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expectantly.
Suddenly, we were interrupted clapping. "Terrific," the director said, stepping up the stage from the
aisle(过道). "Except, could you kids face the audience a bit more?"
The kids shifted to face the empty seats, which would be filled in a few days for the church play."
Perfect," the director said. "Now, Grandma, read to your grandchildren." A pang of sadness hit me. If
only I could read to my real grandchild!
I had a granddaughter, but I"d never met her. Sixteen years earlier my son was involved in a
relationship that ended badly. But out of it came a blessing: a baby girl named Lena. I hoped to be a
grandmother to her-but shortly after the birth, the mother moved without any address left. Over the years,
I asked around town to try and find my son"s exwife(前妻), but it seemed that she didn"t want to be found.
I"d just joined this new church a week earlier, and was at once offered the part of Grandma in the play. At least now I could pretend to be a grandma. The rehearsals went well, and finally the day of the show
arrived. The performance was great. "You all looked so natural up there," one of my friends said.
Afterward, we went to the church basement for refreshments(茶点). I walked over to one of the girls
in the play, Rehearsals had been such a whirlwind(一片忙乱) that we never really got to talk. "How"s my granddaughter?" I joked.
"Fine!" she answered. Just then, someone else walked up and asked the girl her name.
I wasn"t sure I heard the girl"s answer correctly. But it made me ask her another question. "What"s your mother"s name?"
She told me, I was still in shock. "And what"s your father"s name?" I asked. She told me. It was my
son.
She"d only started going to that church a week before I did. Since that day of the play, we"ve stayed
close. Not long ago, she even made me a great grandma.
B. Playing a game.
C. Preparing for a play.
D. Acting in a movie.
B. The director"s words hurt her so badly.
C. She wished that she had a real grandchild.
D. The director wasn"t content with her performance.
B. Lena treated the author as a friend.
C. The author got to know who Lena was.
D. Lena mistook the author for her grandmother.
B. contrast and conclusion
C. cause and effect
D. questions and answers
B. heartbroken
C. confused
D. anxious
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试题【 "Grandma, Grandma, tell us a story!" Four darling children sat by my feet,】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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skills and knowledge from being lost. The charmers, who make snakes dance to the sound of flutes, used
to be a traditional feature of Indian life, performing in towns and villages, until they were banned in 1972
to control the trade in snake skins.
The government is now considering a plan to train the saperas, as they are known, to visit schools and zoos to tell children about forests and wildlife. There is also a proposal to set up a "dial a snake charmer"
service to help householders to deal with unwelcome intruders.
"For generations they have been a feature of Indian life but now they can"t earn a living for fear of
arrest," said Behar Dutt, a conservationist behind the plans," if a policeman doesn"t catch them, animal rights activists report them."
Many snake charmers have continued to work clandestinely(暗中地) since the ban, despite the threat of up to three years in jail. But their trademark clothcovered baskets, hung from a bamboo pole carried
across their shoulders, make them an easy target for police.
The fate of Shisha Nath, 56, from Badarpur, a village just outside of New Delhi, is typical of practitioners(从业者) of the dying art. "I used to earn enough to support my family and send my children to school,"
he said. "Now it"s hard to earn even $1 a day. My children want to be snake charmers. It"s our identity.
We love the work. But it"s become impossible."
Next month Dutt"s project to train 30 snake charmers will begin at a snake park in Pune, western India, where experts will enrich their homegrown skills with some formal knowledge.
More than the law, though, it is the dishonest attitude of their fellow countrymen that anger many snake charmers. "We"re disturbed all the time but when people want a snake removed from the house, they rush
to us," said Prakash Nath, who was ordered recently to the home of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party
leader.
1. What do snake charmers usually do in India? (no more than 8 words)
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2. How long will a saperas be in prison if he is caught during the ban? (no more than 3 words)
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3. For what purpose will snake charmers in India be retrained as wildlife teachers?
(no more than 10 words)
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4. According to the passage, what will make snake charmers angry? (no more than 11 words)
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tree and enjoy the benefits when it grows into a big one?" So he went to the __1_, bought a small tree
and took it home. To the pride of his family, he _2_ it in the center of his __3_.
He read everything about _4_ a mango tree. He got up early every morning, for he was determined
to supply the tree with all the necessary nutrients. He watered it, _5_ it with manure (粪肥), and took
good care of its leaves by removing those _6_ ones. He made sure the tree received enough care.
Many times he sat and _7_ the beauty of the growing tree while dreaming about the _8_ mangoes
that the tree would _9_. His mind was always filled with the wish to taste the first fruit of the tree.
Years went by 10 …now, he had a big tree with its leaves shining and healthy, its bark healthy and
hard. It was a big attraction 11 it decorated his whole garden.
Then one day he noticed a small bud (花蕾), which in a couple of days grew into a beautiful 12 .
Now he could 13 wait for the fruit so he started to increase his supply of nutrients and care. Then one
day the tree let out its first product-a small green fruit. The man was so 14 .
He waited for a few more weeks till the fruit grew in 15 . The day came when he decided to 16
the first fruit of the tree. He 17 the tree, picked the fruit and then came his 18 . The fruit was not like
what he expected. It was hard, big and round. He was puzzled. He was sad.
Seeing this, his 19 came and asked him what happened. He told them that the fruit from his tree
was not what he wanted. When the neighbours heard this, they did not know whether to 20 or
comfort him, for what he planted years ago was not a mango tree. We can only reap (收获) what we
plant.
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