第二节： 阅读下面三篇短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。(共10小题，计15分)

B

Dear Dr Know,

I love my grandfather, and he loves me and my sister (my sister is only three years old.). He spends almost all his free time with me and my sister. The problem is that my grandfather’s 70th birthday is on June 20th, but he doesn’t like to talk about it. He doesn’t want to celebrate (庆祝) it. However, I’d like to do something nice for him. What would be a good celebration for him?

Could you please give me some advice?

Yours,

Frank

Dear Frank,

I can completely understand your grandfather’s feelings towards his age. Maybe your grandfather doesn’t want to talk about his age. If you want to do something for him, you can choose a day to celebrate, not his birthday. On his birthday, you don’t need to use candles, the 70th birthday card, or to write “70” on the cake.

If I were you, I’d pick a later but age-unrelated

(与年龄无关的) day. You can just make a big dinner and invite all your family members over. You can ask your parents for help, but don’t let your grandfather know that. Then the whole family can be together and have a nice conversation with him.

Dr Know

( )26. According to Frank, his grandfather is a 　　　　 old man.

A. loving B. strange

C. silly D. knowledgeable

( )27. Frank wants to 　　　　 for his grandfather.

A. make a big dinner

B. do something nice

C. buy something special

D. hold a birthday party

( )28. Dr Know tells Frank he can 　　　　 to celebrate his grandfather’s 70th birthday.

A. make the 70th birthday card

B. hold a big party on June 20th

C. plan a party with his grandfather

D. invite all his family members over

C

A girl told her mom everything was going wrong for her, and that she always failed her math exam so that she wouldn’t like to study at all. After hearing the daughter’s words, the nice and patient mother thought of a good way to make her daughter happy. “I will make a delicious cake for you,” said the mom. She walked into the kitchen, and the daughter followed.

When the mom prepared the cooking utensils (炊具) and ingredients, the daughter sat against the kitchen door, watching her.

Her mom asked her, “My dear, would you like a piece of cake?”

The daughter replied, “Sure, Mom! You know how I love cake!”

“Alright,” the mom said, “drink some of this cooking oil.”

The daughter was very surprised and said, “What? No way!!!”

“How about a couple of raw (生的) eggs?” asked the mom and the daughter answered, “No way!”

“How about some flour (面粉)?”

“No, Mom! I will be sick!”

The mother explained, “All of these are uncooked and taste bad, but if you put them together, they make a delicious cake. Life works the same way. When we ask ourselves why there are so many difficult times, we don’t realize what a success these terrible events will lead us to. Having a great day also means having a great CAKE! Keep the hope that one day your day is A PIECE OF CAKE!”

( )29. The girl saw her mom 　　　　 in the kitchen.

A. do the dishes B. make a cake

C. have dinner D. drink some oil

( )30. At first, the mother let the girl 　　　　.

A. eat some flour

B. break some raw eggs

C. prepare the ingredients

D. drink some cooking oil

( )31. What is the mom like?

A. She is kind of silly.

B. She is hard-working.

C. She is nice and patient.

D. She is too strict with her daughter.