14.I have a neighbor we call"Happy".I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone.
Happy and her husband Ben,70,have a huge garden.They spent many happy hours together working on it.Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden.As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben's beans,we all wished we also had such a large garden.As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market,Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.
Last month,Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an"all-day food fest".We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning.We didn't know what was about to take place.
By 9:00am,there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes,beans,okra,and squash.By 10:00am,there was lots of laughter.We shared a lot of stories.By five o'clock,everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer.After dinner,we played games.As we were leaving,Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty(收成)of the day,already packaged and frozen.What a delightful gift!
Well,the point wasn't so much about the food.The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another's company.None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben's garden.Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden.And I am so proud of my tomato plants!
32.We can infer that Happy and her husband Ben D.
A.don't like spending time with others
B.sometimes quarrel with each other
C.live on the food they grow in their garden
D.a(chǎn)re a generous and warm-hearted couple
33.According to paragraph 2,people wish they also had a garden so that A.
A.they didn't have to spend so much money on food
B.they could grow vegetables and sell at the market
C.they could invite their neighbors and hold parties in it
D.they could spend happy times together with their family in it
34.For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?C
A.To ask them to attend a birthday party
B.To help them get to know each other.
C.To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.
D.To ask them to share some interesting stories.
35.What did the writer most probably think of the time he spent in the garden?B
A.It was too long.
B.It was wonderful.
C.It was not as good as he thought.
D.It was too terrible.
分析 這篇短文中作者主要介紹了自己的鄰居,他們有一個自己的花園,里面種植了很多瓜果蔬菜.一次這對夫婦邀請鄰居們?nèi)ニ麄兊幕▓@里面做客,并贈給他們許多花園里面出產(chǎn)的東西.從而讓很多鄰居,開始建設自己的小花園.
解答 32.答案 D 推理判斷題.Happy跟她的丈夫Ben把鄰居請到自家園子里,讓他們免費品嘗自己種植的蔬菜,臨走前還送給他們每人一大包蔬菜,故可推斷Happy和Ben是一對慷慨、熱心的夫婦.
33.答案 A 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段的"As the cost of foodclimbed faster than Ben's beans,we all wished we also had such a large garden."可知,他們希望有一個園子,因為這樣就不用花費那么多錢買食物了.
34.答案 C 本題為細節(jié)題 由第三段第一句 Last month,Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over foran"all-day foodfest"及 第四段第一句"…in the garden picking tomatoes,beans…"可知,Happy 和 Ben邀請我們的目的是去他們的花園中享受摘蔬菜的過程,故正確答案為C; A 項,叫他們參加一個生日聚會 B 項,幫助他們互相認識對方 D項,讓他們分享一些有趣的故事 均與題意不符,正確答案為C
35.答案B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)末段的"The true gift was a dayof friends enjoying one another's company."可推斷作者在那里玩得很開心,故選B.
點評 本文淺顯易懂,層次分明,學生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容.答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文,一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù).對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)短文中心總結出正確答案