I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard (果園),looking up at the branches above me. It is one of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are already ripe(成熟的).Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother’s apple pie,and how I used to make it with her. She died last year,before the apple harvest,and I have not had her pie since. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about,visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.
The sky is as blue as my grandfather’s eyes. Above me,big white clouds race across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week,and time seems to have slowed down.
“Sophie!” calls my grandfather. “Is that you?”I stand up,take his hand,and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples,and bees,and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her too.
He puts his rough,brown farmer’s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. “You know,Sophie,”he says,“I spent the morning in the attic(閣樓),and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe (烹飪法) for Grandma’s apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can’t do it all alone,but you used to help her too. Maybe between the two of us,we can work it out. Want to try?”
“But it won’t be the same without Grandma,” I tell him.
“That’s true,”he says,“but nothing is the same without Grandma. Still,I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?” I nod yes,and we walk towards home...towards an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen,making Grandma’s famous apple pie.
小題1:We learn from the passage that Sophie          .
A.likes to watch clouds in the attic
B.comes to the orchard after school
C.enjoys Grandma’s apple pie very much
D.picks many apples in the orchard
小題2:Sophie’s grandfather spent the morning in the attic        .
A.looking for Grandma’s recipe for apple pie
B.helping Sophie’s grandmother make apple pie
C.trying to make apple pie all alone for Sophie
D.talking about apples,and bees,and Grandma with Sophie
小題3:The underlined  part in the last paragraph shows          .
A.how much Sophie’s grandmother loved Sophie
B.how much Sophie’s grandfather likes apple pies
C.how much Sophie loves her grandfather’s orchard
D.how much Sophie’s grandfather misses Grandma
小題4:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.My grandfather’s orchardB.My grandmother’s apple pie
C.A morning in the atticD.The last days of summer

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析:
小題1:細節(jié)題,由第一段第四行I think of my grandmother’s apple pie可以知道答案,故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)題。由倒數(shù)第三段倒數(shù)第四行I spent the morning in the attic(閣樓),and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe (烹飪法) for Grandma’s apple pie.可以知道答案,.所以選A。
小題3:推理題,由最后一段第二行I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie.可以推出答案,所以選D
小題4:推理題,由本文的主要意思“作者回想起奶奶的蘋果餡餅”,所以選B
點評:本文記敘了作者回想起奶奶的蘋果餡餅故事。做細節(jié)題的關鍵是找出原文的根據(jù),認真核查題支和原文的異同,常犯錯誤有:絕對化語言,范圍擴大或縮小,以偏概全,張冠李戴等。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系,對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點。
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