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阅读理解 　　Bolton，Vermont——Fourteen-year-old Ashley Stevens fell out of his canoe into the frigid Winooski River in Vermont, US, climbed onto the muddy bank and picked fiddleheads for five hours as his wet clothes stiffened and dried in the frosty spring air． 　　It was worth it．On that early May day．Ashley made $50 for the 86 pounds of ferns he hauled in to the weigh station． 　　And he's made about that much every day of the fiddlehead season． 　　“I know where to go, ”said Ashley, who grew up along the Winooski． 　　For four or five weeks a year in Vermont, fiddleheads, young ferns found near water in the northeast, are big business for anyone who cares to pick them．Before they uncurl to their mature height, the plants resemble violin heads． 　　The ferns, which taste like asparagus when cooken, are usually fried in butter or olive oil and served as side dish． 　　Restaurants offer them as a seasonal specialty; supermarkets sell them by the pound． 　　John Farrar, the fiddlehead king of Richmond, Vermont, parks his pickup every evening and waits for the pickers to bring in their mesh bags of fiddleheads for weighing．Farrar often collects more than 450 kilograms of the tightly curled green disce． 　　He drives them to WS Wells and Son in Wilton, Maine, where they are prepared for sale fresh, in cans, and dried in soup mix．Wells processes about 35 tons a year, all from local pickers who bring in the fiddleheads by bag or bucket． 　　Farrar is careful to take only ostrich ferns．Some other kinds are said to cause cancer in cows or stomach upset in humans． 　　“They all kind of look like fiddleheads, ”said Butch Wells, owner WS Wells and Son, “I've had people drive for two hours with 90 kilograms of the wrong kind．” 　　He said he believed he was having some fiddleheads for supper that night, “I've had them in stews, and I've had them in quiches, which all sometimes called Impossible Pie．And we just have them plain, as a side dish．” 　　Even his kids eat fiddlebads． 　　“They like pickled fiddleheads, ”Wells said．“They don't like them any other way．” (1) Fiddleheads are ________． [　　] A． musical instruments B． young ferns C． Vermont pickup truck D． Ashley Stevens (2) The young plants look like ________． [　　] A． photograph discs B． hunches of asparagus C． the head of a violin D． a fish (3) The ferns must be gathered when they are young because when the plants mature they ________． [　　] A． lose their green color B． weigh close to 90 kg C． can cure cancer D． uncurl (4) The tightly curled discs ________． [　　] A． grow in the Northeastern United States B． are picked 45 weeks a year C． can cause stomach problems D． must be eaten within five hours (5) Poeple who harvest fiddleheads ________． [　　] A． look for the plants all year round B． sell the ferns for a good price C． are usually able to cook side dishes D． needed to keep an eye on their canoes

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．A;5．B;
解析：

(1)	从上下文能看出fiddlehead是一种野生植物．
(2)	从植物的英文名字“fiddlehead”可以看出，“fiddle”是小提琴．
(3)	细节题．文中第五段最后一句话“Before they uncurl to their mature height, the plants resemble violin heads．”是做题依据．
(4)	推断题．可以用排除法，另外，依据文中提到的地名Vermont, Maine位于美国的东北部．同时若干修饰春天的词，如frigid, his wet clothes stiffened and dried in the frosty spring air等都说明这个地区在美国的东北部．
(5)	推断题．文中第二段和第三段都可作为依据．