Of course, she wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only ____
to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look ____
at both of us—at me for being _____
of my elder and at my father for _____
my bad behavior. I ____
both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.
As a young woman, my mother had worked in the _____
of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother, Farnsworth. They represented the ____
of the Cratty line. Neither had married ____
had any living heirs(继承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too ____
to share their family wealth. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever ____
by anyone in Glenfield. She was noted for her jam and for never ____
the recipe with anyone else. ____
my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she ____
made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a ____
and then made me promise that I would never spend it. " ____
this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather." It had obviously ____
for her. So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people's eye Aunt Fannie's ____
was attributed to that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a ____
recipe. However, I keep them as ____
to hold firmly the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ____
that anyone can build.
| 小题1: | | A．called | B．thought | C．regarded | D．referred |
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| 小题2: | | A．coldly | B．severely | C．delightedly | D．politely |
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| 小题3: | | A．disappointed | B．disagreeable | C．disrespectful | D．dissatisfied |
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| 小题4: | | A．encouraging | B．scolding | C．forcing | D．pushing |
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| 小题5: | | A．hated | B．respected | C．treated | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题6: | | A．barn | B．kitchen | C．yard | D．garden |
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| 小题7: | | A．beginning | B．start | C．end | D．glory |
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| 小题9: | | A．proud | B．generous | C．strict | D．mean |
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小题10:
| A．seen | B．tasted | C．cooked | D．sold |
小题11:
| A．sharing | B．telling | C．selling | D．giving |
小题12:
| A．As though | B．As if | C．Even though | D．Even if |
| 小题13: | | A．ever | B．never | C．still | D．yet |
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| 小题14: | | A．quarter | B．bill | C．note | D．cheque |
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| 小题15: | | A．Hold back | B．Hold up | C．Hold onto | D．Hold out |
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小题16:
| A．mattered | B．failed | C．succeeded | D．worked |
| 小题17: | | A．sorrow | B．success | C．schedule | D．signature |
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小题18:
| A．usual | B．normal | C．ordinary | D．common |
| 小题19: | | A．regulations | B．reflections | C．reminders | D．rewards |
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| 小题20: | | A．future | B．fortune | C．fantasy | D．favor |
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