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JohnSteinbeckoncesaid,'AllAmericansbelievetheyarebornfishermen.Foramanto
admittoadistasteinfishingwouldbelikedenouncing(公开谴责)mother-loveorhating
moonlight.'
Ican'tsaythatI'mthebiggestJohnSteinbeckfan.Actually,theonlythingIcanremember
readingbyhimwas'ThePearl'whenIwasinmiddleschool,butIcouldn'tagreemorewith
themanwhenitcomestofishing.WhetherIamonaboatinthemiddleofLayLake,fishing
offtheshoresoftheFloridaKeysfortarpon(大海鲢)orcatchingrainbowtrout(虹鳟鱼)in
theShoshoneRiverofWyoming,fishingismylife.
AccordingtotheAmericanSportsfishingAssociation,thefishingindustrybringsinmore
than$116billionperyearfromfishermenacrossthecountry.
Thoughabeautifulpicturetoimagine,fishingismuchmorethanthat.Fishingisaway
oflifeformanypeopleandawaytoescapeeverydaystress.Beingafishermanmakesme
amemberofawonderfulgroupofpeopleextendingtoallwalksoflife.EvenPresident
BushcanbefoundfishingonhisfarminTexaswithhisgoodfriendRolandMartinwhen
thejobgetstoostressful.
IcanrememberfishingwithmygrandfatherwhenIwas5yearsoldonhisboatatLake
Mitchell.AlthoughIdidn'tunderstandwhatIwasdoing,Ididknowthatmygrandfatherwas
happyandthatmademehappy.SincethenIhavespentthepast16yearsontheriversand
lakesofAlabama.
Afteryearsofpractice,beforeandafterwork,Islowlydevelopedanunderstandingof
fishing.Myboss,RicHorst,tookmebacktotheShoshone,andImanagedtobringina
19-inchcutthroattrout.FishingwithRicwasalife-changingexperienceforme.Henotonly
showedmehowtofishcorrectly,butalsotoldmehowfishingcouldbeawaytoescape
yourproblems.
Sincethen,prime-time(黄金时间)seasonseemstotakeforevertoarrive.
Now,withtheendingofFebruaryandbeginningofMarchinsight,theexcitementof
headingouttoLakeTuscaloosaorLakeLurleenbeforeclassesandcatchingsomething
hasfinallyreturned. 

1.WhatJohnSteinbecksaidinthefirstparagraphimplies(暗示)that______.
A.Americansarebelievedtobethedescendantsoffishermen
B.itisunthinkableforanAmericantoadmithisdislikeoffishing
C.allAmericansareexpertatfishing
D.thosewhodislikefishingwouldnotlovetheirmothers
2.Thewritercametounderstandtherealmeaningoffishing______.
A.whenhewasreading'ThePearl'byJohnSteinbeck
B.whenhewentfishingwithhisgrandfatheratLakeMitchell
C.afterhehadspent16yearsontheriversandlakesofAlabama
D.afterhewentfishingwithhisboss,RicHorstontheShoshone
3.Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext?_______.
A.Theauthorisatmost21yearsold.
B.Theauthorregardsfishingasaveryimportantpartinhislife.
C.TheauthoragreedwithJohnSteinbeckthemostwhenhewasinmiddleschool.
D.PresidentBushoftengoesfishinginpublicinordertocollectideasforhisjob.
4.Whatisthepurposeofthewriting?
A.Todescribethewriter'perienceandunderstandingoffishing.
B.ToexplainthereasonwhysomanyAmericanslikefishing.
C.Tomakeothersunderstandtheindustryoffishing.
D.Toexpresshisopinionaboutfishingindifferenttimeoftheyear.