I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that's a ____16____ thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to____17___ it.
The____18____ started when my friend Katy found Grandma's false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I____19____ took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and____20____ to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and____21____ her to shut up so my grandma wouldn't____22____ and get hurt.
After that happened, I____23____ there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing（令人窘迫）.
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King. ____24____ ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, "They'll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. " Jill burst out laughing, but I almost____25____.
After a while, I started wishing I could____26____ Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel____27____ in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that____28____ everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and____29____ them about their____30____ for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
"Volunteer your grandmother," she whispered. "She's____31____ and rich in experience."
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on____32____ today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly (集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her____33____ she was a great heroine. I was____34____ of my grandma and hoped she would____35____ know that I had been ashamed of her.
| 小题1: | | A．funny | B．common | C．terrible | D．clear |
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| 小题2: | | A．admit | B．receive | C．refuse | D．show |
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| 小题3: | | A．quarrel | B．accident | C．trouble | D．adventure |
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| 小题4: | | A．already | B．always | C．simply | D．hardly |
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| 小题5: | | A．enjoying | B．pretending | C．imagining | D．continuing |
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| 小题6: | | A．warn | B．demand | C．advise | D．beg |
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| 小题8: | | A．expected | B．declared | C．realized | D．doubted |
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| 小题9: | | A．Because of | B．Except for | C．Such as | D．Instead of |
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| 小题10: | | A．died | B．cheered | C．disappeared | D．suffered |
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| 小题11: | | A．meet | B．avoid | C．arrange | D．hide |
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| 小题12: | | A．independent | B．inconvenient | C．unwelcome | D．unfamiliar |
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| 小题13: | | A．changed | B．finished | C．stopped | D．Prepared |
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| 小题14: | | A．interview | B．report | C．tell | D．write |
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| 小题15: | | A．news | B．lives | C．advantages | D．achievements |
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| 小题16: | | A．free | B．popular | C．interesting | D．embarrassing |
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| 小题17: | | A．show | B．stage | C．duty | D．time |
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| 小题18: | | A．and then | B．even if | C．so that | D．as if |
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| 小题19: | | A．sure | B．proud | C．ashamed | D．afraid |
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| 小题20: | | A．never | B．even | C．still | D．once |
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