2018年初中英语外研（新标准）版七年级下册期末模拟试卷（8）

—Oh，thank you．It's good for my hands when I ride my bike．

    David is a 10-year-old boy．He wants to buy something for his mother,because next Monday is her birthday．David's father gives him 5 dollars a week and David puts 2 dollars a week in to a box in his room．After three months，David has 24 dollars in the box．He takes 20 dollars out of his box and goes to a big store．He wants something really great for his mother．

    David sees a beautiful brooch（胸针）．It is in the shape(呈……形状)his favourite animal．It is only$17.00．“I like it．”thinks David．“My mother loves brooches and she will like it,too．”He buys the brooch and takes it home．He puts it in a beautiful box,and puts the box on the dining table．David is very happy．He thinks he will see the smile on his mother's face．

    But when his mother opens the box．She screams(尖叫)．She sees a spider(蜘蛛)in the box!She is afraid of spiders so much!

根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。

    I am new to New York．I do not know anyone in the city．An old woman lives next door．She gives me a big box of fruit and vegetables．The kind neighbour(邻居)is Val．

    The fruit and vegetables are from Val's garden(园子)．There are carrots，tomatoes，strawberries and so on in the garden．Val doesn't have sons or daughters．But she is happy．She likes working in her garden．She loves those plants．Sometimes，she talks to them．

    One day,I don't see Val in the garden．Some days later,I see people take many boxes from her home．Grass grows in the garden．The plants look sad．Then I know Val passed away(去世)．So I begin to take care of(照顾)her garden．

    Then a family comes to live next door．They are new to the city．They do not know anyone．And I give them a big box of fruit and vegetables from Val's garden．

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

—What are       ?

—      is small．