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When I left home for college, I sought to escape the world of farmers, small towns, and country life. I longed for the excitement of the city, for the fast pace that rural life lacked, for adventure beyond the horizon. I dreamed of exploring the city, living within a new culture and landscape, becoming part of the pulse of an urban jungle.

    Yet some of my best times were driving home, leaving the city behind and slipping back into the valley. As city life faded and traffic thinned, I could see the faces of the other drivers relax. Then, around a bend in the highway, the vast farmlands came into sight. The land seemed permanent. I felt as if I had stepped back in time.

    I took comfort in the stability of the valley. Driving through small farm communities, I imagined the founding families still rooted in their grand homes, generations working the same lands, neighbors remaining neighbors for generations. I allowed familiar farmhouse landmarks to guide me.

    Close to home, I often turned off the main highway and took different routes, getting familiar farms again and testing my memory. Friends lived in those houses. I had eaten meals and spent time there; I had worked on some of these farms, lending a hand during a peak harvest, helping a family friend for a day or two. The houses and lands looked the same, and I could picture the gentle faces and hear familiar voices as if little had been changed. As I eased into our driveway I’d return to old ways, becoming a son once again, a child on the family farm. My feelings were honest and real. How I longed for a land where life stood still and my memories could be relived. When I left the farm for college, I could only return as a visitor to the valley, a traveler looking for home.

    Now the farm is once again my true home. I live in that farmhouse and work the permanent lands. My world may seem unchanged to casual observers, but they are wrong. I now know this: if there’s a constant on these farms, it’s the constant of change.

    The good observer will recognize the differences. A farmer replants an orchard(果園）with a new variety of peaches. Irrigation is added to a block of old grapes, so I imagine the vineyard has a new owner. Occasionally the changes are clearly evident, like a FOR SALE sign. But I need to read the small print in order to make sure that a bank has taken possession of the farm. Most of the changes contain two stories. One is the physical change of the farm, the other involves the people on that land, the human story behind the change.

    I’ve been back on the farm for a decade and still haven’t heard all the stories behind the changes around me. But once I add my stories to the landscape, I can call this place my home, a home that continues to evolve and change as I add more and more of my stories.

21. The most important reason why the writer wanted to move to the city is that ____________.

A. he did not want to work on the farm    

B. he wanted to make new friends                                        

C. there were more things to do there

D. he was eager for a different life there    

22. What made the writer relax as he drove from the city to the country?

A. He could see for miles and miles.       

B. The traffic moved more slowly.

C. The land seemed familiar to him.

D. The people he passed seemed to be calmer.

23. When driving through the valley the writer was guided home by ___________.

A. houses that had sheltered generations of the same family

B. familiar farmhouses which left him a good memory

C. land that had been worked by a family for generations

D. larger farms which stretched out right before him

24. When he was in college, why was the writer sad when he returned to his family home?

A. He realized that he was only a visit.   

B. He remembered how hard he used to work.

C. He recognized the old houses and land.  

D. He remembered his next door neighbors.

25. Which of the following most likely indicates that there is a sad human story behind a physical change on the farm?

A. A new variety of peach is being planted.

B. A piece of land is being sold by a bank.

B. Irrigation is being added to a grape operation.

D. A farm is being sold to a large corporation.

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