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【题目】My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled (翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.

As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller (耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions，watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow com, and our favorite—red tomatoes.

As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.

But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be.

For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the comer of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

【1】Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A. He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.

B. He loved being in the garden with his father.

C. The garden was full of his favorite food.

D. The garden was just freshly tilled.

【2】When all the kids started their own families，the author’s father .

A. stopped his gardening

B. turned to other hobbies

C. devoted more to gardening

D. focused on planting tomatoes

【3】What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?

A. There was a great harvest.

B. The garden was almost deserted.

C. No plant grew in the garden at all.

D. The author’s son took charge of the garden.

【4】Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?

A. He wanted to honor his father.

B. His son liked the fields of tomatoes.

C. He only knew how to grow tomatoes.

D. He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】试题分析：文章介绍作者的爸爸对园艺的爱和执着，以及父亲去世后，作者接替的爸爸的爱好。

【1】细节题：从文章第二段的句子：As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden.可知作者小时候就喜欢花园因为他喜欢和爸爸在花园里面，选B

【2】细节题：从文章第三段的句子：After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before.可知当所有的孩子都有了自己的家庭，作者的爸爸花更多的时间在园艺上了，选C

【3】细节题：从文章第四段的句子：The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.可知当作者的爸爸病重的时候，花园几乎被荒芜了，选B

【4】细节题：从文章最后一段的句子：I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes.可知作者开始在花园种西红柿因为他想纪念他的爸爸，选A