Planting Potatoes

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

I can still remember those potato planting days. All the family _____（31） helped. After my Dad had _____（32） the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my _____（33） to drop the little seed potatoes in the _____（34） while my Mom dropped handfuls of fertilizer beside them. My brothers then covered them all with the _____（35） turned earth. For months _____（36）I would glance over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the _____（37）. When the harvest time came I was amazed at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad _____（38） out of the soil. Those little seed potatoes had grown into

big potatoes. They would be turned into meal after meal of _____（39）

food. They would keep the _____（40） 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 

Modern farm products cost more than those from traditional farming.

• A、True

• B、False

• C、Not Given

Which of the following did Mary buy for her grandparents this year?

• A、Yellow oranges.

• B、Dark red grapefruit.

• C、White grapefruit.

• D、Star grapefruit.