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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 when it was only an 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 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（倉庫）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 farmer 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 it．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 J 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．

1.The writer went to the Bloomsburg Fair probably in order to ．

A．have fun B．get ideas for writing

C．do shopping D．escape something he disliked

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

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

4.The underlined word "it" refers to ．

A．the city B．the country

C．the barn D．the fair

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

6.What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Farm Life and Happiness B．Hugging Life

C．A Farm Girl and Her Cow D．Enjoying Freedom

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇頗有哲理性的記敘文。文章一開頭講述了作者為逃離現(xiàn)狀生活，到離家有一個(gè)小時(shí)路程的布魯斯伯格集市，集市在雞鳴聲里，有人們的說話聲，討價(jià)還價(jià)聲，賣食物的吆喝聲等。后來作者想到一個(gè)安靜的地方，作者選擇了農(nóng)民牧場。我欣賞年輕的人們蓄養(yǎng)動(dòng)物，我覺得他們肯定很愛生活。我最喜歡的地方是去看一個(gè)年輕的牧童，他躺在牛群旁邊的干草上面休息。我很喜歡跟一個(gè)農(nóng)家女孩兒聊天，這位農(nóng)家女孩兒跟我講述她出生在城市，但是討厭城市生活，便來到鄉(xiāng)村，在鄉(xiāng)村，這個(gè)女孩兒開始熱愛生活，并且這期間小牛出生，小女孩兒很興奮，給這頭牛起名Life，也很喜歡Life。我很驚異，因?yàn)槲铱偸菄L試使人們享受生活，但是人們由于睡覺和醒來總是帶著不好的感覺，因此他們總是期待生活不好的一面，我也因此內(nèi)心受挫。小女孩兒最后鼓勵(lì)我擁抱Life，我最后的確抱了Life。

1. needed to run away and the Bloomsburg Fair was the best place to go．意思是：我需要逃離，布魯斯伯格集市是最好的選擇。而由后文知道，作者想讓人們享受生活，但是人們總是期待一些不好的東西，作者因此內(nèi)心受到挫折。可知作者去布魯斯伯格集市最可能是為了逃離一些他不喜歡的事。故選D。

【小2】細(xì)節(jié)題。由第三自然段最后一句話The loudspeaker offered background music over the sounds of people talking, bargaining and food sellers yelling for your attention．意思是：喇叭聲在人們的談話聲、討價(jià)還價(jià)聲還有賣食物引起人們注意的吆喝聲中，充當(dāng)著背景音樂�？芍�作者在布魯斯伯格集市沒有賣糖果。故選B。

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3. had been raised in the big city and really hated it．意思是：我生長在城市，我真的討厭城市。故選A。

4. 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．意思是：但是他們經(jīng)常帶著不好的事情很早睡覺，而且醒來的時(shí)候，期待事情變得更加糟糕�？墒侨藗儗�(duì)于農(nóng)家女孩兒的話很驚訝，是因?yàn)樗�認(rèn)為人們經(jīng)常忽視生活好的一面。故選C。

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