A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches (英尺) longer.

He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening（缩短）by about two inches.

Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But when his mother  finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.

Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’ s trousers. She was a kind girl,so she went quietly upstairs withoutsaying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.  The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she,too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine（想象）the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the   next morning.   .

1.What were the young man’s new trousers like at first?

2.Why didn’t the young man’s mother and sisters answer him in the kitchen?

3.When did his elder sister shortened the trousers?

4.What did the young man find about the trousers the next morning?

He found that the trousers were ______ inches too short for him. 

5.How did the young man feel when he put the trousers on the next morning?

A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches (英尺) longer.
He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening（缩短）by about two inches.
Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But when his mother  finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’ s trousers. She was a kind girl,so she went quietly upstairs withoutsaying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.  The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she,too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine（想象）the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the   next morning.   .
【小题1】What were the young man’s new trousers like at first?

In 1949 my father came back from the war(战争)，like many other soldiers．

    Soon after he came back，my grandmother became very ill．The doctors said that she needed a blood transfusion(输血)at once，or she would not live through(活过)the night．The problem was that Grandmother’s blood type(血型)was AB-，a very strange type．Even today, (1)it was hard to get some because there were no blood banks or flights to transport(运输)blood．None of the family members were that type．My grandmother was dying．

    (2)My father left the hospital in tears to gather(聚集)all the family members so that everyone could say good-bye to her．As my father was driving down the road，he saw a soldier in uniform(制服)trying to hitch-hike(免费搭便车)home．My father stopped and let the soldier get into his car．(3)He was so sad that he didn’t ask the soldier’s name．

    The soldier saw my father’s tears and asked why he(4) ___________ (cry)．Then the soldier told my father to turn the car around and take him to the hospital．He was just my grandmother’s blood type．

    My grandmother lived until 1996，and to this day．(5)No one in our family knew the soldier’s name, but my father often wanted to know：was he a soldier，or an angel in uniform?

任务一：根据短文回答问题：

1．When the writer’s father came back from the war，how was his grandmother?

2．What was his grandmother’ blood type?

3．When did his grandmother die?

任务二：根据要求完成下列任务：

4．请写出(1)句中的真正主语。

5．请将(2)句翻译成汉语。

6．请将(3)句改成同意句。

7．请用(4)处的动词的正确形式填空。

8．请写出(5)句的反意疑问句。

  No one in our family knew the soldier’s name，______________________