8．It's that time of year when people need to lock their cars．It's not because there're lots of criminals stealing cars．Rather，it's because of good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest．Especially with this year's large crop，leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it with zucchini-a kind of dark green skin vegetable．
My sister，Sharon，recently had a good year of tomatoes．She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they begun to feel their skin turn slightly red．She decided to share her blessings．She called everyone she knew．When that failed，she began asking everyone in the neighborhood，eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes．"Feel free to take whatever you want，"Sharon told her．She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn't go to waste．
A few days later，the neighbor appeared in her house，holding a hot loaf of bread．She smiled，"I wanted to thank you for the tomatoes，and I have to admit I took a few other things too．"
Sharon couldn't think of anything else that had been worth harvesting．The neighbor went on saying，"You had some of the prettiest zucchini I've ever seen．"
Sharon was confused．They hadn't even planted any zucchini．But her neighbor insisted there were bright-green zucchini in her garden．Sharon decided to go to see where the zucchini had grown．The two of them walked into the backyard．When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables，Sharon smiled，"Well，actually，those are cucumbers that we never harvested，because they got too big，soft and bitter for eating．"
The neighbor looked at Sharon，shock written all over her face．Then，smiling，she held out the bread she had shared all over the neighborhood．"I brought you a nice loaf of cucumber bread．I hope you will like it．"
21．What does the underlined word"stuff"in Paragraph 1probably mean？D
A．Decorate．
B．Swap．
C．Exchange．
D．Fill．
22．What does the author mean by saying"they had begun to feel their skin turn slightly red"in Paragraph 2？B
A．They got sunburnt when picking tomatoes．
B．They thought they ate too many tomatoes．
C．They were ashamed that they wasted too many tomatoes．
D．They felt embarrassed by not sharing tomatoes with their neighbors．
23．How might the neighbor feel after knowing the truth？C
A．Embarrassed．
B．Grateful．
C．Astonished．
D．Annoyed．
24．From the text，we can infer that the neighborA．
A．mistook big cucumbers for zucchini
B．liked eating bread made of cucumbers
C．only picked tomatoes in Sharon's garden
D．went to another neighbor's garden mistakenly．
分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，屬于記敘文，每年的時(shí)候，當(dāng)人們需要鎖車時(shí)，并不是因?yàn)橛泻芏喾缸锓肿痈`取車，而是因?yàn)橛袗坌牡泥従酉胍窒碜约旱氖斋@．本文以此展開談?wù)摚饕v述了Sharon向鄰居分享西紅柿，鄰居來到她的院子將黃瓜誤認(rèn)為西葫蘆的趣事．
解答 21．答案：D．詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)"Especially with this year's large crop，leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it with zucchini-a kind of dark green skin vegetable"可知，句意為"特別是在今年的大豐收，把一輛車解鎖放在附近是邀請(qǐng)別人用zucchini一種深綠色蔬菜裝滿"．可以推測(cè)出stuff與fill意思相近．故選D．
22．答案：B．句意理解題．根據(jù)"She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they begun to feel their skin turn slightly red．"可知，他們吃了過多的西紅柿．故選B．
23．答案：C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"The neighbor looked at Sharon，shock written all over her face．"可知，鄰居知道那是黃瓜不是西葫蘆時(shí)，感到震驚．故選C．
24．答案：A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables，Sharon smiled，"Well，actually，those are cucumbers that we never harvested，because they got too big，soft and bitter for eating．""可知，鄰居是把院子里的黃瓜當(dāng)做了西葫蘆．故選A．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，詞義猜測(cè)題，句意理解題．做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)．
