Summary The author recalls a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, 1938, when he, aged 10, & his parents were visiting his grandparents on their New Hampshire farm. It was his first snow of the year; he hadn't noticed the lack of snow on the drive up from Connecticut because he was looking at the damage from the great Sept. '' 38 hurricane. '' His grandfather told him stories while he did the milking. His aunts, Caroline & Nan, & his grandmother's brother Luther arrived. His grandmother's old friend Washington Woodward arrived heavily garbed from his snowshoe trip down the mountain. It was snowing heavily; the old-timers recalled the blizzard of '88. After a big dinner, the grownups opened their presents. Wash Woodward recalled how his father, whom he hated, threw the ice skates Luther had given him into a pond in '87. The adults were silent for a minute, then everyone began talking. Soon the author's mother packed him off to bed.
Q&A: 1. According to Christmas snow, Donnie's families share their stories about snow. Please follow the time of their stories sequentially put in order. Which one is correct?\ (1) Grandfather's story (2) Wash's story (3) Aunt Nan's story (4) Uncle Luther's story
A.4321 B.1234 C.3124 D.4123 E.1324
Answer:E
2. According to story, which description is true?
A. Donnie was happy when he didn't see any snow in grandfather's farm. B. Wash loves snow very much. C. Grandfather makes snowman every Christmas. D. There was a great hurricane called New England on September in 1938.
Answer:D
3.How many time did grandfather milk?
A. One time B. Two times C. Three times D. He didn't milk in the story
Answer: B
4.Why dose Wash hate snow very much?
A. he fell down when he was young B. he broke up with his girlfriend when it was snowing outside. C. His father dropped his favorite skates into the water when he was young D. None of all
Answer: C
5. where is Donnie as the story begins and ends?
A. Park B. Supermarket C. Forest D. Grandparents' farm
Summary
ReplyDeleteThe author recalls a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, 1938, when he, aged 10, & his parents were visiting his grandparents on their New Hampshire farm. It was his first snow of the year; he hadn't noticed the lack of snow on the drive up from Connecticut because he was looking at the damage from the great Sept. '' 38 hurricane. '' His grandfather told him stories while he did the milking. His aunts, Caroline & Nan, & his grandmother's brother Luther arrived. His grandmother's old friend Washington Woodward arrived heavily garbed from his snowshoe trip down the mountain. It was snowing heavily; the old-timers recalled the blizzard of '88. After a big dinner, the grownups opened their presents. Wash Woodward recalled how his father, whom he hated, threw the ice skates Luther had given him into a pond in '87. The adults were silent for a minute, then everyone began talking. Soon the author's mother packed him off to bed.
Q&A:
ReplyDelete1.
According to Christmas snow, Donnie's families share their
stories about snow. Please follow the time of their stories
sequentially put in order. Which one is correct?\
(1) Grandfather's story
(2) Wash's story
(3) Aunt Nan's story
(4) Uncle Luther's story
A.4321 B.1234 C.3124 D.4123 E.1324
Answer:E
2. According to story, which description is true?
A. Donnie was happy when he didn't see any snow in
grandfather's farm.
B. Wash loves snow very much.
C. Grandfather makes snowman every Christmas.
D. There was a great hurricane called New England on
September in 1938.
Answer:D
3.How many time did grandfather milk?
A. One time
B. Two times
C. Three times
D. He didn't milk in the story
Answer: B
4.Why dose Wash hate snow very much?
A. he fell down when he was young
B. he broke up with his girlfriend when it was snowing
outside.
C. His father dropped his favorite skates into the water when
he was young
D. None of all
Answer: C
5. where is Donnie as the story begins and ends?
A. Park
B. Supermarket
C. Forest
D. Grandparents' farm
Answer:D
Words:
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chicken coops 雞籠
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bumpy 顛簸的
depot 倉庫
boulder 卵石
stake 籬笆樁
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ember 餘火
receded 退去
braid 髮辮
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trech 溝渠
latch 閘門
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holstein 乳牛
hoeing 用鋤頭幹活
manure 肥料
mote 肥料
exhilarate 使高興
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Vertically 垂直地
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fumble 摸索
peel off去除
burlap 棕色粗麻布
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leastway (leastwise) 無論如何，至少
cozy 愜意的
peculiar 罕見的
malevolent 壞心腸的
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ajar 微開
hurtle 猛衝
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deferred 延期的
parlor 起居室
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interminable 沒完沒了
harangue 高談闊論
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diversionary 轉移注意力