阅读词汇

 

1. terribly

2. warmth

3. dull

4. be disappointed

5. financial

6. family income supplement 

7. foam in salvage 

8. foreign instrumentation signals 

9. deepen

10. worthwhile

11. breathe in

12. fresh air

13. check into

14. spend time

15. vitamin C

16. swimming pools

17. wine tasting

18. root vegetables

19. be more than

20. wake-up call

21. in sight

22. deepen

23. newly opened

24. have dinner

 

 

The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmthand vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables- was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.

 The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m., rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.

Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.

 Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.

 

24.What did the author think of her winter life in New York?

A. Exciting.   

B. Boring.   

C. Relaxing.    

D. Annoying.

 

25.What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile?

A. Having a swim.

B. Breathing in fresh air.

C. Walking in the morning sun.

D. Visiting a local farmer’s market.

 

26. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?

A. They are soft.

B. They look nice.

C. They taste great.

D. They are juicy.

 

27. What was the author going to that evening?

A. Go to a farm. 

B. Check into a hotel.

C. Eat in a restaurant.

D. Buy fresh vegetables.

 

参考答案

 

阅读答案：BDBC

词汇 

1.terribly

非常; 很; 极; 非常糟糕地

 

2. warmth

温暖，暖和; 热情，热心; 激动; 诚恳

 

3. dull

迟钝的; 钝的; 呆滞的; 阴暗的; 缓和; 减轻; 使阴暗

 

4. be disappointed

失意；灰心

 

5. financial

国库的;

 

6. family income supplement 

家庭收入补充; 

 

7. foam in salvage 

海上救助泡沫橡皮;

 

8. foreign instrumentation signals 

外部检测仪表信号

 

9. deepen

变深，加深; 低沉; 加浓

 

10. worthwhile

有价值的; 值得做的; 合算; 值得花时间的

 

11. breathe in

吸气; 通过呼吸吸入; 全神贯注地听

 

12. fresh air

新鲜空气

 

13. check into

调查; 到达并在…登记

 

14. spend time

花费时间

 

15. vitamin C

维生素C; 

 

16. swimming pools

游泳池( swimming pool的名词复数 )

 

17. wine tasting

品酒

 

18. root vegetables

根菜类，块根类蔬菜

 

19. be more than

大于

 

20. wake-up call

叫醒电话，叫醒服务; 警钟；警示

 

21. in sight

被看到

 

22. deepen

变深，加深

 

23. newly opened

新开的

 

24. have dinner

吃晚饭

 

佳句赏析

 

1.The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”.

【译文】今年冬天，寒冷的东北部并不是一个非常有趣的地方，所以当机会来佛罗里达州萨拉索塔度周末时，我的包在你说“阳光”之前就被打包好了。

 

2. Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless.

【译文】我对许多破碎的、藤蔓成熟的承诺感到失望，多年来我一直拒绝购买冬番茄。不管他们在店里看起来有多漂亮，一旦我把他们带回家，他们就永远干，硬，无味。

 

3.Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night.

【译文】看到西红柿我很高兴，当我得知布朗的格罗夫农场是杰克·达斯蒂的供应商之一时，我的幸福感加深了，这是萨拉索塔丽思卡尔顿酒店新开的一家餐厅，对我来说幸运的是，那天晚上我正计划去那里吃饭。

 

 

 

 

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