阅读理解。
Mrs. Black is sixty-nine years old. She only has a daughter named Sandra. Mr. Black died twelve
years ago. Mrs. Black was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years ago her daughter had a
baby. The young woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked
her mother to live with them.
The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the
housework. And the family liked her.
Last autumn Mrs. Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to
be in hospital for three months. She couldn't do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was
kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of (讨厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had
no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.
One morning Mrs. Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a
wooden (木制的) plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She
was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy two plates, son?"
"One is for grandma," answered the boy, "the other is for you! You will also have to use a wooden
plate when you're old, I think."
The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she is kind to her mother as she was
before.
1. Sandra asked her mother to live with them because ______.
A. the old woman lived alone
B. she needed her help
C. the old woman couldn't look after herself
D. the old woman could give her much money
2. The family liked Mrs. Black at first because ______.
A. she was very rich
B. she could watch their door
C. she could do all the housework for them
D. she was friendly to them all
3. Mrs. Black was afraid that ______, so she couldn't leave her daughter's house.
A. she had no house to live in
B. she couldn't look after herself
C. Sandra couldn't go to see her any more
D. A and B
4. James bought a wooden plate for his mother because ______.
A. he didn't love her
B. he liked it
C. he hoped she would be kind to his grandma
D. she often broke the plates at home
5. Sandra is friendly to her mother again because ______.
A. she knows she did wrong
B. she was afraid of her son
C. the old woman is poor
D. it's her duty
