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If you are a fruit grower — or would like to become one — take advantage of Apple Day to see what’s around. It’s called Apple Day but in practice it’s more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.
Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesn’t taste of anything special, it’s still worth a try, as is the knobbly (多疙瘩的) Cat’s Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else.
There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you’ll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it’s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.
At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.
Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards (果园). If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.
这是一篇生活故事类短文。本文作者向人们介绍了一个节日---Apple Day. 由于这个节日翡翠受欢迎，西安在已经演变成“苹果月”了。在英国，人们在十月份庆祝该节日，持续大约一个月的时间。
28. What can people do at the apple events?
29. What can we learn about Decio?
30. What does the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” in Paragraph 3 mean?
31. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
D。细节理解题。文中提到“experts”但并没有提到人们听他们的讲座，而是和这些种植庄稼进行了讨论, 所以A错。B选项没提到。谈到参观果园，而没提到在那里种果树，因此C项也不正确。 文中“a wide variety of apples” 就是D项中的“many kinds of apples” 各种各样的.
根据第二段“Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples.”可知，参加相关的庆祝活动的人们可以品尝到各种各样的苹果，故选D。
容易误选A项
C推理判断题。由“which was grown by the Romans”可知A项不正确；由“Although it doesn’t taste of anything special”可知，D项不正确；rarely 很少 in existence 存在
根据第二段第二句话中的“…an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio…”，可知Decio是许多仍然存在的经典苹果种类之一，C项正确。
容易误选成B。
B词义猜测题。 根据第三段得知，Orleans Reinette这种苹果生长条件要求的特别苛刻，所以对大部分喜欢这种水果的人来说种出这种苹果只是春梦一场。A. 切合实际的想法。B. 幻想、空想 C. 好的计划 D. 私欲 vain 徒劳的 brilliant 精彩的；极好的
根据the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” 和所在句子与前后文的逻辑关系，把四个答案用代入法进行推理判断。再者dream 和hope意义接近。
容易错选成C。
B写作意图题。这是考查文章主旨大意题的，文章主要是介绍Apple Day 和节日里发生的事情。所以A、B两个选项都是具体的事情。D项没提到，只是要人们enjoy it.
根据第一段“If you are a fruit grower — or would like to become one — take advantage of Apple Day to see what’s around.”和最后一段“If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.”可知，作者向读者介绍了一个节日—Apple Day, 并推荐人们参加这个节日， 故选B。
容易选成A或C。