Question

    When planning a vacation，many people consider the popular tourist sites they want to visit.But that’s not what my husband and I did when we planned our vacation to Japan.We thought about the kind of farm we wanted to visit.

Ours was far from a typical(典型的)vacation.We were WWOOFing! WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.The organization connects people interested in organic   farming.Volunteers，known as WWOOFers，help their hosts with daily activities.These include everything from baking bread to picking vegetables.Hosts provide volunteers with food and provide a place for them to stay.

My husband and I certainly felt like family when our host met us at the train station.She told us to call her Okasan—Mom.Likewise，we called her husband Otosan—Dad.Okasan and Otosan own an organic vegetable farm that tries to provide the local people with fresh，healthy food.When no WWOOFers are around to help，the farm work is done only by Otosan and Okasan.As part of the family，we were able to enjoy the fruits of our labor at every meal.Eating fresh vegetables three times a day combined with six hours of farm work，certainly  did  our  bodies  good.We  planted vegetables and cleared rocks from fields.We also packed the vegetables so they could be sold at the market.

Perhaps the most challenging thing we did was weeding a rice field.It was quite challenging because the leaves and roots of the weeds look very similar to the rice.It’s not until both plants are mature (成熟的) that you can clearly tell them apart—only one produces rice.

WWOOFing is unlike anything I’ve ever done before，and I can’t wait to do it again! Let’s WWOOF!

1.What do we know about WWOOF?

A.It belongs to a Japanese farm.

B.It helps the poor do farm work.

C.It provides tourists with hotels.

D.It is an organization connected with farming.

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3 about Okasan and Otosan’s farm?

A.It benefits both the locals and WWOOFers.

B.It attracts many visitors every day.

C.It provides free food for the locals.

D.It is supported by the government.

3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A.The method of producing rice.

B.The hard time of the farm family.

C.The difficulties in weeding a rice field.

D.The most challenging thing for WWOOF.

4.The author would most likely describe her WWOOFing as ________.

A.satisfying B.worrying

C.boring D.tiring

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

【解析】

本文是记叙文。作者主要介绍了自己和丈夫在日本有机农场帮农场主干活来换取食宿的经历。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.The organization connects people interested in organic farming（WWOOF世界有机农场机会组织。这个组织把对有机农业感兴趣的人联系起来。）可知，世界有机农场组织是一个有关农业的组织。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段中的As part of the family，we were able to enjoy the fruits of our labor at every meal. Eating fresh vegetables three times a day combined with six hours of farm work，certainly did our bodies good .We planted vegetables and cleared rocks from fields. We also packed the vegetables so they could be sold at the market. 作为家庭的一员，我们每顿饭都能享受到劳动的果实。一天吃三次新鲜蔬菜，加上六小时的农活，对我们的身体肯定有好处。我们还把蔬菜包装好以便在市场上出售）可推断出，这个家庭农场对当地人和世界有机农场组织的志愿者都有益。故选A。

3.主旨大意题。根据第四段中的“Perhaps the most challenging thing we did was weeding a rice field”（ “也许我们做过的最具挑战性的事情是在水稻地里除草”）是本段的段落主题句，可知，该段主要是描述在有机农场干活遇到的最大挑战——在水稻地里除草。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的WWOOFing is unlike anything I’ve ever done before，and I can’t wait to do it again（WWOOFing不同于我以前做过的任何事情，我迫不及待地想再做一次）由此推断出，作者对她的这次有机农场经历很满意。故选A。