the woman, "Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away." "How clever you are!" said the owner, "Don't forget it when you prepare supper for him."

　　The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bag. He woke his wife up and said angrily, "What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn't useful at all."

　　"No, no," said the woman. "I don't think so. He must forget something."

　　"Oh, I've remembered!" The owner cried out suddenly, "He forgot..."

21．The old man came to the inn _______.

　　A．in the morning B．in the afternoon C．in the evening D．at night

22．The owner and his wife wanted to _______.

　　A．get the man's bag B．steal the man's money

　　C．make the man pay them more D．hide the man's bag

23．The owner and his wife put the forgetful grass into the food because _______.

　　A．the old man always forgot something

　　B．they wanted to make the food better

　　C．they hoped the old man would leave the bag in the inn

　　D．they wanted to know if the grass was useful

24．According to the passage the old man forgot _______.

　　A．to take his bag away B．to tell the owner when he left

　　C．to close the door when he went to sleep D．to pay them the inn money

　　The weather in New York was too cold, the freezing Northeast hasn't been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say "sunshine". I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素 C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets (at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables- was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers' market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.

The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1