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　　Do you know that when you eat an ice-cream cone (卷筒冰淇淋) you are eating a dish?

　　Ice-cream cones were first made in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. A. They were made because the ice-cream man ran out of dishes.

　　Ernest Hamwi was a pastry (馅饼) maker. One day he saw crowds of people buying ice cream nearby while he was selling pastry.

　　“Where is the ice cream?” he heard people say.

　　“It takes too much time to get one. ”

　　“Come on. We don't have it all day!”

　　Ernest saw the ice-cream man washing dishes faster and faster. He saw the man's helper drying dishes faster and faster.

　　The men would wash and dry a few dishes. They would put ice cream in the clean dishes and give the dishes of ice cream to some people.

　　They would take the money in one hand and dirty dishes in the other. They would wash and dry a few more dishes. Then they would hurry to fill them with ice cream.

　　The ice-cream man and his helper just could not keep up with the crowd.

　　“I wish I could help,” Ernest Hamwi said to himself. “What they need are some dishes that don't have to be washed.”

　　Suddenly Ernest had an idea. He cooked a kind of pastry and rolled(卷) it. The pastry was open at one end and closed to a point at the other. The pastry soon cooled.

　　Then Ernest pushed his way through the crowd to the ice-cream man.

　　“See if this will hold ice cream,” Ernest said to the man. “It is a dish you can eat.”

　　The crowd around the ice-cream man became quiet. The people watched the ice-cream man fill the dish with ice cream.

　　“I'll try it!” a man said.

　　The rest of the crowd watched as he ate it.

　　“It is very good!” said the man. “Try one, everybody!”

　　Ernest Hamwi's cones became popular soon. And today, people in many different parts of the world eat ice-cream cones thanks to Mr. Hamwi.

(1)“They were made because the ice-cream man ran out of dishes.”The underlined part means ________.

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(2) Ernest heard the ice-cream man say, ________.

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A．“Where is the ice cream?”

B．“It takes too much time to get one.”

C．“Come on. We don't have it all day!”

D．“What they need are some dishes that don't have to be washed.”

(3) The ice-cream man and his helper couldn't keep up with the crowd because they didn't ________.

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(4)“Then Ernest pushed his way through the crowd to the ice-cream man.”The underlined part means ________.

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(5) The first ice-cream cone was made by ________.

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A．a pastry maker

B．an ice-cream man and his helper

C．an ice-cream man

D．a man who was buying ice cream

I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard（果园）,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(苹果馅饼), 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（阁楼）, and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe（烹饪法）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.

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

Both Sophie and her grandfather used to        .

A. help Grandma make apple pies           B. spend summer afternoons in the orchard

C. enjoy fresh fruit in the farmhouse kitchen   D. walk alone among the apple trees

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

Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?.

A. My grandfather’s orchard                B. My grandmother’s apple pie

C. A morning in the attic                   D. The last days of summer

I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard（果园）,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(苹果馅饼), 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（阁楼）, and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe（烹饪法）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.
【小题1】 We learn from the passage that Sophie       .

I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard（果园）,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(苹果馅饼), 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（阁楼）, and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe（烹饪法）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.

1. We learn from the passage that Sophie       .

2.Both Sophie and her grandfather used to        .

3.The underlined part in the last paragraph shows          .

4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?.