During this year’s Spring Festival, I visited Grandma with Mum as usual.

“Grandma, I’m back!” I pushed open the old wooden    1    of the yard, and the smell of meat with sunshine greeted me. Grandma was putting rice cakes in the sun in the yard. Hearing my voice, she turned her head around    2   , glasses sliding (滑动) to the tip of her nose.

“Oh! My little sweetheart!” Grandma came over. “You’ve grown even    3    again!”

Every Spring Festival, it is nearly the    4    greeting that welcomes me home. Grandma always thought I was keeping growing up, even though I was in Grade 8 and nearly as tall as Dad.

“Come in, hurry! I have    5    good for you.”

She took my hand, led me to the central room,    6    opened the old-fashioned wooden cabinet (储藏柜) in the corner mysteriously — her “treasure house”. The door creaked (咯吱作响), as if    7    a story of past years.

Grandma pulled out an old red plastic bag. Then she    8    it slowly, “The beef jerky (干肉条)! A TV programme said it’s from a north-western city. It must be    9   .”

I took the beef jerky, and found that it had been expired (过期的) for six months. My heart skipped a beat. Looking up, I    10    Grandma’s eager (渴望的) eyes. “Is it good? I’ve been keeping it for almost a year!”

“Yes, it’s delicious, so delicious! Everything Grandma saves is delicious!” I ripped (撕破) open the wrapper, took a bite, only to find the beef jerky was as    11    as a small stone, but I bit down with a crunch (嘎吱声), saying, “It’s super delicious!”

Grandma smiled like a flower and she bent down at once to    12    something in the cabinet, “And there’s something else… something else…”

At this moment, my mum walked in. She asked, “Haven’t these been expired?”

Grandma’s hand stopped for a while and said    13    a low voice, “Expired? I… I thought the wrapper still looked fine…”

The room suddenly became    14   . The tick-tock of the old clock sounded unusually clear.

I took another bite of the beef jerky, “Well, it’s not expired! They say online—    15    has no expiration date!”

Grandma stood silently for a second, and then broke into a big smile. “Yes, yes—love never expires!”

1.1.

A door

B desk

C box

D floor

解析：选A。1.A. door 解析：push open the old wooden door 推开院子老旧木门

2.2.

A correctly

B quickly

C exactly

D easily

解析：选B。2.B. quickly 解析：听到喊声，奶奶快速转头

3.3.

A shorter

B fatter

C taller

D thinner

解析：选C。3.C. taller 解析：后文 nearly as tall as Dad，奶奶总说 “又长高了”

4.4.

A same

B bright

C humorous

D different

解析：选A。4.A. same 解析：几乎是同样一句迎接我的话

5.5.

A nothing

B something

C anything

D everything

解析：选B。B. something 解析：有好东西给你（肯定句）

6.6.

A and

B so

C or

D but

解析：选A。6.A. and 解析：并列动作：拉我的手，领我进屋，并且神秘打开柜子

7.7.

A asking

B discussing

C telling

D chatting

解析：选C。7.C. telling 解析：tell a story 讲故事，咯吱声仿佛诉说往事

8.8.

A threw

B opened

C chose

D protected

解析：选B。8.B. opened 解析：拿出红塑料袋，慢慢打开

9.9.

A simple

B cheap

C delicious

D useful

解析：选C。9.C. delicious 解析：奶奶觉得这个牛肉干一定很好吃

10.10.

A carried

B thought

C decided

D caught

解析：选D。10.D. caught 解析：caught Grandma’s eager eyes 对上奶奶期盼的目光

11.11.

A soft

B light

C heavy

D hard

解析：选D。11.D. hard 解析：后文 as small as a stone，硬得像小石头

12.12.

A look after

B put in

C look for

D put out

解析：选C。12.C. look for 解析：弯腰在柜子里寻找别的东西

13.13.

A in

B at

C on

D of

解析：选A。A. in 解析：固定搭配 in a low voice 低声地

14.14.

A lively

B quiet

C wet

D noisy

解析：选B。14.B. quiet 解析：妈妈点破过期后，房间一下子安静了

15.15.

A style

B weight

C size

D love

解析：选D。15.D. love 解析：结尾点题：爱是没有保质期的