It was a normal Saturday morning, and everyone was in a good mood. The year was 2000 and I was
then only 6 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday though. We were just eating breakfast when we
received a phone call. We received phone calls all the time, so it was nothing new to me. However, this
phone call was an important one. I soon heard and saw my mother crying on the couch(沙发)with my
father comforting her. My brother, sister, and I didn't know what had happened, as they had not told us
yet. Later, I was told that my grandfather was in the hospital because he had a heart attack. I did not know what to think. I had never heard of a heart attack, but I figured (认为) that it must be serious if he was in
the hospital.
My grandfather and grandmother lived far away from us and we did not get to see them often. It was a long trip. My mother rushed to the hospital while my father stayed at home with my brother, sister and me.
I do not think my young sister was really understanding it all yet. My mother returned a little later with
bad news. My grandfather had died before she got there. I was speechless. I had loved my grandfather
greatly. He was the one who taught me how to fish and enjoy the outdoors.
1. Why didn't the morning phone call surprise the author?
A. Because he/she was only 6 years old.
B. Because the phone call was a case as usual.
C. Because he/she was just eating breakfast.
D. Because it was a normal Saturday morning.
2. The author's mother began to cry .
A. after the father comforted her on the couch
B. before she received the important phone call
C. when she knew her father was in the hospital
D. as her children didn’t understand what had happened
3. The author's family seldom got to see the grandparents because .
A. they had no spare time
B. the old couple lived too far away
C. the old couple were often in hospital
D. they didn't have a private car
4. We can know from the passage that .
A. both the father and the mother went to the hospital
B. the author cared much about his/her grandfather
C. people with a heart attack should be in hospital at once
D. the mother was in time for having a word with her father
5. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. the author's family was poor in 2000
B. the author's father wasn't sad at all
C. the author's sister knew a heat attack was a serious disease
D. there were three children in the author's family
