Question

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A long time before I was born, my grandma and grandpa moved into the house on Beechwood Avenue. They had a young family of 4 little girls.

During that time, work was hard to find, so Grandpa did whatever jobs he could. He worked on a farm during the week and on weekend he and Grandma grew some of their own food in the garden.

Everybody worked to keep the garden growing. All summer long, the family ate food from the garden and enjoyed the beautiful flowers. Grandma made jam（果酱） with strawberries, tomatoes, pears and peaches. It was good to eat through the long winter.

The family grew up, and before too many years had passed, the grandchildren came to visit. Grandma and Grandpa still planted their garden every spring. Everyone still enjoyed the good food from the garden and always took some home.

Grandchildren grew up, and grandparents grew older. It became harder for Grandma and Grandpa to keep up the garden. So they made it a little smaller. There was still plenty to eat from the garden and lovely flowers to enjoy.

Then one summer when Grandpa was eighty-nine years old, all he could do was to watch from his chair as the vegetables grew and the roses came out. Summer slowly went away, and Grandpa died before it was time to bring in the harvest（丰收）.

1.There were________ people in grandparents family a long time before the writer was born.

2.The life then was very________.

3.Grandchildren took their grandparents’ vegetables home because________.

4.As time passed by, grandparents made the garden smaller because________.

5.The best title for the passage is________.

Answer

1.six/6

2.hard/difficult

3.they liked（enjoyed）them/everyone enjoyed the good food from the garden

4.they were not strong enough/they were getting older/they grew older

5.Grandparents’ garden/Grandparents’ Garden

【解析】

本篇围绕爷爷奶奶的花园展开叙述，在我出生前很长一段时间，生活艰辛，爷爷在周末和奶奶在花园里自己种了一些食物；一家人长大了，祖父母仍然每年春天种他们的花园，每个人都喜欢花园里的美食；随着时间的推移，祖父母把花园变小了因为他们变老了，直到爷爷89岁那年去世。

1.

根据第一段“A long time before I was born…They had a young family of 4 little girls.”可知在作者出生前很久，家里四个女孩加上祖父母，共有6口人。故答案为six/6。

2.

根据第二段“During that time, work was hard to find”工作难找，可知那时的生活非常艰辛，故答案为hard/difficult。

3.

根据第四段“…Everyone still enjoyed the good food from the garden and always took some home”可知孙子把祖父母的蔬菜带回家是因为他们喜欢他们/每个人都喜欢花园里的美食，故答案为they liked（enjoyed）them/everyone enjoyed the good food from the garden。

4.

根据第五段“Grandchildren grew up, and grandparents grew older. It became harder for Grandma and Grandpa to keep up the garden. So they made it a little smaller.”可知随着时间的推移，祖父母把花园变小了因为他们变老了，故答案为they were not strong enough/they were getting older/they grew older。

5.

本篇以时间为顺序，围绕祖父母的花园展开叙述，故答案为Grandparents’ garden/Grandparents’ Garden。