Ⅶ. 首字母填空(每小题 1 分,共 10 分)
根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空格处填入一个适当的词使短文完整。
(2024·扬州中考改编)Even though my grandfather was a farmer, my grandmother would iron his work clothes every day. Grandmother mixed up her own starch(淀粉浆)in a glass b______ with a metal cap that had several holes. She sprinkled(撒)Grandfather’s jeans with the starch, hung them over a chair for a few minutes, and then ironed them.
Because I watched her do this through my childhood, I thought every old woman did it. But as the years passed, I began to q______ this practice. Why did Grandfather need his work clothes ironed? Most days, he never saw anyone b______ me and maybe a few other farmers. The clothes became dirty in just a short time. Why did Grandmother s______ spend time and effort ironing Grandfather’s clothes that were seen only a few times?
One day when I was about 13, I asked Grandmother about it. She told me Grandfather was the most handsome man in the world. Later that day, I looked c______ at Grandfather. He sure didn’t look so handsome to me. He was short and fat with false teeth(假牙). Later I told her my thought.
She gave me a girlish smile and said, “You just aren’t l______ in the right light, Cathy. I remember when he had r______ teeth. He has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. They are exactly the s______ colour as the sky just before the sun goes down. I want the world to see my husband as the most beautiful man. I want him to feel beautiful. I iron his clothes every day because for all these years, he has made me feel b______ too.”
The years went on, and I watched Grandmother and Grandfather grow old together. I was probably 30 when I u______ what beauty really was. It was Grandmother ironing Grandfather’s jeans with starch from a glass bottle.
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bottle
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question
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but
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still
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carefully
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looking
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real
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same
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beautiful
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understood
