Question

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(优先考虑的事)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（仓库）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…hug 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】

试题分析：本文是一篇颇有哲理性的记叙文。文章一开头讲述了作者为逃离现状生活，到离家有一个小时路程的布鲁斯伯格集市，集市在鸡鸣声里，有人们的说话声，讨价还价声，卖食物的吆喝声等。后来作者想到一个安静的地方，作者选择了农民牧场。我欣赏年轻的人们蓄养动物，我觉得他们肯定很爱生活。我最喜欢的地方是去看一个年轻的牧童，他躺在牛群旁边的干草上面休息。我很喜欢跟一个农家女孩儿聊天，这位农家女孩儿跟我讲述她出生在城市，但是讨厌城市生活，便来到乡村，在乡村，这个女孩儿开始热爱生活，并且这期间小牛出生，小女孩儿很兴奋，给这头牛起名Life，也很喜欢Life。我很惊异，因为我总是尝试使人们享受生活，但是人们由于睡觉和醒来总是带着不好的感觉，因此他们总是期待生活不好的一面，我也因此内心受挫。小女孩儿最后鼓励我拥抱Life，我最后的确抱了Life。

1. needed to run away and the Bloomsburg Fair was the best place to go．意思是：我需要逃离，布鲁斯伯格集市是最好的选择。而由后文知道，作者想让人们享受生活，但是人们总是期待一些不好的东西，作者因此内心受到挫折。可知作者去布鲁斯伯格集市最可能是为了逃离一些他不喜欢的事。故选D。

【小2】细节题。由第三自然段最后一句话The loudspeaker offered background music over the sounds of people talking, bargaining and food sellers yelling for your attention．意思是：喇叭声在人们的谈话声、讨价还价声还有卖食物引起人们注意的吆喝声中，充当着背景音乐。可知作者在布鲁斯伯格集市没有卖糖果。故选B。

2.

3. had been raised in the big city and really hated it．意思是：我生长在城市，我真的讨厌城市。故选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：但是他们经常带着不好的事情很早睡觉，而且醒来的时候，期待事情变得更加糟糕。可是人们对于农家女孩儿的话很惊讶，是因为他认为人们经常忽视生活好的一面。故选C。

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考点：考查记叙文阅读。