【正文】 B. Three C. Six D. Nine 58. According to the text, children will win mainly depending on their_______. A. chance B. submitting time C. skill D. number of entries C My sixyearold granddaughter stared at me as if she were seeing me for the first time. “Grandma, you are an antique ( 古董 ),” she said. “You are old. Antiques are old. You are my antique.” I was not satisfied to let the matter rest there. I took out the Webster’s Dictionary and read the definition (釋義 ) to Jenny. I explained, “An antique is not only old, it’s an object exist ing since or belonging to earlier times...a work of art... piece of furniture. Antiques are treasured,” I told Jenny as I put away the dictionary. “They have to be handled ( 處理 ) carefully because they sometimes are very valuable. In order to qualify(合格 ) as an antique, the object has to be at least 100 years old.” “I’m only 67,” I reminded Jenny. We looked around the house for other antiques, besides me. There was a desk that was handed down from one aunt to another and finally to our family. “It’s ve ry old,” I told Jenny. “I try to keep it polished ( 擦亮 ) and I show it off whenever I can. You do that with antiques.” There was a picture on the wall bought at a garage sale. It was dated 1867. “Now that’s an antique,” I said. “Over 100 years old.” Of course it was marked up and scratched (劃傷，劃破 ) and not in very good condition. “Sometimes age does that,” I told Jenny. “But the marks are good marks. They show living, being around. That’s something to display with pride. In fact, sometimes, the more an object shows age, the more valuable it can bee.” It was important that I believed this for my own selfworth. Our tour of antiques continued. There was a vase on the floor. It had been in my house for a long time. I was not certain where it came from but I didn’t buy it new. One thing about antiques, I explained to Jenny, was that they usually had a story. They’d been in one home and then another, handed down from one family to another, traveling all over the place. They’d lasted through years and years. They could have been thrown away, or ignored, or destroyed, or lost. But instead, they survived. For a moment, Jenny looked thoughtful. “I don’t have any antiques but you,” she said. Then her face brightened. “Could I take you to school for show and tell?” “Only if I fit into your backpack,” I an swered. And then Jenny’s antique lifted her up and embraced (擁抱 ) her in a hug that would last through the years. 59. Grandma read the definition of “antique” to Jenny in order to. A. list all the important characteristics of antiques B. tell Jenny the importance of protecting antiques C. change Jenny’s shallow understanding of antiques D. express her disappointment at being called “antique” 60. Which of the following information did grandma convey (表達(dá) ) to Jenny? A. The desk reminded her of her dear relatives. B. The marks on the picture showed its age and value. C. There was usually a sad story behind an antique. D. She planned to buy a new vase to replace the old one. 61. By saying “I don’t have any antiques but you” (Paragraph 7), Jenny pro bably meant_______. A. grandma was a treasure to her B. antiques were rare and valuable C. she had nothing but a few possessions D. grandma and antiques had a lot in mon 62. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. Grandma was too old to lift Jenny up. B. Jenny had a strong desire for grandma’s love. C. Jenny was too young to know grandma’s humor. D. Grandma had a deep longlasting love for Jenny. D Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day’s events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn’t accumulating （積累，增加） memories a way of preserving (保存 ) the past? When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, wellequipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically(自然而然地 ) took out my pen? At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic (引人注目的 ) beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations(特征描述 ) I had set down in my diary. Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often— only of objects I find really beautiful. I’m no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future. I don’t want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won’t have as many exact descriptions of people and places。 第二節(jié)（本節(jié)有 5小題；每小題 2分，共 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入 空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 Even if you think that your parents are meanspirited at times, loving your paren