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【題目】Nothing could stop Dad. After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.

And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgin’s chicken house in exchange for manure. The smell really burned the inside of your nose. When we complained about the terrible smell, Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right. For example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter.

As the vegetables started coming in, Dad threw himself into cooking. One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew. Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots. For about half an hour, the pressure built and the vegetables cooked. Finally, Dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam. If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse. When Dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.

Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house. Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!

Determined, Dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around it didn't look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn't offend the nose so much, edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup!

【1】What can we infer about Dad’s stew?

A．It is popular among the neighbors.

B．It contains honey and vegetables.

C．It looks very wonderful.

D．It tastes quite delicious.

【2】What does the underlined word “offend” in the last paragraph mean?

A．To attract. B．To upset.

C．To air. D．To shut.

【3】What can we learn about Dad from the text?

A．He is an experienced cook.

B．He is a troublesome father.

C．He has a positive attitude to life.

D．He suffers a lot from his disability.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了作者的父親在背部受傷之后，買了一個小農(nóng)場，在里面種滿了各種蔬菜、果樹甚至還養(yǎng)了蜜蜂。在收獲蔬菜之后，他燉了一鍋湯，當(dāng)聞到味道時(shí)，作者和其他人覺得燒得很糟糕，但是吃起來還不錯，他們最后全部都吃光了。

【1】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“we drank up every last drop of soup”，可知，父親燉的湯全部被吃光了。說明父親做的燉菜并不像想象中的那么難吃，反而很美味，故D項(xiàng)正確。

【2】B 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段中的最后一段中“and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn't offend the nose so much, edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup!”可知，經(jīng)過第一次沖擊嗅覺之后，湯的味道已經(jīng)不會使作者的鼻子那么難受了，故選B。

【3】C 推理判斷題。講述了背部患過病之后的父親在自己的小農(nóng)場辛勤勞作、樂觀生活的軼事，體現(xiàn)了父親熱愛生活的樂觀主義精神。故C項(xiàng)正確。