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Both of my parents worked fulltime when I was a little girl, so my grandmother would stay at our house during the days. We would watch game shows in the living room. Our favorite was The Price is Right. We would call out our answers along with the contestants.
When I got older and started going to school, we couldn't watch our game shows regularly. That was okay with me, though, because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping her bake (烘烤) cakes. Watching her in the kitchen was amazing: she never seemed to need the recipes but everything she made tasted delicious.
At first I would just sit in the kitchen and watch, even though I didn't understand what she was doing. As I got older, she let me help with the easy parts, such as measuring the sugar. The day she let me separate the eggs, I felt like I had found complete pleasure.
At last, my parents decided that I could take care of myself, and my grandmother stopped coming over every day. The love of baking, however, stayed with me. I started baking by myself, and even if the cookies ended up burnt sometimes, more often they turned out pretty well. I tried out new recipes, and whenever I got to a thorny part, I would call my grandmother for advice. Sometimes I would call her just to talk, too. I felt like I could talk to her about anything.
My grandmother passed away ten years ago, but I still think of her every day. Last week, I found a recipe book she made for me. It included her recipes for brownies, cookies, and my favorite, lemon pie. As I looked through the pages, I thought I could hear her voice. She was the one who taught me not just about baking, but about life.
语篇解读：文章讲述了作者小时候由于父母忙于工作，奶奶每天来照顾她的经历。在这个过程中，奶奶教会了她烘烤和烹饪，她对此也是乐此不疲。文中字里行间充满了对奶奶的怀念。
1．The passage is mainly developed by ________.
A．analyzing causes
B．making comparisons
C．examining differences
D．following the time order
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据文章每一段的关键词：“(1)when I was a little girl; (2)When I got older and started going to school; (3)As I got older; (4)my parents decided that I could take care of myself”可知，文章主要是以时间顺序为线索来写的。故选D项。
2．While helping her grandmother bake, the author ________.
A．turned out to be a troublemaker
B．found it interesting and appealing
C．hoped to make a living by baking
D．regretted missing the game shows
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句中的“Watching her in the kitchen was amazing ...”及第三段最后一句中的“I had found complete pleasure ...”可知，在帮助奶奶烘烤的过程中，作者觉得很有趣、很有吸引力。
3．What does the underlined word “thorny” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A．Basic. B．Common.
C．Difficult. D．Special.
解析：选C 词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“I would call my grandmother for advice”可知，只有碰到难题才会征求建议，由此可以断定，thorny意思是“困难的”，与difficult意义相近。故选C项。basic意为“基础的”；common意为“常见的；普遍的”；special意为“特殊的；特别的”。
4．What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?
A．To remember her grandmother.
B．To show her good baking skills.
C．To talk about her happy family life.
D．To describe her childhood memories.
解析：选A 写作目的题。文章从作者小时候与奶奶相处开始叙述，一直到奶奶去世，一直在回忆与奶奶相处的快乐时光，在最后一段再次提出，现在仍然天天想念奶奶。由此可知，作者写这篇文章的目的就是为了怀念奶奶。故选A项。
