My grandmother used to live on a small farm 20 kilometres from the town where we stay. Grandma planted vegetables and flowers for sale. She also had a small fish pond where she ________ several kinds of fish for her and her neighbours.
Grandma left a deep impression on me for what she was and ________ she did. You know you love and care for a person when you look at her and feel your ________ beating with a special kind of feeling. That is love and that is what I feel ________ I looked at Grandma. She was a super grandmother. She was so ________ and all my friends loved her.
I learned to enjoy nature up close as Grandma taught me to fix a fishing line to catch fish, identify bird calls and animal and insect ________. She always said that there was no better place for her than ________ in the world. She would walk into the river and even catch fish with her bare hands. Then she would let it go. Grandma can even predict (预测) the ________ just by smelling the air and looking at the dark clouds. The best times I have ________ with Grandma were when we sat on the beach to watch the sunrise and sunset. The wonder of the sun made me realize how ________ I was to have such a lovely lady by my side.
One day, as we were swimming in the sea, something dark floated up to me. I ________ loudly but Grandma stopped me and picked it up. It was a young turtle (海龟) which must have gotten separated from its ________. One of its legs had a small cut. Grandma took it home and ________ it. After the cut healed, we went to the beach and let it swim away. That day, I learned to appreciate the creatures of nature.
Then Grandma’s health worsened suddenly. It was ________ to see her lying in the hospital bed. She became thinner and thinner day after day. However, when she looked at me, she always smiled and gently told me not to be sad and it was natural to leave the world. Two months down the road, she passed away ________ with a smile on her face. Grandma, do you know how much I miss you?
16. A.touched | B.saved | C.showed | D.raised |
17. A.when | B.what | C.where | D.which |
18. A.heart | B.eyes | C.stomach | D.head |
19. A.before | B.when | C.until | D.while |
20. A.lonely | B.lovely | C.silly | D.ugly |
21. A.noises | B.words | C.voices | D.sounds |
22. A.nature | B.forest | C.mountain | D.sea |
23. A.temperature | B.science | C.weather | D.education |
24. A.paid | B.spent | C.cost | D.took |
25. A.lucky | B.afraid | C.brave | D.sorry |
26. A.laughed | B.screamed | C.cheered | D.complained |
27. A.classmates | B.relatives | C.parents | D.neighbours |
28. A.looked up | B.looked for | C.looked after | D.looked through |
29. A.sad | B.angry | C.tiring | D.pleasant |
30. A.hardly | B.quickly | C.peacefully | D.painfully |