题文
It was time to break free.I needed to run away and the Bloomsburg Fair was the best place to go.
I don’t know if you can call it running away wince it was only and hour away from my home. But once I entered the fair grounds, I crossed over into another world. The loudspeaker offered background music over the sounds of people of people talking, bargaining and food sellers yelling for your attention.
I belonged here. I didn’t know if I had it in my blood or not, but I always wanted to have a small food stand and travel in my off season from fair to fair selling goodies. Perhaps one day. It certainly wasn’t a priority(优先考虑的事)in my life , Perhaps it should be.
After I was there a while, I needed to get away to a quiet spot. Most of the time, I could find that anywhere the farm animals were kept. They needed the quiet. So I went there to find peace with the cows, goats, horses, pigs and yes, the turkeys. You'd think being this close to "Thanksgiving", they'd be a little scared, but they were not.
It was in the dairy barn（仓库）where I found peace this time. I so admired the young folks who tended to farm animals. I thought they had a greater appreciation for life. They participated in it firsthand. I once watched a young fanner help bring a baby cow into the world.
My favorite scene was to come across a young cowboy lying in the hay asleep among the cows that had settled down for a rest. There, with his heads in a small soft spot alongside his favorite cow, I had seen him in a much deserved sleep. Perhaps better at rest there than in his own bed.
I had the pleasure of speaking with a young teenage farm girl that day.
"You look so comfortable," I said to her.
"Oh I am," she said. "Life makes it comfortable for me."
"You mean being a farm girl?"
"No, Life! That's the name of my cow," she said, smiling as she gently patted the cow's side.
"I thought they called cows Betsy and Elsie. Why did you call her Life?"
“I discovered life again here. It was the only meaningful name that came to mind. I had been raised in the big city and really hated it. Then we moved to the country, running away from Lt all. I think my parents called it a mid-life crisis," she said, laughing.
"Oh, I can understand that. I've been in one since birth," I said.
"It was on the farm that I learned to love life again. I was there when Life was born. It was so exciting. My whole outlook on the world changed. So I named her Life. Now, I can say I really love 'Life'," she said.
"How amazing! I write stories and I am always trying to get people to enjoy life, to wake up each day expecting the best from it. But they all too often go to bed with so much bad stuff in their soul, and on their mind, that they wake up feeling bad and expect it to only get worse from there. All too often it does, just because that's all they choose to see in that otherwise perfectly beautiful day," I told her.
"That's too bad. They need to see a cow born, a chicken hatch. I guess they need to wake up early and hug Life!" she said, laughing.
"When was the last time you hugged Life?" she asked me.
"I am sorry to say even I have had trouble doing that lately," I said.
"Come here!" she said.
Then standing up and stepping aside, she said, "Go ahead…hug Life!"
I paused for a moment and dropping all thoughts of looking silly, I did. I hugged a cow.
小题1:The writer went to the Bloomsburg Fair probably in order to .A．have fun B．get ideas for writingC．do shoppingD．escape something he disliked小题2:The following things happened in the Bloomsbury Fair except .A．food sellers' shoutingB．the writer's selling goodiesC．people's bargaining and talkingD．the loudspeaker's broadcasting music小题3:What can we learn from Paragraphs 5, 6 and 7_______?A．The writer tended to farm animals firsthand. B．The cowboy was lazy and fell asleep among the cows. C．The writer found peace where farm animals were kept. D．The turkeys got into panic with "Thanksgiving" approaching小题4:The underlined word "it"（Paragraph 14）refers to .A．the cityB．the countryC．the barnD．the fair小题5:The writer was surprised at the farm girl's words and he thought people often________.A．expected to get the best thingsB．enjoyed perfectly beautiful daysC．ignored the bright side of each dayD．felt really bad due to poor sleep at night小题6:What can be the best title for the passage?A．Farm Life and HappinessB．Hugging LifeC．A Farm Girl and Her CowD．Enjoying Freedom 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:B
解析
是时候去寻找自由了。作者来到一个集市上，集市上比较嘈杂，音乐声参杂着人们的谈话声、讲价声和叫卖声。作者决定寻找一个安静的地方，在农家牧场，作者找到了一些安宁。伴随着忙碌的生活，人们往往会忽视生活美好的一面。
小题1:根据“I needed to run away and the Bloomsburg Fair was the best place to go.”可知，作者想逃走，避开一些东西，故选D。
小题2:根据“The loudspeaker offered background music over the sounds of people of people talking, bargaining and food sellers yelling for your attention.”可知，音响播放着音乐，伴随着人们的谈话声、讨价还价声和叫卖声，A、C、D是正确的，故选B。
小题3:根据“I needed to get away to a quiet spot. Most of the time, I could find that anywhere the farm animals were kept. They needed the quiet. So I went there to find peace with the cows, ...It was in the dairy barn（仓库）where I found peace this time.”可知，作者想前往一个安静的地方，因为牧场比较安静，因此，作者去了那里，作者在仓库找到了安静，故选C。
小题4:根据“I had been raised in the big city and really hated it.”可知，小女孩以前生活在大城市，她并不喜欢大城市，故选A。
小题5:根据“But they all too often go to bed with so much bad stuff in their soul, and on their mind, that they wake up feeling bad and expect it to only get worse from there. All too often it does, just because that's all they choose to see in that otherwise perfectly beautiful day,”可知，人们常常看到不好的一面，而忽视了每天的美好，故选C。
小题6:根据“"When was the last time you hugged Life?" she asked me. ..."I am sorry to say even I have had trouble doing that lately," I said. ...Then standing up and stepping aside, she said, "Go ahead…hug Life!"”可知，人们因匆忙的生活而忽视了生活美好的一面，通过作者和小女孩的对话，文章的主题显现了出来，即我们应该给生活一个拥抱，故选B。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“It was time to break.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
