Of course, she wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only ____
to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look ____
at both of us—at me for being _____
of my elder and at my father for _____
my bad behavior. I ____
both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.
As a young woman, my mother had worked in the _____
of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother, Farnsworth. They represented the ____
of the Cratty line. Neither had married ____
had any living heirs(繼承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too ____
to share their family wealth. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever ____
by anyone in Glenfield. She was noted for her jam and for never ____
the recipe with anyone else. ____
my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she ____
made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a ____
and then made me promise that I would never spend it. " ____
this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather." It had obviously ____
for her. So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people's eye Aunt Fannie's ____
was attributed to that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a ____
recipe. However, I keep them as ____
to hold firmly the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ____
that anyone can build.
| 小題1: | | A．called | B．thought | C．regarded | D．referred |
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| 小題2: | | A．coldly | B．severely | C．delightedly | D．politely |
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| 小題3: | | A．disappointed | B．disagreeable | C．disrespectful | D．dissatisfied |
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| 小題4: | | A．encouraging | B．scolding | C．forcing | D．pushing |
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| 小題5: | | A．hated | B．respected | C．treated | D．enjoyed |
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| 小題6: | | A．barn | B．kitchen | C．yard | D．garden |
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| 小題7: | | A．beginning | B．start | C．end | D．glory |
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| 小題8: | | A．nor | B．a(chǎn)nd | C．but | D．yet |
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| 小題9: | | A．proud | B．generous | C．strict | D．mean |
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小題10:
| A．seen | B．tasted | C．cooked | D．sold |
小題11:
| A．sharing | B．telling | C．selling | D．giving |
小題12:
| A．As though | B．As if | C．Even though | D．Even if |
| 小題13: | | A．ever | B．never | C．still | D．yet |
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| 小題14: | | A．quarter | B．bill | C．note | D．cheque |
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| 小題15: | | A．Hold back | B．Hold up | C．Hold onto | D．Hold out |
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小題16:
| A．mattered | B．failed | C．succeeded | D．worked |
| 小題17: | | A．sorrow | B．success | C．schedule | D．signature |
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小題18:
| A．usual | B．normal | C．ordinary | D．common |
| 小題19: | | A．regulations | B．reflections | C．reminders | D．rewards |
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| 小題20: | | A．future | B．fortune | C．fantasy | D．favor |
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er, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen________, the general public soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages. During the first few days it was regarded as a joke. For some reason, jokes have always been made about dustmen, and some people thought this strike was very amusing. But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so funny any more. As the strike continued, people could not bear the accumulation of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to get rid of it. Even when the strike was over, and the wages dispute had been settled, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely, as so much rubbish had accumulated. Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of their dustmen rather more highly, and won’t take them for granted any more. 