题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It is universally acknowledged that fresh food is beneficial to our health. As a small child, I didn’t know about the benefits of fresh food.    , I considered canned fish and fruit, bottled soft drinks and      snacks to be the most appetizing (令人垂涎的). As I learned to prefer fresh and    foods to the artificial taste of chemically-enhanced snacks, I began to      starting a vegetable garden in our backyard.

“What would it take?” I asked my mom. We had the space and were    to take care of the plants every day.    doing some research online, we    to dig out a space of 16 square feet in our yard. It would have to be at least a foot deep      with a raised vegetable bed, the vegetables would have two feet of depth to grow.

It was February of 2013. We knew that we had to work    if we wanted to plant vegetables that spring. That month, every day after school, I pushed        the tough clay (粘土) under our lawn with a large shovel (铲子). Luckily, the rain made the soil      , and before we knew it, we had finished digging the bed. Next came my favorite part: shopping for        and plants. By June, our plants, especially the tomatoes, were growing    . We had never      such fresh tomatoes; they were so sweet that you could almost taste the      in them. To give our friends gifts, we packed jars of our little tomatoes. We also      Italian pasta sauce with our tomatoes and basil (罗勒，一种香料). It reassured (使…放心) us to know that we were eating healthy and fresh produce.

The work we put into our vegetable garden was      worthwhile. As long as we had the    to start and maintain the garden, we      a bountiful (大量的) harvest for the entire summer and fall in return. Thanks to the success of my vegetable garden, I can say that if the        of life is to be happy, I’m one little step closer.

1.A. Otherwise    B. Instead      C. Therefore   D. Likewise

2.A. prepared     B. preserved     C. prevented   D. protected

3.A. particular   B. delicious     C. nutritious   D. special

4.A. think about B. worry about   C. adapt to    D. appeal to

5.A. absent    B. late         C. satisfied   D. willing

6.A. Before     B. Since        C. As          D. After

7.A. led         B. refused      C. decided     D. afforded

8.A. so that        B. now that      C. as long as  D. even though

9.A. quickly       B. hardly        C. gradually    D. suddenly

10.A. over        B. through     C. across      D. beyond

11.A. harder        B. softer       C. heavier    D. deeper

12.A. flowers      B. fruits       C. seeds       D. vegetables

13.A. at risk       B. with care     C. in excitement D. like crazy

14.A. tasted        B. sensed       C. watched     D. smelt

15.A. tear        B. cloud         C. sunshine     D. wind

16.A. cooked        B. offered      C. provided     D. supplied

17.A. rather than   B. other than   C. no more than D. more than

18.A. fact          B. force        C. doubt        D. willpower

19.A. received     B. accepted      C. spent        D. fulfilled

20.A. way           B. quality       C. goal         D. standard