Planting PotatoesWhen I was a boy we had several gardens around

Planting Potatoes

When I was a boy we had several gardens around our house. The largest one of all was used just for growing potatoes.

I can still remember those potatoes planting days. All the family __1__ helped. After my dad had __2__ the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my __3__ to drop the little seed potatoes in the __4__ while my mom dropped handfuls of fertilizer beside them. My brothers then covered them all with the __5__turned earth.

For months __6__ I would glance over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the __7__. When the harvest time came I was amazed at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad __8__ out of the soil. They would be turned into meal after meal of __9__ food. They would keep the __10__ family well fed throughout the whole year. It truly was a miracle.

A. true
B. ground
C. members
D. job
E. delicious
F. prepared
G. rows
H. afterward
I. freshly
J. entire
K. tools
L. pulled
【正确答案】：1.C 2.F 3.D 4.G 5.I 6.H 7.B 8.L 9.E 10.J
【题目解析】：1.固定词组，family member家庭成员。
2.词组：prepare the soil for seed 整理土地准备播种
3.My为形容词性物主代词，后接名词，选项it was my job to…我的工作是…
4.drop the little seed potatoes in the rows 将种薯播入田地的行列中
5.The freshly turned earth 刚刚翻耕过的土地
6.Months afterwards 几个月后
7.underneath the ground 在土地下面
8.pull out of the soil 从土里面拉/拽出来
9.形容词修饰名词，delicious food美味佳肴
10.The entire family 整个家庭