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 writing
C．do shopping
D．escape something he disliked小题2:The following things happened in the Bloomsbury Fair except .
A．food sellers' shouting
B．the writer's selling goodies
C．people's bargaining and talking
D．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 city
B．the country
C．the barn
D．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 things
B．enjoyed perfectly beautiful days
C．ignored the bright side of each day
D．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 Happiness
B．Hugging Life
C．A Farm Girl and Her Cow
D．Enjoying Freedom
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:B
题目分析：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。