B
When our daughter, Sandy, belonged to the St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Girl Pioneers in sixth grade, the leaders thought it would be nice if the girls made pine cone wreaths(花环)for their families as Christmas gifts. So the group gathered pine cones, put them in water and bought wire wreath frames and adhesive(黏合剂) to hold everything in place. A few days before Christmas, they and their leaders delivered the finished handiwork.
Through the years, we proudly hung up her wreath each Christmas. In 1986, the wreath was hanging on our door as usual when the temperature on Christmas Day reached 80 degrees. The adhesive began to break down and the pine cones started falling all over our front porch. We took the wreath down, planning to repair it, and gathered up the pine cones. That spring, as my husband, Don, was weeding the flower bed in front of our house, he was surprised to discover a small evergreen plant.
We decided to leave it alone. The determined tree kept growing, making it right through the long winter. When it got too big for the flower bed we moved it to the back of our lot. As the tree grew, so did our family, including four grandchildren. One day the men from the electric company came to trim(修剪) our trees. One of them said it was a shame that someday our nice evergreen would have to be cut down. We just couldn’t let that happen to our faithful — if accidental — Christmas tree.
We decided to move it again, this time to Sandy and her husband Joel’s new house in the country. My husband helped Joel dig the evergreen out. It wasn’t ready to let go without a fight. Finally, five hours later, the tree came loose. They wrapped the roots as best as they could and put the whole thing in Joel’s truck.
After an hour’s drive they planted the tree. I’m happy to report that our brave evergreen is still growing, now producing pine cones of its own.
24.What was a Christmas tradition for the family?
A. Making dishes with pine cones.
B. Making wreaths together with Sandy.
C. Hanging Sandy’s handiwork on the door.
D. Decorating the Christmas tree together.
25.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. What the good old days were like.
B. How the family took care of the wreaths.
C. What their attitude toward Christmas was.
D. How the family "treasure" came into being.
26.What does the underlined word "that" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Cutting down the evergreen. B. Leaving the evergreen alone.
C. The man’s judging the family. D. Having the evergreen trimmed again.
27.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. My family tradition B. My daughter’s growth
C.A beloved Christmas tree D.A special pine cone wreath
