炎德·英才大联考雅礼中学2021届高三月考试卷(三)英语试题

B Aunt Fannie was Blueberry Jam Woman. Of course she wasn t really my aunt, and outof fear, I never called that to her face. The name always made my father chuckle(4i)andnother look sternly (k #t)at both of usat me for being disrespectful, and atfather for encouraging my bad behavior. I enjoyed both reactions, so I looked for everyopportunity to work for the name into conversationAs a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty Fannie was the last of the Cratty line, she had never marriedand had no living heirs(ik A). My father once told me that it was because she was too meanto share her family wealth or pass it on. Aunt Fannie was noted for her jam, and for neversharing the recipe with another living soul. Even though my mother knew it by heart, as longas aunt fannie was alive. she never made the jam without miss cratty in our kitchen to directthe process and preserve the secretOne year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam-making process. Aunt Fanniegave me a quarter and then made me promise i would never spend it. Hold onto thisuarter, she said,and some day you will be rich. I still have my first very quarterhad obviously worked for her, so I put that 1938 quarter in a small box. put it in my dresserdrawer and waited to become rich