7.When I left home for college,I sought to escape the limited world of farmers,small towns,and country life.I long for the excitement of the city,for the fast pace that rural life lacked,for adventure beyond the horizon.I dreamed of exploring the city,living within a new culture and landscape,and becoming part of the pulse of an urban jungle.
Yet some of my best times were driving home,leaving the city behind and slipping back into the valley.As city life disappeared and traffic thinned,I could see the faces of the other drivers relax.Then,around a bend in the highway,the grassland of the valley would come into being,offering a 6 of gentle rolling hills.The land seemed permanent.I felt as if I had stepped back in time.
    I took comfort in the stability of the valley.Driving through small farm communities,I imagined the founding families still rooted in their grand homes,generations working the same lands,neighbors remaining neighbors for generations.I allowed familiar farmhouse landmarks to guide me.
Close to home,I often turned off the main highway and took a different,getting familiar farms again and testing my memory.Friends lived in those houses.I had eaten meals and spent time there; I had worked on some of these farms,lending a hand during a peak harvest,helping a family friend for a day or two.The houses and lands looked the same,and I could picture the gentle faces and hear familiar voices as if little had been changed.As I eased into our driveway I'd return to old ways,becoming a son once again,a child on the family farm.My feelings were honest and real.How I longed for a land where life stood still and my memories could be relived.When I left the farm for college,I could only return as visitor to the valley,a traveler looking for home.
Now the farm is once again my true home.I live in that farmhouse and work the permanent lands.My world may seem unchanged to casual observers,but they are wrong.I now this; if there's a constant on these farms,it's the constant of change.
The good observer will recognize the differences.A farmer replants an orchard (果園) with a new variety of peaches.Irrigation is added to block of old grapes,so I imagine they vineyard has a new owner.Occasionally the changes are clearly evident,like a FOR SALE sign.But I need to read the small print in order to make sure that a bank has taken possession of the farm.Most of the changes contain two stories.One is the physical change of the farm,the other involves the people on that land,the human story behind the change.
I've been back on the farm for a decade and still haven't heard all the stories behind the changes around me.But once I add my stories to the landscape,I can call this place my home,a home that continues to evolve and changes as I add more and more of my stories.
A poet returns to they valley and says,"How closed-minded you all are."He comments about the lack of interest in the sorts,I social and environmental issues,In the poverty and inequality of our life."Little has changed in the valley."He was born and raised here,so he might have the right to criticize and lecture us.Yet he speaks for many who think they know the valley.How differently would others think of us if they knew the stories of a grape harvest in a wet year or a peach without a home?
55.The most important reason why the writer wanted to move to the city is thatC
A.he did not want to work on the farm 
B.he wanted to make new friends
C.he was eager for a different life there                 
D.there were more things to do there
56.What made the writer relax as he drove from the city to the country?D
A.He could see for miles and miles.
B.The traffic moved more slowly.
C.The people he passed seemed to be calmer.
D.The land seemed familiar to him.
57.When driving through the valley the writer was guided home byA
A.familiar farmhouses which left him a good memory
B.houses that had sheltered generations of the same family
C.land that had been worked by a family for generations
D.large farms which stretched out right before him.
58.When he was in college,why was the writer sad when he returned to his family home?B
A.He remembered how hard he used to work.
B.He realized that he was only a visitor.
C.He recognized the old housed and land.
D.He remembered his next door neighbors.
59.Which of the following most likely indicates that there is a sad human story behind a physical change on the farm?C
A.A new variety of peach is being planted.
B.Irrigation is being added to a grape operation.
C.A piece of land is being sold by a bank.
D.A farm is being sold to a large corporation.
60.The fact that most upsets the writer with the poet is thatD
A.the poet prefers to live in the urban area
B.the poet thinks that the folk people are backward
C.the poet says that little has changed in the valley
D.the poet's criticism and comments are not objective.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們作者開始時(shí)渴望城市生活,因此離開家奔向城市,后來返回農(nóng)場才發(fā)現(xiàn)自己真正的放松了,卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己已經(jīng)無法回到以前的農(nóng)場生活而感到遺憾的故事.

解答 55.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段long for the excitement of the city,for the fast pace that rural life lacked,…and becoming part of the pulse of an urban jungle.可知作者想過一個(gè)不同于農(nóng)村的生活.故選C
56.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段land seemed permanent.I felt as if I had stepped back in time.可知這片土地似乎沒有變化,看著它他仿佛回到了在農(nóng)村生活的那個(gè)時(shí)光,生活如此愜意.故選D
57.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段allowed familiar farmhouse landmarks to guide me.可知是這片熟悉的土地引導(dǎo)著我.故選A
58.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第四段I left the farm for college,I could only return as visitor to the valley,a traveler looking for home.可知當(dāng)我離開家去上大學(xué)后我就只能以游客的身份返回到這個(gè)峽谷,一個(gè)尋找家的游子,所以感到悲傷.故選B
59.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第六段sure that a bank has taken possession of the farm.…the human story behind the change.可知這片農(nóng)場被銀行收購了可以暗示農(nóng)場外貌改變后的人的故事.故選C
60.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段he speaks for many who think they know the valley…if they knew the stories of a grape harvest in a wet year or a peach without a home?他所說的只是許多自以為是的知道這個(gè)山谷的人眼中的觀點(diǎn),但是如果知道這個(gè)山谷背后的故事這些理論就會(huì)不同了.所以作者認(rèn)為并不客觀.故選D

點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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