.accurate | D.impressive |
【小题14】A.contested | B.adapted | C.folded | D.battled |
【小题15】A.provide | B.drag | C.contribute | D.urge |