3．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） 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．
36．Why did the author like the garden when he was a child？B
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．
37．When all the kids started their own families，the author's fatherC．
A．stopped his gardening．
B．turned to other hobbies．
C．devoted more to gardening．
D．focused on planting tomatoes．
38．What happened to the garden when the author's father was seriously ill？B
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．
39．Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes？A
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．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，主要向我們講述了作者的爸爸對園藝的愛和執(zhí)著，在孩子們都擁有自己的家庭后，父親就把更多的時間花在了園藝上，以及父親去世后，作者接替的爸爸的愛好開始在花園中種西紅柿，以此紀念他的父親．
解答 36．B 細節(jié)理解題：從文章第二段的句子：As a child，I loved following Dad around in the garden．可知作者小時候就喜歡花園因為他喜歡和爸爸在花園里面，故選B．
37．C 細節(jié)理解題：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．可知當所有的孩子都有了自己的家庭，作者的爸爸就花更多的時間在園藝上了，故選C．
38．B 細節(jié)理解題：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．可知當作者的爸爸病重的時候，花園幾乎被荒蕪了，故選B．
39．A 細節(jié)理解題：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為他想紀念他的爸爸，故選A．
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