The old .engineer’s eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was________，though slow.

A. shaky          B. heavy           C. casual            D. steady

The old engineer’s eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was________，though slow.

1. A.
   shaky
2. B.
   heavy
3. C.
   casual
4. D.
   steady

The old .engineer’s eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was________，though slow.

The old engineer’s eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was _______, though slow.

A. shaky　　　　 B. heavy　　　　 C. casual　　　　 D. steady

The old engineer’s eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was________，though slow.

A. shaky　　　　 B. heavy　　　　　 C. casual　　　　　 D. steady

The old farmer’s eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was ________, though slow.

A．shaky                            B．heavy                    C．casual                           D．steady

I was 15. She looked like she was over 70. But on that day. I think she understood me more than anyone else.
Walking into the church that Sunday was hard. I had never let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day .My grandfather was suddenly ill .The doctors said he might not live much longer. Everyone in my family was crying .Grandpa was the sweetest man in the world .Why was he leaving us?
There weren't many people at church that day. One of them was an old lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed for my grandfather to get better. Soon, my eyes were full of tears. I opened my eyes and saw a hand in front of me. It was giving me a tissue(紙巾)。
The old lady was sitting next to me, smiling. She didn't say a word. She just gave me a tissue and a smile. I tried to thank her, but only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. They were clear and blue, and they make me feel peaceful. Her smile said to me :I am with you. Everything will be OK. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she wasn't there. I left the church but still couldn't find her. I never saw her again.
My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot. But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better.
How did she know how I was feeling ? I wish I could see her again, to say thank you.
【小題1】According to Paragraph 2, what made the whole family cry ?

I was 15. She looked like she was over 70. But on that day. I think she understood me more than anyone else.

Walking into the church that Sunday was hard. I had never let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day .My grandfather was suddenly ill .The doctors said he might not live much longer. Everyone in my family was crying .Grandpa was the sweetest man in the world .Why was he leaving us?

There weren't many people at church that day. One of them was an old lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed for my grandfather to get better. Soon, my eyes were full of tears. I opened my eyes and saw a hand in front of me. It was giving me a tissue(紙巾)。

The old lady was sitting next to me, smiling. She didn't say a word. She just gave me a tissue and a smile. I tried to thank her, but only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. They were clear and blue, and they make me feel peaceful. Her smile said to me :I am with you. Everything will be OK. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she wasn't there. I left the church but still couldn't find her. I never saw her again.

My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot. But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better.

How did she know how I was feeling ? I wish I could see her again, to say thank you.

1.According to Paragraph 2, what made the whole family cry ?

A. Grandfather's words    B. Grandfather's death.

C. The author's cry.       D. The doctor's words.

2.The author went to church to _____.

A. pray for grandfather.  B. ask the old lady for help.

C. avoid being seen crying.        D. thank the old lady.

3.Whose hand does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 3 refer to

A. Grandfather's              B. The old lady's.

C. The author's.               D. Father's.

4.What do we know about the old lady ?

A. She knows the author.       B. She can't speak.

C. She needs understanding.                 D. She is very kind.

5.What made the author feel better after Grandfather died ?

A. The old lady's words.                  B. The old lady's smile.

C. The old lady's eyes.              D. The old lady's hand

I was 15. She looked like she was over 70. But on that day. I think she understood me more than anyone else.
Walking into the church that Sunday was hard. I had never let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day .My grandfather was suddenly ill .The doctors said he might not live much longer. Everyone in my family was crying .Grandpa was the sweetest man in the world .Why was he leaving us?
There weren't many people at church that day. One of them was an old lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed （禱告）for my grandfather to get better. Soon, my eyes were full of tears. I opened my eyes and saw a hand in front of me. It was giving me a tissue(紙巾)。
The old lady was sitting next to me, smiling. She didn't say a word. She just gave me a tissue and a smile. I tried to thank her, but only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. They were clear and blue, and they make me feel peaceful. Her smile said to me :I am with you. Everything will be OK. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she wasn't there. I left the church but still couldn't find her. I never saw her again.
My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot. But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better.
How did she know how I was feeling ? I wish I could see her again, to say thank you.
【小題1】The author went to church to _____.

I was 15. She looked like she was over 70. But on that day. I think she understood me more than anyone else.

Walking into the church that Sunday was hard. I had never let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day .My grandfather was suddenly ill .The doctors said he might not live much longer. Everyone in my family was crying .Grandpa was the sweetest man in the world .Why was he leaving us?

There weren't many people at church that day. One of them was an old lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed （禱告）for my grandfather to get better. Soon, my eyes were full of tears. I opened my eyes and saw a hand in front of me. It was giving me a tissue(紙巾)。

The old lady was sitting next to me, smiling. She didn't say a word. She just gave me a tissue and a smile. I tried to thank her, but only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. They were clear and blue, and they make me feel peaceful. Her smile said to me :I am with you. Everything will be OK. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she wasn't there. I left the church but still couldn't find her. I never saw her again.

My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot. But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better.

How did she know how I was feeling ? I wish I could see her again, to say thank you.

1.The author went to church to _____.

A．pray for grandfather.

B．a(chǎn)sk the old lady for help.

C．a(chǎn)void being seen crying.

D．thank the old lady.

2.Whose hand does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 3 refer to

A．Grandfather's      B．The old lady's.      C．The author's.       D．Father's.

3.What do we know about the old lady ?

A．She knows the author.                    B．She can't speak.

C．She needs understanding.                 D．She is very kind.

4.What made the author feel better after Grandfather died ?

A．The old lady's words.                     B．The old lady's smile.

C．The old lady's eyes.                      D．The old lady's hand.

閱讀理解

  On the coast of Cuba lived an old fisherman. He was thin and had many deep lines in the back of his neck. His skin was very brown, and his hands were marked by pulling heavy fish at the end of ropes. But all these marks were old. Every part of him seemed old except his eyes. They were cheerful and the same color as the sea.

　　For eighty days he did not catch any fish. People said that the old man was unlucky. But the old man still loved the sea. He was still strong and a good fisherman. On the eighty fifth day the old man sailed farther out to sea than any of the other boats. He sailed to where the water was very deep. Then he felt fishing-line being pulled gently by a big fish which was swimming very deep in the water.

　　The fish was so powerful that it pulled the boat after it. It took the small boat far out to sea. The old man could no longer see the land.

　　“Fish,” he said softly, aloud, “I'll stay with you until I am dead.”

（1）The old man's eyes were _______ .

[　　]

A. very brown

B. full of fear and pain

C. cheerful

D. not able to see the sea clearly

（2）We may infer that the old man _______ .

[　　]

A. just came to the sea for a holiday

B. had lived on the coast for a long time

C. was very sick and weak

D. did not have money to buy fish

（3）On the eighty fifth day the old man _______ .

[　　]

A. sailed far out to the sea

B. stopped fishing

C. sailed with a strong fisherman

D. waited for a big fish to come

（4）Which of the following statement is true?

[　　]

A. The fish in his net was big but weak.

B. The fish pulled the old man into the sea.

C. The fish was killed by the old man.

D. The old man drowned in the sea.

（5）The sentence“Fish, I'll stay with you until I am dead”means the old man _______ .

[　　]

A. had to wait for death

B. wanted to live with the fish

C. could do nothing

D. was brave and had strong will

閱讀理解

  On the coast of Cuba lived an old fisherman. He was thin and had many deep lines in the back of his neck. His skin was very brown, and his hands were marked by pulling heavy fish at the end of ropes. But all these marks were old. Every part of him seemed old except his eyes. They were cheerful and the same color as the sea.

　　For eighty days he did not catch any fish. People said that the old man was unlucky. But the old man still loved the sea. He was still strong and a good fisherman. On the eighty fifth day the old man sailed farther out to sea than any of the other boats. He sailed to where the water was very deep. Then he felt fishing-line being pulled gently by a big fish which was swimming very deep in the water.

　　The fish was so powerful that it pulled the boat after it. It took the small boat far out to sea. The old man could no longer see the land.

　　“Fish,” he said softly, aloud, “I'll stay with you until I am dead.”

（1）The old man's eyes were _______ .

[　　]

A. very brown

B. full of fear and pain

C. cheerful

D. not able to see the sea clearly

（2）We may infer that the old man _______ .

[　　]

A. just came to the sea for a holiday

B. had lived on the coast for a long time

C. was very sick and weak

D. did not have money to buy fish

（3）On the eighty fifth day the old man _______ .

[　　]

A. sailed far out to the sea

B. stopped fishing

C. sailed with a strong fisherman

D. waited for a big fish to come

（4）Which of the following statement is true?

[　　]

A. The fish in his net was big but weak.

B. The fish pulled the old man into the sea.

C. The fish was killed by the old man.

D. The old man drowned in the sea.

（5）The sentence“Fish, I'll stay with you until I am dead”means the old man _______ .

[　　]

A. had to wait for death

B. wanted to live with the fish

C. could do nothing

D. was brave and had strong will

I was 15. She looked like she was over 70. But on that day. I think she understood me more than anyone else.

Walking into the church that Sunday was hard. I had never let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day .My grandfather was suddenly ill .The doctors said he might not live much longer. Everyone in my family was crying .Grandpa was the sweetest man in the world .Why was he leaving us?

There weren't many people at church that day. One of them was an old lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed （禱告）for my grandfather to get better. Soon, my eyes were full of tears. I opened my eyes and saw a hand in front of me. It was giving me a tissue(紙巾)。

The old lady was sitting next to me, smiling. She didn't say a word. She just gave me a tissue and a smile. I tried to thank her, but only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. They were clear and blue, and they make me feel peaceful. Her smile said to me :I am with you. Everything will be OK. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she wasn't there. I left the church but still couldn't find her. I never saw her again.

My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot. But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better.

How did she know how I was feeling ? I wish I could see her again, to say thank you.

36. According to Paragraph 2, what made the whole family cry ?

A. Grandfather's words                B. Grandfather's death.

C. The author's cry.                        D. The doctor's words.

37. The author went to church to _____.

A. pray for grandfather.                  B. ask the old lady for help.

C. avoid being seen crying.    D. thank the old lady.

38. Whose hand does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 3 refer to

A. Grandfather's                            B. The old lady's.

C. The author's.   D. Father's.

39. What do we know about the old lady ?

A. She knows the author.     B. She can't speak.

C. She needs understanding.                  D. She is very kind.

40. What made the author feel better after Grandfather died ?

A. The old lady's words.                       B. The old lady's smile.

C. The old lady's eyes.                       D. The old lady's hand.

An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The family ate together at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled onto the floor. When he took the glass, often milk spilled on the tablecloth.

The son and daughter-in-law became unhappy with this. So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.

Sometimes when the family glanced in grandfather’s direction, he had a tear in his eyes as he ate alone. Still, the couple blamed him sharply when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The four-year-old son watched it all in silence.

One evening, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps (木屑) on the floor. He asked the child, “What are you making?” The boy responded, “Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.” The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took grandfather’s hand and gently led him back to the family table.

For the rest of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled. Children are surprisingly perceptive. Their eyes always observe, their ears always listen, and their minds always process the messages they get. If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere for family members, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of their lives. The wise parent realizes that every day is being laid for the child’s future.

51. What does the underlined word “this” in the second paragraph refer to?

A. The old man’s hands were shaking.

B. The old man went to live with his son.

C. The old man ate dinner with the family.

D. The old man spilled milk and peas rolled onto the floor.

52. What did the little boy react to his parents’ behavior？

A. He blamed his parents.

B. He went to eat with his grandpa.

C. He said nothing and did nothing.

D. He made a wooden bowl for them.

53. Why were there tears in the old man’s eyes?

A. Because he was made to eat alone.

B. Because his grandson didn’t play with him.

C. Because he wasn’t given enough food to eat.

D. Because his son didn’t allow him to live with them.

54. What’s the meaning of “perceptive” in the fifth paragraph?

A. Good at performing.                       B. Good at noticing.

C. Good at telling differences.              D. Good at learning languages.