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    Imagine a plate holding two strawberries, similar in appearance. One came out of a supermarket box, meaning it was probably harvested before it is fully grown, immediately placed in a forced-air cooling unit, loaded onto a refrigerated truck and driven hundreds of miles. By the time it reached the plate two weeks may have passed. The other strawberry was picked from a garden minutes before being eaten.

    The first one will probably not taste good as expected. The second is likely to be sweet; the flavor will remain in the mouth. Supermarket strawberries are not entirely without advantages: they are convenient and available even in winter. But the two berries differ from each other in the same way that hearing music in a concert hall differs from listening to an MP3. The home-grown fruit is an eatable case for planting a home garden.

    Planting cool-weather greens can seem meaningless as well-stocked supermarket shelves are available all week. But the same could be said of cooking: cheap and good restaurants everywhere, so why bother to make your own meals?

    That attitude fails to understand the basic appeal of gardening: it mistakes the product for the purpose. It is true that a garden can produce tomatoes and carrots that taste like themselves rather than the plastic they are usually packaged in. Finding some favorite vegetables in the shops can take some time, effort and expense; growing your own vegetables, rare or routine, ensures a reliable supply.

    On the other hand, a garden, especially in the early years, can also produce frustration. Creative gardeners may plant the wrong crops for their soil. Little animals may have the habit of taking single bites of cucumbers, beans and tomatoes. And even expert gardeners can lose a season's harvest to uncooperative weather.

    No matter. The real joy of gardening is the time spent doing it. The deepest pleasure一as with cooking, writing, bringing up children or almost anything worthwhile一is in the work itself. A gardener's memories center not around the food produced, but around long summer afternoons with hands in the dirt of a home garden, surrounded by family. To garden is to patiently and lovingly help life grow, in the ground and above it.

    1. (1) What might have caused the strawberries to taste different in paragraph 1?
      A . Temperature. B . Freshness. C . Appearance. D . Soil.
    2. (2) Why does the writer compare the two strawberries?
      A . To promote supermarket strawberries. B . To highlight the value of a home garden. C . To stress the differences between them. D . To provide suggestions on fruit shopping.
    3. (3) What does "That attitude" in paragraph 4 refer to?
      A . Regarding planting a garden as worthless. B . Favoring what is grown in a home garden. C . Enjoying food made by yourself at home. D . Understanding what a garden is intended for.
    4. (4) What can we learn from paragraphs 4-5?
      A . Stores can never take the place of a garden. B . Garden products are not for sale in the stores. C . Gardens may fail to produce what you want. D . Training is required for productive gardens.
    5. (5) How do we find the real joy of gardening?
      A . Observe patiently how plants grow all summer. B . Spend time taking care of a garden with family. C . Make friends with gardeners in the neighborhood. D . Labor lovingly to clean the dirt out of the garden.

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