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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 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 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.

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"（Paragraph 14）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：是時候去尋找自由了。作者來到一個集市上，集市上比較嘈雜，音樂聲參雜著人們的談話聲、講價聲和叫賣聲。作者決定尋找一個安靜的地方，在農家牧場，作者找到了一些安寧。伴隨著忙碌的生活，人們往往會忽視生活美好的一面。

1.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。

2.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、討價還價聲和叫賣聲，A、C、D是正確的，故選B。

3.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（倉庫）where I found peace this time.”可知，作者想前往一個安靜的地方，因為牧場比較安靜，因此，作者去了那里，作者在倉庫找到了安靜，故選C。

4.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。

5.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，人們常常看到不好的一面，而忽視了每天的美好，故選C。

6."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話，文章的主題顯現了出來，即我們應該給生活一個擁抱，故選B。

考點：生活類短文閱讀