Sugar Goldtree was my Grandma. I loved her. Everyone called my grandma “Sugar”. Every time I heard it, I would smile a huge smile.Grandma Sugar had a small house with a large garden. She worked all year long preparing that garden. She would always tidy the garden carefully. She would till the soil until it was like fine sand.
Grandma Sugar would tell me that if we plant the corn in one place this year, then the next year we would need to plant it in another spot. She would always say,“Fill your garden with flowers, The bees will buzz (嗡嗡地飞) around your head when you are picking those nice little cucumbers (黄瓜). After all, they helped to make our plants so beautiful.”
“We are about ready to plant some sunflowers,” Grandma Sugar said, handing me a packet of seeds. I carefully placed the seeds in rows, and covered them with soil, stepping on top of the soil to pack it down. Grandma Sugar sat at the edge of the garden making signs to put at the end of each row, with a date on it. Each year we would keep those signs in a book with photos of me and Grandma Sugar in our garden.
Grandma Sugar had a whole basket of seeds to plant. One by one,we planted rows of corn, beans, cucumbers, onions, lettuce and tomatoes. In the middle of summer, I would run down to the garden with a basket. Grandma Sugar would yell (大赋),“Pick a salad from the bed, little sugar!”
Growing up in the garden was wonderful. I remember Grandma Sugar and her garden. I learned a lot of lessons in that garden.
16. Why did people call Grandma“Sugar”?
A.Because she liked sweet things. |
B.Because she was kind and helpful. |
C.Because her garden was attractive. |
D.Because her name went that way. |
17. How did Grandma Sugar plant the corn?
A.She fed bees around the corn. |
B.She planted the corn with flowers. |
C.She planted the corn every two years. |
D.She changed the corn spot every year. |
18. Which has a closer meaning to the word “till” in Paragraph 1?
A.Dig up. | B.Look for. | C.Give up. | D.Take away. |
19. What can we know about Grandma Sugar?
A.She didn’t like bees buzzing. |
B.She knew much about gardening. |
C.She preferred vegetables to flowers. |
D.She was strict with her grandchildren. |
20. How does the author like the gardening life?
A.Hopeful. | B.Challenging. | C.Memorable. | D.Encouraging. |