3. A) T B) F
Script: Mrs. Doherty has to give up writing to maintain the farm because her husband is too busy writing to make more money.
正确答案： B 4. A) T B) F
Script: The first winter on the farm was miserable because it was cold and boring.
正确答案： B 5. A) T B) F
Script: Mr. Doherty decided to give up his fulltime job and depend totally on freelance the second year on the farm because he had to spend more time on the farm.
正确答案： A 6. A) T B) F
Script: Mr. Doherty doesn’t make enough money now to maintain their living standard in the past but their life is not seriously affected.
正确答案： A 7. A) T B) F
Script: Three parts of our lives have changed: the way we work, the way we eat, and the way we entertain ourselves.
正确答案： A 8. A) T B) F
Script: Today’s working men and women are commuters who travel to work early and
return home late.
正确答案： A 9. A) T B) F
Script: Fast food, takeout, and heat-and-serve dishes now take up the table of most American families.
正确答案： A 10. A) T B) F
Script: The Cleaver’s household is a fantasy both for the 1950s and now and therefore, too ideal to learn from.
正确答案： B
Section B
Vegetable gardening is the relaxing art and science of turning a love for growing plants into a (11)_________________ activity. Many things make gardening a national hobby for both young and old. For a large number of people, the (12)_________________ of spring gardening provide a happy escape from winter (13)_________________ .
Vegetable gardeners agree that many (14)_________________ vegetables are superior to those (15)_________________ from markets. From spring through late fall, a well-planned and well-kept garden can provide a (16)_________________ of fresh vegetables. Freezers make it possible to keep some of the vegetables to be (17)_________________ at a later date. Other vegetables can be stored for a few months in a cool area. Having vegetables (18)_________________ makes home gardening appealing for many people. In addition, vegetable gardening provides exercise and fun for both urban and suburban families.
One should not plant a garden that is too large to care for. A small well-kept garden is more enjoyable and profitable than (19)_________________ one.
Vegetables do well in full sunlight and need at least five or six hours of sun during the middle of the day. (20)_________________ results in poor plants and few vegetables. If possible the garden should be near the house so that the gardener can work in it at odd moments.
Script: Vegetable gardening is the relaxing art and science of turning a love for growing plants into a productive activity. Many things make gardening a national hobby for both young and old. For a large number of people, the thoughts of spring gardening provide a happy escape from winter boredom.
Vegetable gardeners agree that many home-grown vegetables are superior to
those purchased from markets. From spring through late fall, a well-planned and well-kept garden can provide a supply of fresh vegetables. Freezers make it possible to keep some of the vegetables to be enjoyed at a later date. Other vegetables can be stored for a few months in a cool area. Having vegetables in the backyard makes home gardening appealing for many people. In addition, vegetable gardening provides exercise and fun for both urban and suburban families.
One should not plant a garden that is too large to care for. A small well-kept garden is more enjoyable and profitable than a large neglected one.
Vegetables do well in full sunlight and need at least five or six hours of sun during the middle of the day. Too much shading results in poor plants and few vegetables. If possible the garden should be near the house so that the gardener can work in it at odd moments.
正确答案： productive
正确答案： thoughts
正确答案： boredom
正确答案： home-grown
正确答案： purchased
正确答案： supply
正确答案： enjoyed
正确答案： in the backyard
正确答案： a large neglected
正确答案： Too much shading
Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
There are two things I have always wanted to do — write and live on a farm. Today I’m doing both. I am not in E. B. White’s class as a writer or in my neighbors’ league as a farmer, but I’m getting by. And after years of 21 with city and suburban living, my wife Sandy and I have finally found 22 here in the country.
It’s a 23 sort of life. We grow nearly all of our fruits and vegetables. Our hens keep us in eggs, with several dozen left over to sell each week. Our bees provide us with
honey, and we cut enough wood to just about 24 it _____ the heating season.
It’s a 25 life too. In the summer we canoe on the river, go picnicking in the woods and take long bicycle rides. In the winter we ski and 26 . We get excited about sunsets. We love the 27 of the earth warming and the sound of cattle lowing. We watch for hawks in the sky and deer in the cornfields.
But the good life can get pretty tough. Three months ago when it was 30 below, we spent two 28 days hauling firewood up the river on a sled. Three months from now, it will be 95 above and we will be 29 corn, weeding strawberries and killing chickens. Recently, Sandy and I had to retile the back roof. Soon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four children, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on the outdoor toilet that 30 our indoor plumbing when we are working outside. Later this month, we’ll spray the orchard, paint the barn, plant the garden and clean the hen house before the new chicks arrive.
A) self-reliant B) frustration C) contentment D) satisfying E) supplements F) skate G) smell H) miserable
I) cultivating J) satisfactory K) make ? through L) sense M) mysterious N) make ? up O) self-respect
21. ______________________
正确答案： B
22. ______________________
正确答案： C
23. ______________________
正确答案： A
24. ______________________
正确答案： K
25. ______________________
正确答案： D
26. ______________________
正确答案： F
27. ______________________
