Hee-haw! Scores of farms across the country are opening up to overnight guests. The best have all the appeal of a first-rate inn ----- plus here a moo, there a moo.
Sure, you and your kids plan to conquer the theme parks. In the meanwhile, why not make a little hay? Farm stays are fast becoming the great American alternative to the pre-packaged vacation.
LIBERTY HILL FARM
Rochester, Vt.; 802/767-3926; www.libertyhillfarm.com. Adults$75, teens $50,kids 12 and under $35, including breakfast and dinner; shared baths.
Beth and Bob Kennett run a farm straight out of a storybook. You’ll find Beth in the kitchen, rolling out dough（生面团） for a pie. Bob’s busy with other work. Guests sleep in seven sunny bedrooms right in the farmhouse and can participate in any of the farm jobs. Maybe you and your kids won’t be up at 6 a.m. to meet the milk truck, but you can help with the milking twice a day, collect eggs, and pick sweet corn and wild blackberries in season.
HULL-O FARM
Durham, N.Y.; 518/239-6950; www.hull-o.com; Adults $110, kids 10—14 $60, 5—9 $50, 2—4 $35, under 2 free, including breakfast and dinner; private baths.
It started in 1993 as a way to bring in some extra money at a time of falling milk prices. But soon after Frank and Sherry Hull opened their Catskill Mountains dairy farm to overnight visitors, they discovered they loved it. As you drive up, Sherry greets you on the porch（入口处）of the 1825 farmhouse with a cow-shaped cookie jar. Before long your kids are playing around with the cows, sheep, ducks, goats and getting ready for a hayride（乘坐装满干草的牛车出游）.
MERAMEC FARM CABINS
Bourbon, Mo.; 573/732-4765; http://www.wine-mo.com Doubles with private bath $75, $10 per additional person. Trail and riding fees extra.
Climb onto the back of the Ford pickup and catch up with the herd. One gentle cow named Cricket will even let the kids sit on her back. At the barn（牲口棚）, Carol will introduce you to the horses ---15 Missouri Fox Trotters --- and lead you on a trail ride over the hills and down along the spring-fed Meramec River, where everyone swims. Grab a fishing pole and head back to the river. When you have your fill of the wild, try Carol and Dave’s favorite restaurants or wineries（酿酒厂）, within 20 miles of the farm.
1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that ___________.
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A．you can enjoy the best cuisine at the first rate restaurant |
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B．some farm provide country experiences as well as good accommodations |
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C．farm work is hard, but you can enjoy it a lot, playing with the animals |
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D．if you want to hear a cow’s cry, please stay on a best farm |
2.We can learn from the three ads that _____________.
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A．Hull-O Farm was not built for overnight visitors |
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B．Frank and Sherry Hull run a farm out of a storybook |
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C．kids can sit on a gentle cow’s back on Hull-O Farm |
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D．you can’t milk a cow if you get up late on Liberty Hill Farm |
3. The Browns have a 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. If they stay on Liberty Hill Farm for one night, how much will they pay?
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A．$175. |
B．$220. |
C．$235. |
D．$250. |
4.Who will be most likely interested in the webpage?
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A．Kids who want to find pleasure in the theme parks. |
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B．People who expect to be employed on the farm. |
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C．Researchers who are interested in raising cows on farms. |
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D．Those who plan to have family vacations on working farms. |
Justin’s bedroom was so full of flat bicycle tires, bent tennis rackets, deflated（瘪掉的）basketballs, and games with missing pieces that you could barely get in the door. His parents pleaded with him to clean out his room.
“What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?” his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, “Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.”
When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue backpack--a smaller version of his bedroom--a place to store the many objects that he collected. It was so worn and stretched that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore.
Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out and getting people out of otherwise hopeless situations. Many of his classmates and neighbors sought him out when they needed help with a problem. On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for Justin.
“Do you think you have something in your bag that could help me remember my locker combination?” he asked. “I lost the piece of paper it was written on. I have a science class in two minutes and if I’m late on the first day it’ll make me look bad for the rest of the year.” Kenny looked really worried.
“Relax,” Justin said, taking his backpack off and unzipping the top. “Remember how you borrowed my notebook in homeroom to write the combination down? Well, I know how we can recover what you wrote.”
He took the notebook and a soft lead pencil out of his bag. The page that Kenny had written on had left faint marks on another page in the notebook. Justin held the pencil on its side and rubbed it lightly over the marks. Slowly but surely the numbers of the locker combination appeared in white, set off by the gray pencil rubbings.
“That’s amazing!” Kenny said. “I owe you one.” And he dashed off to open his locker.
It was just another day in the life of the boy whose motto was “Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.”
1.Why is Justin’s room such a mess? WWW.K**S*858$$U.COM
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A．He always forgets to clean it. |
B．He shares the room with his brother. |
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C．He has no time to clean it. |
D．He never throws anything away. |
2.In what way is Justin’s backpack a smaller version of his bedroom?
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A．He uses it as a place to store objects. |
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B．He uses it to carry his books and sports equipment. |
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C．His parents tell him to clean it all the time. |
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D．He’s had it for as long as he can remember. |
3.The underlined phrase "pleaded with" means
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A．ignored |
B．asked |
C．pushed |
D．Ordered |
4.How does Kenny feel toward Justin?
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A．Annoyed. |
B．Disinterested. |
C．Grateful. |
D．Angry. |
______ the Venice Film Festival, we are to include high-quality films, ______ who makes them.
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A．In defence of; regardless |
B．In the defence of; regardless |
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C．In defence of; regardless of |
D．In the defence of; regardless of |
By the time I saw the angry expression on his face, I ______ exactly what I was having to face. But not for a moment ______ I should quit.
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A．had known; I thought |
B．have known; had I thought |
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C．would know; I would think |
D．knew; did I think |
After his first book of poetry was published, he ______ and became famous nationwide overnight.
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A．was to be transformed |
B．was transformed |
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C．would transform |
D．transformed |
It was at the shopping center ______ Mary and I had an appointment ______ I lost my necklace.
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A．where；that |
B．when；that |
C．where；when |
D．that；where |
