I found the imagination of becoming a grandmother somewhat discouraging. I wasyounger than I thought a grandmother should be when I got the news that I was goingto become one myself. I admit, it was not a role that I was emotionally ready toaccept. I had been a young mother, and had certainly hoped my daughter would notface that same challenge. I remarried when she was a teenager, and then had two morechildren. On getting the news that she was expecting, I remember thinking “What do Iknow about being a grandmother? —I haven’t even finished raising my own kids yet!”I don’t like to be unprepared, so I read a few books about grandparenting. That gaveme a little help, but I was still uncertain. I thought about other grandmothers I knew,and got a few ideas I liked and a few more that I didn't. But I couldn't quite figure outwhat kind of grandmother I wanted to be. Then I thought about my own grandmother,Granny, as she’s known by most people, and I knew I had the answer.
I didn’t realize it until that moment, but my own grandmother was the examplefor the kind of grandmother I wanted to be. I am fortunate that I got to spend a lot oftime with my grandparents when I was a little kid. Here's what I learned from myGranny：
Grandmothers always have a cookie jar. For my entire life, Granny always had acookie jar full of cookies. When I was a little tiny girl, just at eye level with thecounter, Granny would get the cookie jar down for me. When I was a little older Ilearned how to pull the chair over so I could reach. As I got taller, if I really stretched,I could reach the cookie jar with my finger tips and move it close enough to get it downoff the counter to find out what kind of treat was inside. Always the first thing I didwhen I went to Granny 's house was check the cookie jarand there were alwayscookies in it. Many years later, I’ll drive my own children to Granny’s house and thefirst thing Pd do is get us all a cookie.
So grandmothers must have a cookie jar and on my granddaughte’ s firstChristmas, my daughter bought me my own cookie jar. She said when they came to seeme, her daughter would find the treat the way she did and I did.
小題1:The writer thought it was a little discouraging to be a grandmother because________.
A．she was not old enough to be one
B．she was not emotionally ready to be one
C．she thought her daughter was too young to be a mother
D．grandmother should be older than she was
小題2:Theunderlined phrase “that same challenge ” in the first paragraph refers to”________”
A．taking care of a grandchildB．taking care of a baby
C．being a young grandmotherD．being a young mother
小題3:It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.
A．the writer has many happy memories of her grandmother’s cookie jar
B．the writer always wanted to know what was inside her grandmother’s cookie jar
C．the writer often drove her grandchildren to see her grandmother’s cookie jar
D．women of the writer ‘s age all have a cookie jar for their grandchildren
小題4:What kind of grandmother did the writer want to be?
A．One who has a jar filled with many kinds of cookies for children and herself.
B．One who grows up with her grandmother's cookie jar with all kinds of cookies.
C．One who is like her own grandmother with a cookie jar to treat hergrandchildren.
D．One who always makes different kinds of cookies to treat her grandchildren.
小題5:Which of the following can be the best title of this text?
A．Grandmother’s Cookie JarB．Grandmother’s Treat for Children
C．Grandmothers and GrandchildrenD．Happy Memories of Cookies
小題1:B小題1:D小題1:A小題1:C小題1:A
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He looked at me, moved his mouth to one side and said nothing.
“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can’t help not having a finger, Mr Young. Just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and stuff like that,” I said.
The next day, when I got my report card, I tucked it into one of my books. While on the school bus, I opened it: Geography, B+; Mechanical Drawing, C-; English, D-; History, C-; Gym, B+; Art, C; Math, D-.
That math grade was the most favorite one I ever received. Because I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head.
小題1:From the second paragraph we can infer that the boy is ______ in some subjects.
A．mind-blowingB．slow-wittedC．fun-lovingD．badly-behaved
小題2: Where may the boy live according to the passage?
A．In an orphanage.B．In a big prison.
C．In the school dormitory.D．In his home.
小題3:. What grade should the boy have got in the math test this time?
A. D-.            B. C.             C. B+.             D. E.
小題4: The underlined word “tucked” in the passage most probably means “________”.
A．stuck B．listedC．hidD．copied
小題5: The reason why the boy remembers Mr Young is that ______.
A．he missed one of his fingersB．he treated his students very well
C．he understood the boyD．he taught his students in a special way

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A dog who chewed off his owner’s infected toe（腳趾）while he was passed-out drunk has been called a lifesaver. Jerry Douthett had been out drinking when his dog Kiko bit off a large part if his big toe. His wife, Rosee, rushed him to hospital where tests showed the 48-year-old musician had dangerous high blood-sugar levels. Doctors told him his toe would have had to be cut off anyway.
Mr Douthett said he had refused to get medical advice despite his toe being swollen for months. “I was hiding it from people, Rosee included,” he said. “It smelled , and I look back now and realize every time we’d visit someone with a dog, their dog would smell all over my foot.”
The night before Mr Douthett had agreed to see a doctor, he passed out at home after going out drinking. He said, “I woke up and the dog was lying along side by foot. I said, ‘Ah, there’s blood everywhere.’ I ran to the bathroom and started to scream.”
However, he believes Kiko could sense the disease coming from his big toe. “He’s a hero,” Mr Douthett said. “It wasn’t an aggressive attack. He just ate the infection. He saved my life. He ate it. I mean, he must have eaten it, because we couldn’t find it anywhere else in the house. I look down. There’s blood all over, and my toe is gone.”
Before the operation, Mr Douthett asked a nurse, “Is there any chance I can get whatever’s left of my toe, so I can give it to Kiko as a treat?” Kiko is still with the family but is under observation by authorities.
小題1:.Mr Douthett didn’t want to get medical treatment because ______ .
A．he didn’t know about his disease at all
B．he was unwilling to let others know about his disease
C．doctors had no good ways to treat his bad toe
D．his wife advised him not to do that
小題2:.From Paragraph 3 we can infer that ______ .
A．Rosee managed to persuade her husband to go to hospital
B．Mr Douthett made his big toe worse by frequent drinking
C．Mr Douthett didn’t know his toe was chewed off at first
D．it is dangerous for people to let pet dogs sleep in the bedrooms
小題3:.What did Mr Douthett think of his dog ?
A．It was clever and brave.
B．It never attacked healthy people.
C．It was a cruel but helpful dog.
D．It was a dangerous dog in fact.

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