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12．Howard Dill is a giant among giant pumpkin growers．He grew world champion pumpkins for four years running，from 1979 to 1982，and missed winning the fifth year by a mere 5 pounds．Today，his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds are sold worldwide to more than 50 seed companies．The pumpkins grown from his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds commonly weigh in at over 1，000 pounds．"I don't have any training in genetics （遺傳學(xué)）；it was all trial and error，"Dill says．He inherited his love of pumpkins from his father and has enjoyed growing them for years．
Dill still grows giant pumpkins，but not for competition．In the fall，visitors come to enjoy the pumpkin patch on his 90-acre farm in Nova Scotia，Canada．He plants ten acres of pumpkins for Halloween and two acres of giant pumpkins．One of giant pumpkins was recently baked into 442 pumpkin pies and sold at 5eachforcharity．5 each for charity．
It you want to try growing a giant pumpkin，Dill recommends starting with a soil test and then adding fertilizer as needed．Plant the giant pumpkin seed．A giant pumpkin can gain 15 to 20 pounds a day，so careful watering-every day or two-is essential．You should wait about 130 days until the pumpkin matures and then you can harvest it．
Dill's favorite pumpkin set the Guinness Book record in 1981．It weighted 493.5 pounds．"I've grown them larger since，but that one meant a lot，"he remembers．"I never would have predicted ten years ago that there would be a 1，000-pounder，but there are many of them now，"says Dill．The 2006 world record holder is Larry Checkon of Pennsylvania．He grew a 1，469 pounder．Dill says，"These world champions are grown from my seeds，so I feel like a winner right along with them．"

56．What can we learn about the world champion pumpkin of 1983？D
A．It weighed over 1，000 pounds．
B．It was missing after the competition．
C．It was 5 pounds heavier than that of 1982．
D．It was 5 pounds heavier than Dill's biggest one that year．
57．One of Dill's giant pumpkins earnedA．
A.2210           B.442        C.1000       D.1469
58．In the third paragraph Dill mainly tells aboutD．
A．how to do a soil test        B．how to plant the giant pumpkin seed
C．when to water the pumpkin    D．how to grow a giant pumpkin
59．Which of the following is true according to the passage？C
A．Howard Dill is well trained in genetics．
B．Howard Dill grows pumpkins just for competiton．
C．Dill felt proud of Larry Checkon's champion pumpkin．
D．Dill's favorite pumpkin is the heaviest of all those he has ever grown．
60．Which of the following is the best title for the passage？A
A．Gardening Giant：Howard Dill
B．World Champion Pumpkin
C．Dill Atlantic Giant Seeds
D．How to Grow Giant Pumpkins．

Answer 1

分析 本文講述了南瓜冠軍的種植者Dill的故事．

解答 56．D  細節(jié)推理題． 根據(jù)第一段第二句話He grew world champion pumpkins for four years running，from 1979 to 1982，and missed winning the fifth year by a mere 5 pounds，可知Dill種植的南瓜連續(xù)四年獲得冠軍，第五年以5磅之差落敗．所以答案選D．
57．A  計算題．根據(jù)第二段最后一句話One of giant pumpkins was recently baked into 442 pumpkin pies and sold at 5eachforcharity．5 each for charity，一個巨大的南瓜最近被烘烤成442個南瓜派，每一個都賣5元作為慈善．，可知答案為442×5=2210美元．
58．D 段落大意歸納題．本段第一句話即為本段中心句If you want to try growing a giant pumpkin，Dill recommends starting with a soil test and then adding fertilizer as needed，如果你想嘗試種植巨型南瓜，Dill要求從土壤測試并根據(jù)需要添加肥料開始，故選D．
59．C  細節(jié)理解題．These world champions are grown from my seeds，so I feel like a winner right along with them．這些世界冠軍都是從我的種子中成長的，和他們在一起我覺得自己是個勝利者．Dill 感覺自己非常自豪，所以答案選C．
60．A  主旨大意題．本文主要講述了種植大南瓜的能手Dill的故事，所以稱她為園藝巨人再恰當不過了．故答案選A．

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