Question

My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled 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 eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

1.Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A. He enjoyed being in the garden with his father.

B. The garden was just freshly tilled by his father.

C. He loved what his father grew in the garden.

D. The garden was planted with colorful flowers.

2.When all the kids started their own families, the author’s father ________.

A. stopped his gardening

B. turned to other hobbies

C. devoted more to gardening

D. focused on planting tomatoes

3.What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?

A. The author’s son took charge of the garden.

B. No plant grew in the garden at all.

C. The garden was almost deserted.

D. It brought the author a great harvest.

4.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A. the author’s son played happily in the garden

B. the author’s son reminded him of his own childhood

C. the author’s son was very glad to help the author

D. the author’s son will continue gardening as well

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析:：文章江苏作者的爸爸对园艺的爱和执着，以及父亲去世后，作者接替爸爸的爱好。

1.A 细节理解题。从文章第二段的句子：As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden.可知，作者小时候就喜欢花园因为他喜欢和爸爸在花园里面，故选A。

2.C 细节理解题。从文章第三段的句子：After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before.可知，当所有的孩子都有了自己的家庭，作者的爸爸花更多的时间在园艺上了，故选C。

3.C 细节理解题。从文章第四段的句子：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，当作者的爸爸病重的时候，花园几乎被荒芜了，故选C。

4.B 细节理解题。从文章最后一段的句子：I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes.可知，作者开始在花园种西红柿因为他想纪念他的爸爸，故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。