【推荐1】At the age of 60, my father was hit by a car when he walked to a nearby supermarket to buy vegetables. After _________ for two months in hospital, he finally woke up. His waking up excited all our family. _________ , he didn't know any of us. Doctors said his brain was hurt so _________ that he had lost all his memory. And his mental ape (心理年龄) was only five. We were sorry to hear about the bad news.

Since I was his only child, it was my _________ to look after him. He forgot almost everything, but he did remember he liked sweets. I used the sweets as a way of _________ bad behaviors. I would gave him one sweet if he didn't sit on the ground, a second for stopping painting on the wall, and another for not trying to put clothes on the dog.

Dad became the _________ child in town. He climbed up the tree to catch a bird and couldn't get down after it flew away. He broke my window with a ball and _________ our telephone in water like washing clothes. When I told him he was doing _________ things, he would answer smilingly, “I like that!” My son, then aged five, and two eight - year - old daughters, welcomed their _________ playmate. He would happily make them real cigarettes, __________ his sweets with them, and carry them high in the apple tree to __________ apples.

It is eight years since the accident. Dad has accepted the fact that he is the __________ of his three playmates but not a brother. He has also accepted that they grow taller but his __________ stays the same. Though it is still __________ to take care of him, he brings us a lot of fun. In some way I think it is a(n) __________ thing to look after dad like looking after a child. How many people can have the chance to care for a child - like parent?

1.

A．lying

B．waiting

C．staying

D．sleeping

2.

A．Luckily

B．Amazingly

C．Unfortunately

D．Regularly

3.

A．slowly

B．strangely

C．lightly

D．seriously

4.

A．turn

B．duty

C．favor

D．habit

5.

A．stopping

B．performing

C．accepting

D．planning

6.

A．cleverest

B．oldest

C．bravest

D．kindest

7.

A．repaired

B．designed

C．answered

D．cleaned

8.

A．useless

B．wrong

C．dangerous

D．impolite

9.

A．foolish

B．big

C．shy

D．foreign

10.

A．show

B．lend

C．share

D．sell

11.

A．pick

B．hide

C．buy

D．plant

12.

A．teacher

B．grandfather

C．doctor

D．uncle

13.

A．weight

B．age

C．height

D．look

14.

A．tiring

B．relaxing

C．amusing

D．interesting

15.

A．perfect

B．important

C．easy

D．happy

【推荐2】Grandpa was quite a gardener so I always watched for his spring flowers. I was especially _______ that year because I was landscaping(美化）my own yard and was eager to get Grandpa's _______

However,right after the first rush of roses that _______,Grandpa had a stroke(中风）. It _______ him without speech or movement.But his eyes were _______ ----laughing at my mistakes, showing painful awareness of his inability to care for himself.

As time passed,I watched the growing earth with Grandpa's _______.   Each time l gave him a garden report, he listened,holding my hand _______ with the strength and calm he had always had.But he could not answer my _______.

Grandpa's illness held him _______ the spring and on, week by week.As I watched in the garden,I came to see Grandpa's   garden________ his life. As a hard worker,he understood   the ________of the harvest and how to enjoy each season,each change.

It was the end of August when Grandpa ________. As we were ________flowers from the flower shop for Grandpa's funeral(葬礼），I silently left for Grandpa's garden.I cut the pretties flowers and made one more ________ for the funeral.Friends and family all ________ to see Grandpa's flowers there,feeling how much Grandpa would have liked that.

The October after Grandpa's death,I planted many flowers; each was a comfort to me,a love sent to Grandpa, a promise of spring.

1.

A．trapped

B．interested

C．improved

D．talented

2.

A．choice

B．promise

C．advice

D．respect

3.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

4.

A．left

B．attacked

C．forced

D．allowed

5.

A．beautiful

B．expressive

C．closed

D．tearful

6.

A．hands

B．brains

C．eyes

D．legs

7.

A．tiredly

B．firmly

C．sadly

D．frequently

8.

A．calls

B．orders

C．visits

D．questions

9.

A．across

B．through

C．in

D．down

10.

A．mirrored

B．confused

C．understood

D．destroyed

11.

A．result

B．law

C．fact

D．angle

12.

A．passed away

B．passed out

C．passed down

D．passed on

13.

A．selling

B．planting

C．choosing

D．cutting

14.

A．arrangement

B．fashion

C．celebration

D．dinner

15.

A．suffered.

B．feared

C．smiled

D．shouted

【推荐3】When I was a young boy growing up in North Dakota, my grandparents were farmers. And I remember the huge garden that my Grandma _______. I promise you it was about 4,000 square metres. Well, _______ it seemed that way to me! She _______ the garden all by hand, with a hoe (锄头) and some water. Each spring the garden took shape from cold flat earth, which she changed through much hard work into rows and hills ready for _______.

I especially remember _______ Grandma plant potatoes. Grandma had _______ potatoes from last year. She stored them with the rest of the harvest in the outdoor cellar (地窖). There vegetables kept safely all _______. When spring came, we _______ last year’s potatoes and planted each piece into hills of soil in the garden. I thought we would never _______ the end of the long hills for planting!

Before long the garden became fully ________ because of sunny days,warmer temperatures and rain. ________ it needed lots of hoeing and watering by Grandma and her helper to have a harvest. It provided vegetables throughout the summer, until the final harvest when ________ weather set in.

By the time Thanksgiving dinner ________, the ground at my grandparent’s farm often would be covered with snow and we’d be ________ for a long winter. Warm inside the house around Thanksgiving dinner, we looked through windows at bare (光秃的) tree branches (树枝) in the ________ garden. Our whole family would ________ potatoes and other vegetables from the ________. And of course wonderful pumpkin (南瓜) pie... I can smell it now! It's ________ how a pumpkin pie can make me __________ years of Thanksgiving dinners, and how that warmth ________ in my heart.

1.

A．shared

B．controlled

C．owned

D．found

2.

A．at first

B．at last

C．at most

D．at least

3.

A．looked after

B．showed off

C．took over

D．knew about

4.

A．watering

B．planting

C．moving

D．giving

5.

A．helping

B．watching

C．making

D．hearing

6.

A．sold

B．saved

C．chosen

D．brought

7.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

8.

A．ate

B．washed

C．cut

D．grew

9.

A．reach

B．see

C．use

D．cover

10.

A．important

B．popular

C．active

D．peaceful

11.

A．for example

B．of course

C．in return

D．after all

12.

A．fine

B．dry

C．cold

D．hot

13.

A．continued

B．followed

C．ended

D．arrived

14.

A．right

B．ready

C．fit

D．safe

15.

A．sleeping

B．changing

C．tiny

D．poor

16.

A．want

B．enjoy

C．buy

D．send

17.

A．garden

B．market

C．store

D．farm

18.

A．difficult

B．doubtful

C．amazing

D．crazy

19.

A．accept

B．understand

C．realise

D．remember

20.

A．races

B．passes

C．stays

D．jumps