An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?” The grandfather said, “Take this litter basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” he boy did, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “ You’ll have to walk faster next time.”
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. The boy said, “ See Grandpa, it’s useless!”
So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It was clean, inside and out.
“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”
【小题1】The grandfather got up early to __________.

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

About ten years ago when I was a student at college, I spent my summer holidays1 at a museum. 2 was hard for me then. Dad had lost his job and Mum was sick3. I was4 if I would be able to go on with my study the next term.

One day while I was working, I saw an old man come in with a little girl5 a wheelchair. As I looked 6 at this girl, I found that she had no arms7 legs. She was wearing a little white dress and she 8had a hat on.

As the old man pushed the wheelchair up to me, I was busy with my work. I9my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼). When I took the money from her grandfather, I looked back at the girl, 10was giving me the prettiest, largest smile I have 11 seen. Suddenly her handicap(生理缺陷) 12 and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile almost gave me a better understanding of what life is all about. She 13 me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her14of smiles, love and warmth.

I’m now a successful business and15I get down and think about the trouble of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me.

1.                A．to work         B．worked         C．work D．working

2.                A．Work          B．Life            C．Business  D．School

3.                A．in the bed       B．in a hospital      C．in bed    D．in the hospital

4.                A．wondering      B．guessing        C．hoping   D．checking

5.                A．at             B．for            C．in   D．with

6.                A．longer         B．nearer         C．further   D．closer

7.                A．or             B．and            C．then D．so

8.                A．too            B．either          C．as well   D．also

9.                A．held           B．turned         C．lifted D．gave

10.               A．whose         B．whom          C．who  D．that

11.               A．ever           B．never          C．almost D．even

12.               A．was driven      B．was lost        C．was gone  D．was covered

13.               A．saved          B．took           C．helped    D．taught

14.               A．place          B．mind           C．earth D．world

15.               A．whatever       B．whenever       C．whoever  D．however

A rich woman begins to learn painting（画画）. When she is sixty years old, she loves it very much. She paints and paints. After ten years, there are lots of pictures in her workroom, and she thinks they are very good.

One day, the old woman is badly ill in bed, but she doesn’t forget her pictures. She says to his grandson, Hand, “I want to give my pictures to a school, then the students will remember me. But which school do you think is the best, my dear?”

“Well,” says the little boy, “You’d better give them to the blind school!”

1.The old woman is very .

A. blind（失明的）B. richC. successful（成功的）D. kind

2.The old woman likes .

A. playing basketballB. playing gamesC. paintingD. planting flowers

3.The old woman is Hand’s .

A. grandmother B. grandfather C. grandsonD. grand-daughter.

4.The old woman wants to give her pictures to .

A. a blind schoolB. her grandsonC. a school D. her grand-daughter

5.We can know from the passage that .

A. the old woman is only sixty when she dies

B. the old woman is very kind

C. the old woman’s pictures are very good

D. the old woman’s pictures are not good