Summer rains came and never stopped. When it grew darker, Grandmother sent my sister Cathie and me out to gather roses. We carried many roses into the house, filling all the bottles we could find. The ______ filled the air, and the ants came out of the flowers, filling the house.

Grandfather held his new camera, taking pictures of the ants, roses and everything. The camera light came out everywhere until Grandmother became ______．

“Marcus! I can't read! Go away. Be a ______．”

“I am a farmer who takes pictures，” he said ______. “I am a photographer?farmer.”

Grandmother drove him to the barn(畜棚). I ______ Grandfather there, watching him take photos of cows ______ they showed him their backsides. I stood behind Grandfather, trying to see what he saw ______ the camera.

Then I walked to the back of the barn where his pictures hung. And then I saw it—the picture I had taken of ______ with Cathie, Cathie's mouth opened, both lost in a singing game, light from the window around them. The picture wasn't ______ as if it was a painting or a memory. For a moment, I felt like I was Cathie. I stepped back to see the picture better and ______ against Grandfather standing behind me.

“You moved the camera，” he said. “That's ______ it didn't come out clearly.”

I nodded.

“It's not a good picture.”

“Joe，” said Grandfather softly, “it is a wonderful picture.”

“But I ______ the camera.”

“You did. See how it looks like Cathie and I are the only ones there. What a wonderful picture！”

Grandfather's voice rose ______．

I said shyly, “Well, it's not perfect.”

“Perfect！” Grandfather said, his voice loud. “What is ______？ Joe, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a ______. That goes for life.”

1.A. rain B. roses C. bottles D. smell

2.A. inactive B. impatient C. impolite D. unfair

3.A. farmer B. photographer C. cowboy D. painter

4.A. correctly B. luckily C. proudly D. successfully

5.A. invited B. followed C. led D. showed

6.A. until B. when C. so D. unless

7.A. above B. across C. through D. over

8.A. Grandfather B. Grandmother C. Grandparents D. myself

9.A. clean B. interesting C. colourful D. clear

10.A. beat B. bumped C. played D. held

11.A. how B. why C. where D. what

12.A. moved B. dropped C. broke D. opened

13.A. in surprise B. in confidence C. with patience D. with excitement

14.A. happy B. soft C. polite D. perfect

15.A. camera B. painting C. picture D. memory

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