It was time to break free.
I needed to run away and the Bloomsburg Fair was the best place to go.
I don’t know if you can call it running away wince it was only and hour away from my home. But once I entered the fair grounds, I crossed over into another world. The loudspeaker offered background music over the sounds of people of people talking, bargaining and food sellers yelling for your attention.
I belonged here. I didn’t know if I had it in my blood or not, but I always wanted to have a small food stand and travel in my off season from fair to fair selling goodies. Perhaps one day. It certainly wasn’t a priority(優(yōu)先考慮的事)in my life , Perhaps it should be.
After I was there a while, I needed to get away to a quiet spot. Most of the time, I could find that anywhere the farm animals were kept. They needed the quiet. So I went there to find peace with the cows, goats, horses, pigs and yes, the turkeys. You'd think being this close to "Thanksgiving", they'd be a little scared, but they were not.
It was in the dairy barn（倉(cāng)庫(kù)）where I found peace this time. I so admired the young folks who tended to farm animals. I thought they had a greater appreciation for life. They participated in it firsthand. I once watched a young fanner help bring a baby cow into the world.
My favorite scene was to come across a young cowboy lying in the hay asleep among the cows that had settled down for a rest. There, with his heads in a small soft spot alongside his favorite cow, I had seen him in a much deserved sleep. Perhaps better at rest there than in his own bed.
I had the pleasure of speaking with a young teenage farm girl that day.
"You look so comfortable," I said to her.
"Oh I am," she said. "Life makes it comfortable for me."
"You mean being a farm girl?"
"No, Life! That's the name of my cow," she said, smiling as she gently patted the cow's side.
"I thought they called cows Betsy and Elsie. Why did you call her Life?"
“I discovered life again here. It was the only meaningful name that came to mind. I had been raised in the big city and really hated it. Then we moved to the country, running away from Lt all. I think my parents called it a mid-life crisis," she said, laughing.
"Oh, I can understand that. I've been in one since birth," I said.
"It was on the farm that I learned to love life again. I was there when Life was born. It was so exciting. My whole outlook on the world changed. So I named her Life. Now, I can say I really love 'Life'," she said.
"How amazing! I write stories and I am always trying to get people to enjoy life, to wake up each day expecting the best from it. But they all too often go to bed with so much bad stuff in their soul, and on their mind, that they wake up feeling bad and expect it to only get worse from there. All too often it does, just because that's all they choose to see in that otherwise perfectly beautiful day," I told her.
"That's too bad. They need to see a cow born, a chicken hatch. I guess they need to wake up early and hug Life!" she said, laughing.
"When was the last time you hugged Life?" she asked me.
"I am sorry to say even I have had trouble doing that lately," I said.
"Come here!" she said.
Then standing up and stepping aside, she said, "Go ahead…h(huán)ug Life!"
I paused for a moment and dropping all thoughts of looking silly, I did. I hugged a cow.
小題1:The writer went to the Bloomsburg Fair probably in order to       .
A．have fun B．get ideas for writing
C．do shoppingD．escape something he disliked
小題2:The following things happened in the Bloomsbury Fair except      .
A．food sellers' shouting
B．the writer's selling goodies
C．people's bargaining and talking
D．the loudspeaker's broadcasting music
小題3:What can we learn from Paragraphs 5, 6 and 7_______?
A．The writer tended to farm animals firsthand.
B．The cowboy was lazy and fell asleep among the cows.
C．The writer found peace where farm animals were kept.
D．The turkeys got into panic with "Thanksgiving" approaching
小題4:The underlined word "it"（Paragraph 14）refers to       .
A．the cityB．the countryC．the barnD．the fair
小題5:The writer was surprised at the farm girl's words and he thought people often________.
A．expected to get the best things
B．enjoyed perfectly beautiful days
C．ignored the bright side of each day
D．felt really bad due to poor sleep at night
小題6:What can be the best title for the passage?
A．Farm Life and HappinessB．Hugging Life
C．A Farm Girl and Her CowD．Enjoying Freedom

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:C
小題6:B

試題分析：是時(shí)候去尋找自由了。作者來到一個(gè)集市上，集市上比較嘈雜，音樂聲參雜著人們的談話聲、講價(jià)聲和叫賣聲。作者決定尋找一個(gè)安靜的地方，在農(nóng)家牧場(chǎng)，作者找到了一些安寧。伴隨著忙碌的生活，人們往往會(huì)忽視生活美好的一面。
小題1:根據(jù)“I needed to run away and the Bloomsburg Fair was the best place to go.”可知，作者想逃走，避開一些東西，故選D。
小題2:根據(jù)“The loudspeaker offered background music over the sounds of people of people talking, bargaining and food sellers yelling for your attention.”可知，音響播放著音樂，伴隨著人們的談話聲、討價(jià)還價(jià)聲和叫賣聲，A、C、D是正確的，故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)“I needed to get away to a quiet spot. Most of the time, I could find that anywhere the farm animals were kept. They needed the quiet. So I went there to find peace with the cows, ...It was in the dairy barn（倉(cāng)庫(kù)）where I found peace this time.”可知，作者想前往一個(gè)安靜的地方，因?yàn)槟翀?chǎng)比較安靜，因此，作者去了那里，作者在倉(cāng)庫(kù)找到了安靜，故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)“I had been raised in the big city and really hated it.”可知，小女孩以前生活在大城市，她并不喜歡大城市，故選A。
小題5:根據(jù)“But they all too often go to bed with so much bad stuff in their soul, and on their mind, that they wake up feeling bad and expect it to only get worse from there. All too often it does, just because that's all they choose to see in that otherwise perfectly beautiful day,”可知，人們常�？吹讲缓玫囊幻妫鲆暳嗣刻斓拿篮�，故選C。
小題6:根據(jù)“"When was the last time you hugged Life?" she asked me. ..."I am sorry to say even I have had trouble doing that lately," I said. ...Then standing up and stepping aside, she said, "Go ahead…h(huán)ug Life!"”可知，人們因匆忙的生活而忽視了生活美好的一面，通過作者和小女孩的對(duì)話，文章的主題顯現(xiàn)了出來，即我們應(yīng)該給生活一個(gè)擁抱，故選B。
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In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day to day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to education themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over privacy that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “reject” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request, “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be independent.”
Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friends list.
小題1:From Paragraph 2, we learn that _______.
A．parents feel secure about their privacy online
B．social networks successfully fill the generation gap
C．parents have realized the importance of social networks
D．social networks offer a platform for parents to communicate
小題2:Teenagers may refuse a parent’s friend request because _______.
A．they hide something from their parents
B．they are unwilling to be watched by parents
C．their parents tend to fall behind in technology
D．their parents make negative comments on them
小題3:The passage is mainly about _______.
A．privacy onlineB．social networks
C．the generation gapD．parents’ friend requests
小題4:The passage is written mainly for _______.
A．parentsB．teenagersC．teachersD．researchers

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