Ⅱ. 完形填空(每小题 1 分,满分 15 分)
When I had a fever last winter, everything felt dark and quiet. My body hurt and my throat burned. Even my favourite cartoons, which usually made me
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, now seemed boring. The blanket felt too hot, and the silence in the room felt heavy. I just stayed in bed, feeling sad and thinking about
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but my pain.
Then I heard a soft knock on the door. It was Grandma! She walked in with a big smile, holding a bowl of
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. “I made this for you,” she said. The porridge looked
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but inviting. The plain white rice was mixed with small pieces of ginger (姜), fresh green onions, and a little sesame oil. As soon as I
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the wonderful mix of ginger and herbs, my nose seemed to open a bit.
“You need to eat
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, dear. It's hot,” she said, sitting beside me. She blew on a spoonful of porridge and then handed it to me. For the first try, I took a small bite
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the ginger was too spicy (辣的) and I made a face. Grandma laughed and started telling me stories about her childhood. She said when she was my age, she got lost in the snow one day. It was a bowl of hot rice porridge that
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her. “I was freezing cold, but then a bowl of porridge
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me like a fire in my belly,” she said with her eyes shining with memories. Listening to her stories, I found myself taking another bite, and this time, the porridge tasted much
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.
As I ate, she wiped my forehead with a coo
l towel. She told me how she hated
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but always looked forward to having porridge when she was sick as a little girl. “Medicine treats your body,” she said, “but food cures your heart.”
With each spoonful, I felt warmer and better. The ginger made my sore throat less painful, and the soft rice made me feel
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. When Grandma added a little honey to the porridge, the sweet taste made me
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all about being sick.
Finally, I finished the whole bowl. To my surprise, my headache was gone immediately! “See? Food isn't just something to fill your stomach. It's
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that you can taste,” Grandma said.
That night, as I closed my eyes to sleep, I noticed the room didn't seem so
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any more. Thanks to Grandma and her magical porridge, I felt loved and happy again.
1. A. think
B. laugh
C. study
D. cry
2. A. nothing
B. anything
C. everything
D. something
3. A. milk
B. juice
C. rice
D. porridge
4. A. healthy
B. simple
C. delicious
D. rich
5. A. tasted
B. smelt
C. saw
D. heard
6. A. quickly
B. quietly
C. closely
D. slowly
7. A. but
B. because
C. before
D. till
8. A. hurt
B. saved
C. found
D. burnt
9. A. light
B. hurt
C. interested
D. warmed
10. A. cooler
B. hotter
C. better
D. spicier
11. A. medicine
B. ginger
C. water
D. honey
12. A. nervous
B. worried
C. excited
D. comfortable
13. A. know
B. forget
C. hate
D. remember
14. A. illness
B. story
C. love
D. pain
15. A. hot
B. dark
C. bright
D. small