V.任务型阅读:(10分) A根据短文内容，按要求答题。

Every Saturday, Grandpa and I walk to the nursing home to visit some of the old and sick people there because they can’t take care of themselves. First we visit Mrs. Sokol. I call her “The Cook.” She likes to talk about the time when she was a well-known cook in Russia. People would come from miles, just to taste her chicken soup. Next we visit Mr. Lipman. I call him “The Singer” because he loves to sing for us. Whenever he does, his voice fills the air, clear and full of energy. I also enjoy Mrs. Kagan’s stories about her own experiences during the old days. I call her “The Memory Lady.”

One day Grandpa got very sick and the doctor said they didn’t think he would get better.

It was time to visit the nursing home again. I had to go alone. Everyone was surprised when I told them that my grandpa was ill and in hospital.

A few days later, Grandpa was not able to sit up, eat and even speak. I went to the corner of the room so Grandpa wouldn’t see me cry. Suddenly, I heard someone singing. I looked up. It was The Singer. Behind her were The Cook. and The Memory Lady. The Cook brought her famous homemade chicken soup. The Memory Lady held Grandpa’s hand and told us how Grandpa once came to visit her in a snowstorm, just to bring her some roses for her birthday.

Before I realized it, visiting hours were up. That evening, Grandpa called the nurse in and said he was hungry. Soon he began to sit up. Finally he was able to get out of bed. It is really a miracle (surprising event), isn’t it?

1. Why did the writer and his grandpa go to the nursing home every Saturday?

2. Who were Grandpa’s good friends in the nursing home?

3. Why did the writer cry?

4. Please put the sentence “ Before I realized it, visiting hours were up.” into Chinese?

5. What do you think of Grandpa?

(B)

阅读下面短文,将所给的五个句子填入空白处,是短文意思完整正确.(计5分)

Now satellites are helping to forecast(预报) the weather .1______The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大气),because this is where the weather forms(形成).2_______So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can receive satellite pictures.When they receive the new pictures ,they compare(比较) them with the earlier ones . 3________This may mean that the weather forecast,4________

So the weather satellites are of a great help to the scientists at the station.5________Now they can make good forecasts for 3 or 5 days .Soon perhaps, be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead(提前).

A. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours earlier.

B. They send these pictures to the weather station .

C. they can tell people about it .

D. They are in space ,and they can reach any part of the world .

E. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours.