Question

    Have you ever eaten a dandelion(蒲公英)? Me neither. Have you ever blown it to make a wish? Me, too.

“Time to pick dandelions, Athena.” Mum opened the car door and I entered with a _____. My hometown is in Greece(希腊), where dandelions are _____ on the menu. But I didn't eat dandelions. Why did I have to _____ them with my family every spring?

Then I said goodbye to my new friend Brigid, whose family had recently moved in our neighborhood in New York. I was _____ Brigid didn't ask where we were going. Nobody in America ate dandelions. I always worried that someone would notice us picking dandelions.

We _____ a wild field. Hundreds of lively yellow flowers appeared everywhere. Then we stopped our car. Dad went over to cut dandelions and put them in his bag. But I just hid in the book. “_____ do we eat dandelions?” I asked. “The best food in the world.” Dad answered, shaking a handful of greens. When we were ready to leave, we had enough dandelions. On the way home, Mum and Dad talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our _____ Greek food.

The night of the party, Brigid arrived with her parents. Mum served _____ different Greek foods. Our guests ate everything. Finally came the dandelions. “Wait!” I said to Brigid. But it was too _____. “You ate the dandelions!” I told her. We both laughed, and she ate another bite. “Not bad.” she said.

Mum was smiling at us. After dinner, Brigid and I went to the backyard and lay on the grass. The stars reminded me of dandelions in the soft field. I closed my eyes and made a ______: to be as open­minded as my family and my new friend.

1.A.bag B.book C.menu D.flower

2.A.seldom B.never C.always D.hardly

3.A.pick B.plant C.watch D.water

4.A.sad B.glad C.proud D.disappointed

5.A.ran into B.flew into C.drove into D.walked into

6.A.How B.Why C.When D.Where

7.A.new B.fast C.expensive D.traditional

8.A.it B.her C.him D.them

9.A.late B.early C.lucky D.quick

10.A.wish B.report C.speech D.suggestion

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.A

【解析】

主旨大意:本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者和家人一起去采摘蒲公英，并用蒲公英做菜来招待刚刚搬来的新邻居，就餐后，作者和新朋友Brigid到后院，躺在草坪上欣赏天上的星星，并许下心愿:成为像家人和新朋友一样开明的人。