1. (2019高三上·福州期中) 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

Americans around the country are already using social media to show off their pumpkin<br />growing and carving skills during Halloween.<br />A farmer, Richard Wallace, in the northeastern state of Rhode Island, broke the record for<br />the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America.<br />His pumpkin weighed 1,026 kilograms.<br />It broke his son's record from 2015.<br />Ron Wallace's pumpkin only weighed 1,011 kilograms last year.<br />A schoolteacher, Cindy Toback, in the northwestern state of Washington, brought her large pumpkin<br />to an event in California.<br />Her pumpkin was the champion, weighing 866 kilograms.<br />It turns out that her pumpkin grew from one of the seeds from Ron Wallace's pumpkin from<br />2015.<br />While those pumpkins are large, they are still not the largest in the world.<br />According to the website BigPumpkins.com, Richard Wallace's pumpkin is only the second<br />heaviest pumpkin of the year.<br />A gardener in Belgium produced a pumpkin that weighed almost 1,200 kilograms.<br />Smithsonian Magazine wrote a story about people who try to grow large pumpkins.<br />In 35 years, the size of record pumpkins has grown from about 225 kilograms to over 1,000<br />kilograms.<br />Pumpkin farmers trying to grow record fruits are taking the seeds of champion pumpkins<br />from one year and breeding them with other large pumpkins.<br />Farmers around the country are already using social media to show off their pumpkin growing<br />and carving skills during Halloween.<br />A farmer, Richard Wallace, in the northeastern state of Rhode Island, broke the record for<br />the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America.<br />His pumpkin weighed 1,026 kilograms.<br />It broke his son's record from 2015.<br />Ron Wallace's pumpkin only weighed 1,011 kilograms last year.<br />A schoolteacher, Cindy Toback, in the northwestern state of Washington, brought her large pumpkin<br />to an event in California.<br />Her pumpkin was the champion, weighing 866 kilograms.<br />It turns out that her pumpkin grew from one of the seeds from Ron Wallace's pumpkin from<br />2015.<br />While those pumpkins are large, they are still not the largest in the world.<br />According to the website BigPumpkins.com, Richard Wallace's pumpkin is only the second<br />heaviest pumpkin of the year.<br />A gardener in Belgium produced a pumpkin that weighed almost 1,200 kilograms.<br />Smithsonian Magazine wrote a story about people who try to grow large pumpkins.<br />In 35 years, the size of record pumpkins has grown from about 225 kilograms, to over<br />1,000 kilograms.<br />Pumpkin farmers trying to grow record fruits, are taking the seeds of champion pumpkins<br />from one year, and breeding them, with other large pumpkins.

1. （1） How much did Ron Wallace's pumpkin weigh?

   A . 1,200 kilograms. B . 1,026 kilograms. C . 1,011 kilograms.
3. （2） Whose pumpkin was the champion in an event in California?

   A . A teacher's. B . A farmer's. C . A gardener's.
5. （3） From where do we know a person in Belgium produced the heaviest pumpkin?

   A . A newspaper. B . A magazine. C . A website.
7. （4） What seeds are most popular?

   A . Those of smart farmers. B . Those of champion pumpkins. C . Those of magazine ads.