Father’s Garden
My father was always a good(酷愛的) 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(耕作機(jī)) 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.
【小題1】Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A．He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.
B．He loved being in the garden with his father.
C．The garden was full of his favorite food.
D．The garden was just freshly tilled.
【小題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.
【小題3】What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?
A．There was a great harvest.
B．The garden was almost deserted.
C．No plant grew in the garden at all.
D．The author’s son took charge of the garden.
【小題4】Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?
A．He wanted to honor his father.
B．His son liked the fields of tomatoes.
C．He only knew how to grow tomatoes.
D．He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹作者的爸爸對(duì)園藝的愛和執(zhí)著，以及父親去世后，作者接替的爸爸的愛好。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden.可知作者小時(shí)候就喜歡花園因?yàn)樗矚g和爸爸在花園里面，選B
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子：After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before.可知當(dāng)所有的孩子都有了自己的家庭，作者的爸爸花更多的時(shí)間在園藝上了，選C
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第四段的句子：The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.可知當(dāng)作者的爸爸病重的時(shí)候，花園幾乎被荒蕪了，選B
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章最后一段的句子：I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes.可知作者開始在花園種西紅柿因?yàn)樗爰o(jì)念他的爸爸，選A
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