I arrived at my mother's home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt (被子) after quilt from the boxes, showing their beauties. She was for a quilt show at the Wooden Church. When we began to fold and put them into the boxes, my attention was by something at the bottom of one box. I it out. “What is it?” I asked.
“Oh?” Mom said, “that's Mama's quilt.”
I the quilt. It looked a group of school children had it together: irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked on the right.
“Grandmother made this?” I said, . My grandmother was a at making quilts. This didn't certainly look like any of the quilts she had made.
“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home last year and made some ,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is I’ve done so far.”
I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched a piece of cloth those words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn't get all line . But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”
“Oh, this is so nice, mom,” I said. It to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was her own mother. I realized I held in my hands a family . It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another, two generations.
1.A. flew B. rushed C. floated D. wandered
2.A. proudly B. slightly C. calmly D. hopefully
3.A. trading B. reaching C. asking D. preparing
4.A. up B. down C. back D. off
5.A. drawn B. shocked C. embarrassed D. excited
6.A. raised B. pulled C. caught D. held
7.A. pressed B. folded C. spread D. arranged
8.A. even if B. if only C. as if D. only if
9.A. picked B. added C. chained D. pieced
10.A. line B. bar C. stick D. mark
11.A. delighted B. scared C. surprised D. worried
12.A. master B. beginner C. scholar D. customer
13.A. decisions B. dresses C. changes D. progress
14.A. how B. which C. where D. what
15.A. to B. with C. for D. by
16.A. straight B. wrong C. mixed D. respectable
17.A. occurred B. happened C. replied D. struck
18.A. promoting B. moving C. honoring D. approaching
19.A. custom B. treasure C. memory D. award
20.A. passing B. holding C. satisfying D. covering
____ they didn’t share with you was that they couldn’t afford the trip at all.
A. That B. As C. Which D. What
Never put this medicine ____ the reach of children. They might take it for candies.
A. beyond B. across C. within D. at
____ by high mountains, the city is infamous for air pollution.
A. Surrounding B. To be surrounded
C. Surrounded D. Having surrounded
There were so many people on the platform waiting to ____ the train that we gave it up.
A. check B. carry C. find D. board
The little girl has ____ gift for ____ music. She has won some major prizes for it.
A. a; / B. /; a C. the; / D. a; the