As a young child, I was quiet and shy. I was also sick for a long time. My parents worked, and I spent a lot of time at my grandparent’s home. While my grandmother cleaned the house and cooked, my grandfather played with me.
I was six when my grandfather died. A few months before he died, he gave me a beautiful blue and white blanket (毯子). I loved the blanket very much because it made me think of my grandfather. But after a few years, the blanket didn’t look very good. It had holes and was dirty. I didn’t want to throw the blanket away, so my mother made the blanket into a book bag. I was proud of the book bag, and I used it to carry my books to school every day for a few years. Then the book bag was broken. I begged my mother to make something out of it. She made it into a pencil-box. After a few months, the pencil-box was broken, too. By then I could sew (縫), and I made the pencil-box into a small wallet.
I used it for three years, but one day I lost it. I felt sad. My friends and family said, “Forget about it, Paul. You can’t make something out of nothing.”
I thought about it for a while. I decided my friends and family were wrong. There was a way to make something out of nothing. I wrote down the story of my grandfather’s blanket.
小題1:From the story, we know that             .
A．Paul’s grandfather gave him a blanket
B．the blanket made Paul think of his mother
C．a(chǎn) few years later the blanket was still new
D．Paul’s grandfather died when Paul was ten
小題2:Paul used the pencil-box for ________.
A．a(chǎn) few monthsB．two weeksC．three yearsD．five years
小題3:Paul felt sad when he lost ________ one day.
A．the blanketB．the book bag C．the walletD．the pencil-box
小題4:Paul wrote down the story to ____________.
A．pass the timeB．find the blanket
C．tell his grandfather D．remember his grandfather

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：短文大意：當(dāng)我六歲的時候,我的祖父去世了。在他死前幾個月,他給了我一個美麗的藍(lán)白毯子。我非常喜歡這毯子,因?yàn)樗屛蚁肫鹞业淖娓浮５珟啄旰?毯子看起來不很好我不想扔掉毯子,所以媽媽把毯子變成一個書包。我很自豪的用了好幾年后,書包破了。我懇求媽媽做別的東西。她做一個鉛筆盒。幾個月后,鉛筆盒也壞了。到那時我可以把我文具盒里變成一個小錢包。我用了三年,但有一天,我失去了它。我感到傷心。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二句A few months before he died, he gave me a beautiful blue and white blanket (毯子).可知選A.
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中After a few months, the pencil-box was broken, too.可知選A.
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段末的By then I could sew (縫), and I made the pencil-box into a small wallet.和第三段開頭的I used it for three years, but one day I lost it.可知選C.
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一句I wrote down the story of my grandfather’s blanket.可知選D.
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