（B）
Nothing could stop Dad. After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.
And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgin's chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料). The Smell really burned the inside of your nose. When we complained about the terrible smell, Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right. For example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter.
As the vegetables started coming in, Dad threw himself into cooking. One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜). Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots. For about half an hour. the pressure built and the vegetables cooked. Finally, Dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam. If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure｡was bad, this was 10 times worse. When Dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.
Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house. Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!
Determined, Dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around it didn’t look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn’t offend the nose so much, edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup.
34. Why did Dad clean Old Man McColgin’s chicken house regularly?
35. What can we infer about Dad’s stew?
36. What does the underlined word “offend” in the last paragraph mean?
37. What can we learn about Dad form the text?
由题干的”Old Man McColgin’s chicken house”可定位出答案句为第二段的第一句“And every week he cleaned Old Man McCogin’s chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料).”，从这句可知父亲打扫chicken house（鸡舍）是为了manure(肥料)，所以本题答案是：B 。题干中的regularly同义改写答案句中的 every week。
细节理解题的答案都是在文章中可以找到，而且往往答案都是在设问内容的附近。
不能根据题干正确定位文章，找出关键句。
本题需要同时理解文章的第三、四、五段。在这几段中主要讲述作者的父亲用自家农园里的蔬菜做成一道菜肴，但菜肴所发出的“恶心”味道很刺鼻、难闻、甚至误让邻居们以为煤气泄露，不过还好的是，在文章最后一段中讲述：在作者父亲的坚持下，作者的家人们品尝了父亲所做的菜，发现这道其貌不扬的菜肴，味道其实非常不错，他们甚至喝光了最后一滴的汤（But it was surprisingly edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup.）因此本题答案是D
推理判断题需根据文章已知信息，推断出未知部分。可在理解全文的基础上进行综合推断。
不能根据文章的句子进行正确的推断。
从最后一段的“It didn’t look that bad.”可知，作者发现父亲做的炖菜其实没有想象的那么糟糕，从而可知作者对父亲所做的炖菜的态度变好，因此就觉得炖菜的味道也不是那么刺鼻了。选项中的upset刚好符合原文，所以本题的答案为B。
猜测词意题可采用代入法，检查答案是否为正确选项。
不能根据语境猜测出生词的意思。
通过对全文的理解和第一段首句的“Nothing could stop Dad.”，发现父亲虽身有残疾，但仍自己种菜，认真打扫鸡舍换取肥料，烹饪食物等，可知父亲对待生活是非常积极阳光的，因此本题答案为C。
推理判断题需根据文章已知信息，推断出未知部分。可在理解全文的基础上进行综合推断。
不能根据文章的句子进行正确的推断。