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Father's Garden
My father was always a good (酷爱的) gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled (翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.
As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller (耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite — red tomatoes.
As I grew into a teenager, I didn't get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.
But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.
For the first few years after he died, I couldn't even bear to look at anyone's garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eightyearold son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.
21．Being a child, the author liked the garden because ________.
A．because the garden was just freshly tilled
B．because the garden was full of his favorite food
C．because he enjoyed being in the garden with his father
D．because he wanted to be a gardencrazy like his father
答案与解析：C 由第二段As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden.可知。
22．When all the kids started their own families, what would the author's father do?
A．He stopped his gardening.
B．He turned to other hobbies.
C．He focused on planting tomatoes.
D．He devoted more to gardening.
答案与解析：D 由第三段After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before.可知。
23．When the author's father was seriously ill, ________.
A．there was a great harvest
B．no plant grew in the garden at all
C．the garden was almost deserted
D．the author's son took charge of the garden
答案与解析：C 由第四段The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes. 可知。
24．Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?
A．He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.
B．His son liked the fields of tomatoes.
C．He only knew how to grow tomatoes.
D．He wanted to honor his father.
答案与解析：D 由最后一段Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. 可推知。
Father's Garden
My father was always a good (酷爱的) gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled (翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.
As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller (耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite — red tomatoes.
As I grew into a teenager, I didn't get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.
But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.
For the first few years after he died, I couldn't even bear to look at anyone's garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eightyearold son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.
21．Being a child, the author liked the garden because ________.
A．because the garden was just freshly tilled
B．because the garden was full of his favorite food
C．because he enjoyed being in the garden with his father
D．because he wanted to be a gardencrazy like his father
答案与解析：C 由第二段As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden.可知。
22．When all the kids started their own families, what would the author's father do?
A．He stopped his gardening.
B．He turned to other hobbies.
C．He focused on planting tomatoes.
D．He devoted more to gardening.
答案与解析：D 由第三段After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before.可知。
23．When the author's father was seriously ill, ________.
A．there was a great harvest
B．no plant grew in the garden at all
C．the garden was almost deserted
D．the author's son took charge of the garden
答案与解析：C 由第四段The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes. 可知。
24．Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?
A．He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.
B．His son liked the fields of tomatoes.
C．He only knew how to grow tomatoes.
D．He wanted to honor his father.
答案与解析：D 由最后一段Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. 可推知。
