8．It's that time of year when people need to lock their cars．It's not because there're lots of criminals stealing cars．Rather，it's because of good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest．Especially with this year's large crop，leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it with zucchini-a kind of dark green skin vegetable．
My sister，Sharon，recently had a good year of tomatoes．She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they begun to feel their skin turn slightly red．She decided to share her blessings．She called everyone she knew．When that failed，she began asking everyone in the neighborhood，eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes．"Feel free to take whatever you want，"Sharon told her．She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn't go to waste．
A few days later，the neighbor appeared in her house，holding a hot loaf of bread．She smiled，"I wanted to thank you for the tomatoes，and I have to admit I took a few other things too．"
Sharon couldn't think of anything else that had been worth harvesting．The neighbor went on saying，"You had some of the prettiest zucchini I've ever seen．"
Sharon was confused．They hadn't even planted any zucchini．But her neighbor insisted there were bright-green zucchini in her garden．Sharon decided to go to see where the zucchini had grown．The two of them walked into the backyard．When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables，Sharon smiled，"Well，actually，those are cucumbers that we never harvested，because they got too big，soft and bitter for eating．"
The neighbor looked at Sharon，shock written all over her face．Then，smiling，she held out the bread she had shared all over the neighborhood．"I brought you a nice loaf of cucumber bread．I hope you will like it．"
21．What does the underlined word"stuff"in Paragraph 1probably mean？D
A．Decorate．
B．Swap．
C．Exchange．
D．Fill．
22．What does the author mean by saying"they had begun to feel their skin turn slightly red"in Paragraph 2？B
A．They got sunburnt when picking tomatoes．
B．They thought they ate too many tomatoes．
C．They were ashamed that they wasted too many tomatoes．
D．They felt embarrassed by not sharing tomatoes with their neighbors．
23．How might the neighbor feel after knowing the truth？C
A．Embarrassed．
B．Grateful．
C．Astonished．
D．Annoyed．
24．From the text，we can infer that the neighborA．
A．mistook big cucumbers for zucchini
B．liked eating bread made of cucumbers
C．only picked tomatoes in Sharon's garden
D．went to another neighbor's garden mistakenly．
分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，属于记叙文，每年的时候，当人们需要锁车时，并不是因为有很多犯罪分子窃取车，而是因为有爱心的邻居想要分享自己的收获．本文以此展开谈论，主要讲述了Sharon向邻居分享西红柿，邻居来到她的院子将黄瓜误认为西葫芦的趣事．
解答 21．答案：D．词义猜测题．根据"Especially with this year's large crop，leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it with zucchini-a kind of dark green skin vegetable"可知，句意为"特别是在今年的大丰收，把一辆车解锁放在附近是邀请别人用zucchini一种深绿色蔬菜装满"．可以推测出stuff与fill意思相近．故选D．
22．答案：B．句意理解题．根据"She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they begun to feel their skin turn slightly red．"可知，他们吃了过多的西红柿．故选B．
23．答案：C．细节理解题．根据"The neighbor looked at Sharon，shock written all over her face．"可知，邻居知道那是黄瓜不是西葫芦时，感到震惊．故选C．
24．答案：A．细节理解题．根据"When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables，Sharon smiled，"Well，actually，those are cucumbers that we never harvested，because they got too big，soft and bitter for eating．""可知，邻居是把院子里的黄瓜当做了西葫芦．故选A．
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，词义猜测题，句意理解题．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测．
