1. October is usually a happy time for me ---- my grandchildren , Daniel and Carly , get all excited about Halloween . They often spend time dreaming of their activities and candies a few weeks
.
More than anything else, though, they love
best. But not just any pumpkins(南瓜). They wanted the ones
by their great aunt Margret--- my sister. I
to joke that she had a
place in her backyard that attracted those kids deeply .That’s where the pumpkins grew. She and the kids
the pumpkins, putting a wooden box under each one so it wouldn’t roll down to the ground. Whenever I took my grand children to visit Margaret, they would
say hello to her before running into the
to see what was going on there. They harvested (收割) them and used the
ones for Halloween.
I didn’t know why or how pumpkins grew in such a place
Margret had never planted seeds (种子) there before. Maybe she had just
an old pumpkin out there. She was good at gardening, though. I hoped that I had been given Margret’s
gardening.
What would my grandchildren do this first Halloween after my sister
? I wished there were some other ways to make the day
so as to let Daniel and Carly know their great-aunt’s
lived on.
Next day I went to
the kids. Upon walking in, I was greeted by their quickest hello, “Grandma! Grandma! Come and see!”
“See what? ”
“ Just come!” they said,
my hands and pulling me with them. We went outside. There, right on the side of the house, were six pumpkins, growing in a place where
had ever been planted before.
I said, “You know what great- aunt Margret would do if she were here…” We all ran to the kitchen to get some
. The big pumpkins were used for Halloween. Those left were used to beautify the front doorway. They lasted for
and served as an autumn-long reminder for my two little pumpkin kids.
【小题1】 | A.earlier | B.longer | C.ago | D.again |
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【小题2】 | A.dessert | B.pumpkins | C.candy | D.toys |
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【小题3】 | A.cooked | B.bought | C.grown | D.placed |
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【小题4】 | A.agreed | B.tried | C.got | D.used |
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【小题5】 | A.safe | B.magic | C.secret | D.strange |
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【小题6】 | A.came across | B.looked after | C.picked up | D.turn down |
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【小题7】 | A.sometimes | B.always | C.nearly | D.hardly |
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【小题8】 | A.workshop | B.kitchen | C.backyard | D.room |
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【小题9】 | A.fresh | B.delicious | C.big | D.expensive |
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【小题10】 | A.unless | B.if | C.because | D.so |
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【小题11】 | A.brought | B.thrown | C.pointed | D.stolen |
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【小题12】 | A.poor | B.great | C.social | D.ordinary |
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【小题13】 | A.died | B.slept | C.moved | D.lost |
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【小题14】 | A.free | B.busy | C.special | D.easy |
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【小题15】 | A.spirit | B.group | C.idea | D.family |
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【小题16】 | A.visit | B.advise | C.help | D.educate |
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【小题17】 | A.washing | B.holding | C.clapping | D.raising |
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【小题18】 | A.Everything | B.something | C.nothing | D.anything |
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【小题19】 | A.food | B.water | C.knives | D.baskets |
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【小题20】 | A.months | B.days | C.hours | D.weeks |
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