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Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

Thefirst settlers tocomeovertoAmericaneededtobecomegoodfarmers inorder

tosurvive.Theagriculturalindustrywasgrowngreatlyandnowtheagricultural

jobmarketcanbe very rewarding( 值得的).Many ofthenewagricultural jobsthese

daysdeal with thenewtypes oftechnology that areneededtoproducethecropsthat

Americaneeds.

Thedaysofafamilyworkingtheirlandbyhandandproducingasmallamount

ofcropsareover. Nowmanylarge plantations (种植场)aretoharvest alarger amount

ofcropsinashorter period oftime. If youwouldlike togetoneofthesenewtypes

ofjobs intheagricultural industry, thenyouwill needto makesure that youstay

ontopofthenewtechnologies.

Manyofthese newjobs in the agricultural field have included these new

technologies.Twoofthenewtechnologiesthathavebroughtmanynewjobsinthe

agriculturalindustryareGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS) andbiotechnology.The

GPSreallyhastheabilityforfarmerstoseedandgetintheircropsinthebest

possibleway.

Thebiotechnologyfieldhasreallyallowedbetterandsaferfertilizers( 肥

料)tobeusedoncrops. Biotechnology hasalso helpedfarmers tobetter understand

whathelpstomaketheircropsbetter.Bothofthesenewtechnologiesarevery

interesting andoffer manynewopportunities. Theagricultural industry still needs

quite abit ofhardworktobring inagoodcrop, butnowmanypeoplecantakeadvantage

oftheseimprovementstomaketheindustryamuchbetterexperience.

1．What'sthemainideaofthepassage?

A．NewtechnologieshavebroughtmanynewjobstoAmericans.阈豎结泪謗痒织鳧诤蓋釋撸鏷栋镀。

B．Farmersshouldtrytostayontopofthenewtechnologies.

C．TheagriculturalindustryinAmericacouldsupportmorepeople.

D．Newtechnologiesarewidelyusedinnewagriculturaljobs.

2．FromParagraph1,weknowthat________.

A．peoplecametoliveinAmericaalongtimeago

B．peoplehavetobefarmersinordertosurvive

C．technologyisimportantfortheagriculturalindustry

D．Americanpeopleareingreatneedofcrops

3．Ifyouwanttogetanagriculturaljob,youshould________.

A．learnaboutthenewesttechnologies

B．gototheagriculturaljobmarket

C．stayintheindustryallthetime

D．havealotofexperience

4．Accordingtothelasttwoparagraphs,newtechnologies________.

A．haveencouragedfarmerstomakemoremoney

B．havecreatedanumberofnewjobs

C．haveforcedfarmerstospendalot

D．havedevelopedquicklyinthepastyears

籪钐挡響导開浔蘿惨鱺謠辑僂惬跞。BSubwaysTheFeatures：TheTokyoMetroandToeiLinesthatmakeupofTokyo'shugesubwayTokyosystemcarryalmost8millionpeopleeachday,makingitthebusiestsystemMetrointheworld.Thesystemisfamousforitsoshiya—literally,“pusher”andToei—whopushespassengersintocrowdedsubwaycarssothedoorscanclose.LinesAndyouthinkyourrideishell.Features：TheMoscowMetrohassomeofthemostbeautifulstationsintheTheworld.ThebestofthemwerebuiltduringtheStalinisteraandfeatureMoscowchandeliers(枝形吊灯),marblemoldingsandelaboratemurals(精美壁画).MetroWithmorethan7millionridersaday,keepingallthatmarblecleanhasgottobeaburden.Features：TheHongKongMTRhasthedistinctionofbeingoneofthefewTheHongsubwaysystemsintheworldthatactuallyturnaprofit.It'sprivatelyKongMTRownedandusesrealestatedevelopmentalongitstrackstoincreaseincomeandridership.Italsointroduces“Octopuscards”thatallowpeopleto

notonlypaytheirfareselectronically,butbuystuffatconveniencestores,supermarkets,restaurantsandevenparkingmeters.It'sestimatedthat95%ofalladultsinHongKongownanOctopuscard.Features：ShanghaiisthethirdcityinChinatobuildametrosystem,Shanghaandithasbecomethecountry'slargestinthe12yearssinceitopened.ShanghaiMetrohas142milesoftrackandplanstoaddanother180milesiMetrowithinfiveyears.Bythatpoint,itwouldbethreetimeslargerthanChicago“L”.Thesystemcarriesaboutmillionpeopleaday.Features：LondonerscalltheirsubwaytheUnderground,eventhough55Thepercentofitliesaboveground.Nomatterwhenyou'vegottheoldestmassLondontransitsystemintheworld,youcancallitanythingyoulike.TrainsMetrostartedin1863andthey'vebeenrunningeversince.Some3millionpeoplerideeachday,everyoneofthemrememberingto“Mindthegap”.

5．Whichonecanprovidetheriderswithsomewonderfuldecorationsatthestations?

綾譏湾潷阋補骒攆耸彦唤级鸽谑舣。A．TheTokyoMetroandToeiLines.B．TheMoscowMetro.C．TheLondonMetro.D．TheHongKongMTR.6．________isdonewiththepurposeofmakingmoney.A．TheTokyoMetroandToeiLinesB．TheMoscowMetroC．ShanghaiMetroD．TheHongKongMTR7．WecanlearnfromthepassagethatShanghaiMetro________.A．carriesthemostpeopleeachdayB．istheworld'slargestC．maybelargerthantheChicago“L”inthefutureD．isthebusiestintheworld8．Howmanysubwayscarrymorethan5millionpeopleperday?A．2B．3C．4D．5COrganicfoodisverypopular.Itisalsoexpensive.Someorganicfoodcoststwiceasmuchasnon-organicfood.Someparentsandpetownerspayupto200percentmorefororganicfoodwhilesomepeoplethinkorganicfoodisawasteofmoney.Thereisonemaindifferencebetweenorganicandnonorganicfood.Organicfarms

donotuseagricultural chemicals, suchaspesticides (杀虫剂). Thisguarantees that

theproductsarenatural.

Somepeoplethink “organic”means“locally grown”.Originally this wastrue.

Overtimeorganicfarmingbecamemoredifficult.Thedemandfororganicfoodgrew

largerthanthesupply.Smallcompanieshadtosellouttolargecompanies.There

weren't enoughorganicmaterials. Thismadeit difficult for manyorganic companies

tostay inbusiness.Today,manylargecompanieshavean organiclineofproducts.

Isorganicfoodmorenutritious( 有营养的)?Thisispartofthedebate.Many

farmersandconsumers( 消费者)believeitis.Theythinkagriculturalchemicals

causehealthproblems,suchascancer.Manyhealthprofessionalsdisagree.Few

studies provethat organic foodprevents health problems. Health specialists worry

moreaboutbacteria. Thesecancomeinto contact with organic andnon-organic food.

Doctorsrecommendwashingproduceverycarefully.

Mostpeopleagreethat naturally-grown foodtastes better. Istastier foodworth

theextramoney?Thisisamatterofopinion.Whetheritishealthierornotmay

require moreresearch. However,organic consumersargueit isbetter tobesafethan

sorry.

9．InParagraph3,theauthorpointsoutthat________.

A．mostorganicfoodislocallygrownnowadays

B．organicfarmingonceexperiencedadifficultperiod

C．organicfoodtastesbetterthannon-organicfood

D．organiccompaniesfinditdifficulttoearnmoney

10．Wecanlearnfromthepassagethathealthexperts________.A．believeorganicfoodpreventshealthproblemsB．considerorganicfoodawasteofmoneyC．don'tsharemanyconsumers'views韵亏标貝暢撑荞楨畴萤祸袜鲞贗藪。D．recommendeatingorganicfood

11．Inmanyorganic consumers' opinion, organic

reasonsEXCEPT________.

A．beinghealthier B．beingmorebeautiful

C．beingtastier D．beingmorenutritious姗購軍喽鈿钋鹤丛邊抛倾窪阕芜職。

foodis

better

for

the

following

12．Theauthordevelopsthepassagemainlyby________.

A．providingsomeexamples

B．followingthenaturaltimeorder赊塵懺烬報換闫熾骅駁麽謁綹讨釗。

C．comparingopinionsfromdifferentfields

D．showingacauseandthenitseffects

D

OneafternoonPeterandJimwentoutforabicycleride.

Whentheypassedaplacetheysawalargeareaofgrassandbushesonfireandastrongwindwasblowingtheflamestowardsavillage.Thefiremenhadalreadyarrivedandweretryingto

putoutthefire.Theboyslefttheirbicyclesandrantowardsthevillagetoseeiftheycouldhelptofightthefire.Onthewaytheymettwofiremen.敗飞离詎铺賓齔輪爛饺鯇烴駛桨芗。“Quick,youboys ，” saidoneofthefiremen. “Comeandhelpustopull

apump(泵)tothe stream. Wecan't beatoutthefire.The windistoostrong. The

pumpisouronly hope.”

Thetwoboysranfurtheruntiltheycametoaheavypump.Theyhelpedtopull

ittoastreamnotfarfromthevillage.

Soonthepumpwasworkingwell sotheboyswenttowatchthefire.It hadalready

reachedtheedgeofthevillage.Theboyssawthattwohouseswereonfire,and

theflameswereattackingathirdbuilding.Suddenlytherewasashoutfromone

ofthevillagers.

“Keepaway！”avoiceshouted. “There'spaint stored inthat building. ” The

boysandvillagersmovedawayquickly.Withaloudexplosion( 爆炸),thewhole

buildingburstintoflames,sendingcloudsofthickblacksmokeintothesky.

Atthis time Peter andJimbegantothink that thewholevillage wouldbeburnt褳缌骓荪镏吓緩櫺齏鲲詿廂攢谲齦。totheground. Thefiremenhadlefttheburningbuildingsandwerepouring(鹧鮫谦柽户较烴矾祢檉虾戏鸛郵开。

浇)

waterontotheneighboringhouses,tryingtostopthefirefromspreading.Then晕诮凍鹬敘诎壙涩違峦稳鯤靥呖饵。thewinddied down.A secondpumpwasbrought uptohelp, andthefire缥斩還錯觐閑镆闶邮橥貢哟漚閏镓。

wasgradually

putout.“It'ssoonfinished ，” Petersaidtohisfriend.

gethomelate. ”“Yes,comeon，” agreed Jim,and with

theywalkedbacktotheirbicycles.

13．Seeingthefire,theboysrantothevillageto________.

A．watchit B．askforhelp閭绕钮貽緦譯乱泶鬩钱覬缚聍鏜壞。

“Wemustgoorweshallalastlookattheruins,

C．helpthefiremen D．warnthevillagers

14．Thevillagers weretold tokeepawayfromthefire

A．theirhelpwasunnecessary維殡笋决渊畫嬰約鯁黽殴綠钔瘋嗆。

mainly because________.

B．itwasspreadingveryrapidly

C．twoburningbuildingswerefallingdown

D．oneofthebuildingsstoredalotofpaint

15．Thefirementriedtostopthefirefromspreadingby________.

A．usinganairplane

B．usingmorefireengines

C．pullingdowntheburninghouses

D．pouringwaterontotheneighboringhouses

Ⅱ.任务型阅读

Whatcausesaflood?匀财璣鄴腸峄癰糝們垦鎘饜习拦癲。Floodsareoneofthemostcommondisasters intheUnitedeffects驂鳃阊锱转葉轆桤馑殘農啧貞龇与。

canbelocal,

impactinganeighborhoodorcommunity,orverylarge,affectingseveralstates.瑣輊礡娅关紹办闫錈擊鑿阏哑长缬。__16__Somefloods develop slowly，sometimesoveraperiod offlash陨緒頰册禎覺挢饅訝护鋯瀆鮪矚鍇。

floods

can

developquickly,sometimesinjustafewminutesandwithoutanyvisible(氫諾谘苎轴鱘薔遜橱歐彎颓籟琺饗。

看得见

的)signs offloods often haveadangerouswall ofroaring water andcantakeaway

mostthingsinitspath.

Floodshappenwhenawatercourse( 水道)

Heavyrain

Whenthegroundalready contains alot ofwater, thefalling rain could notseep

throughwater then startsflowing towardaitrainsa lotinaregion,allwater縲龐缆傘骥訛壽鲍啸獎隐属覓錙温。flowstowardtheriver,butthisrivercannotcontain

Thaw

Whenspringarrives,snowandicestarttomeltandthewaterflowstowardthetheriveroverflowsandafloodhappens.

Icejam

Inspring,riversthawoutandpiecesoficedriftontheAsaresult,these

piecesoficeformakindofdam( 水坝).Whenwatercannotflowthroughthisdam,

ittriestofindanothercoursetoreachtheriverandsometimes,thisnewcourse

isafield,aroadorahousebasement.

A．Wecanthinkofsomewaystopreventthefloodfromhappening.

B．However,allfloodsarenotalike.癤異牘侧鎘显茧诫谕泷灯蓽约飞猃。C．Therefore,theriveroverflows.

D．Sometimestheseicepiecesgetjammedagainstabridgeorrocks.

E．Theycouldbecausedbyheavyrain,thaws( 解冻)oricejams(镡黽態嬷閉謝圍質極櫝楼绋誤滨亚。

冰塞)．

F．Oneofthebiggestproblemspeoplefacedwaslackoffreshwater.

G．Ifthetemperaturerisestoorapidly,alotofwaterisproducedinashort

灄睜巋餃蔞阄瓔銚賾贶幫鄰僑鈄苁。time.Ⅲ.完形填空In2000,areportwaspublishedaboutwhattheearthmightbelikein20yearsfromthenon.Thereportwastheresultofathree-year__21__.Accordingtothereport,thepictureoftheearthintheyear2020isnota__22__one.Theworldwillbemore__23__becausethepopulationwillcontinuetogrow.Thepopulationcouldbe__24__6,300million,almost2,150millionmorethanthatin1985.Morepeoplewouldmoveintocities,especiallycitiesin__25__countries.CitieslikeCairoandJakartaprobablywould__26__have15millionbythen.Foodproductionwill__27__，butnotenoughtofeedallthepeople.Farmerswillgrow90%morefoodthantheydidin1985,__28__mostoftheincreasewouldbeincountriesthat__29__produceenoughfoodfortheirpeople.Littleincreaseis__30__inSouthAsia,AfricaandtheMiddleEast.Poorwaysoffarmingare__31__largeareasoffarmland,changingfarmsintodeserts.Morefarmlandis__32__ascitiesbecomelargerandmorehousesarebuilt.__33__willgetworseasindustrialcountriesburnmorecoalandoil.Manyoftheworld's__34__coulddisappearasmoreandmoretreesarecutdown.Energywillcontinuetobeaseriousproblem.Theexpertssaytheirpictureoftheearthfortheyear2020__35__.Theyonlycarriedoutthesituationthat__36__today.Bychangingthesituation,by__37__theproblems,thepicturecanbechanged.Thereis__38__timeforthenationsoftheworldtowork__39__aplanofaction.Buttheywarnedthat__40__toolongtomakedecisionswouldgreatlyreducethechancesofsuccess.21．B．projectC．noticeD．study22．B．pleasantC．safeD．blue23．B．beautifulC．crowdedD．terrible24．morethanB．asmanyasC．asmuchasD．aslargeas25．B．developedC．bigD．mountainous

26．

C．all

27．

C．increase

28．

B．each

D．neither

B．reduce

D．continue

B．but

C．or

29．

C．partly

30．

D．however

B．hardly

D．never

B．lacked

C．found

31．

C．disturbing

32．

C．discovered

D．expected

B．protecting

D．interrupting

B．lost

D．used

33．pollution

C．Somediseases

34．

C．forests

35．betrue

C．can'tbetrue

36．

C．exists诎细頷誄圍輇扪傩庞廄絞閨駝眯阏。

B．Waterpollution

D．Allfarmland

B．plants

D．people

B．willcometrue

D．maybewrong

B．develops

D．appears

鏞匱醞覯鵒鶯缍責厣贼锌蟄窯屨赃。37．

C．answering

38．

C．less

B．working

D．dealing

B．still

D．plentyof

39．

C．out

40．

C．spending

B．in

D．for

B．suggesting

D．waiting

Ⅳ.语法填空Nearlyallofushavedreamedaboutwinningthebigprizeinalottery(Wedreamabout__41__wewoulddowiththemoney,butwerarely買续簡鲡项闾賴殫巅饯墮赇鉚凭衮。

stop tothink

彩票).

about

howthemoneywouldchangeus.

Formostofus,ourwayoflifeis__42__(close)linkedtooureconomic

circumstances.Thedifferentpartsof__43__livesfittogetherlikeajigsaw( 拼

图)—work,home,friends,hobbies,andsportsmakeupourworld.Asudden__44__

栎噲鉭絲執颉幀縊颛蓠视诮疮瑋隨。(fortunate)wouldchangeitallandbreakthejigsaw.Forexample,mostpeopleliketheidea__45__nothavingtowork,butwinnershavefoundthatwithoutworkthereisnoreasontogetupinthemorning.Itseemsgreat__46__(move)toabiggerhouseinawealthyarea,__47__ifyoudothat,youleaveoldfriendsbehind.Usually,winners__48__(advise)nottopublicizetheiraddressandphonenumber,butbegginglettersstillarrive.__49__theyarenotcareful,mostoftheirmoneywillbespentonthe__50__(protect)oftheirhomesandswimmingpoolsandtheirsanity!41．短文改错MyparentsandIwenttotheparklastSunday.Therewerelotsofvisitorsstandinfrontoftheticketwindow.Wewaitedforalongtimeandbuythreetickets.IntheTigerMountainofthepark,IwastooeagertoseethefiercefrightenedanimalsthatIquickenedmystepsthroughthecrowd.Unfortunate,Igotseparatedfrommyparents.Ihadhardtimelookingforthem,andIhadnoluck.Wanderinginthepark,Ifeltalonewithoutanycompanions.Worsestill,Ihadnomoney,soIhadtowalktohome,coveringasmuchas5kilometer.Ⅵ.书面表达假设你是育才中学学生会主席李华。你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛(speechcontest)，希望附近某大学的外籍教师史密斯女士(MsSmith)来做评委。请参照以下通知给她写一封信。英语演讲比赛

主题：人与自然

时间：6月15日下午2：00～5：00

地点：501教室

参赛选手：10名学生

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欢迎大家光临

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蛊詮娴擬鸡辗協赞偿減襲殺慚躡欽。答 案

1．选 D 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了新科技对农业发展的重要性及其在农业上的应

用。

2．选C 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，科学技术对农业发展很重要。

3．选 A 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，如果想要找一个农业方面的工作，

你需要掌握先进的技术。

4．选 B 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句及最后一段第三句可知，新技术带来了很多

新工作。

員咙鳟诞瘋鹨鰱锯屡銃涞審躊蓟骂。语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，阐述了世界五大城市的地铁特色。

5．选B

theStalinist

细节理解题。根据文章第二部分中的“ The

eraandfeature chandeliers (枝形吊灯),樁骂缣麽荆櫺訴萊紅獼彌鴟嶼刪论。

bestofthemwerebuiltduringmarblemoldingsandelaborate

彌冈絢呛蚕鸥锯誰奧嗩钶惭瘧惬筍。murals(

精美壁画

)．”可知答案为

B。

6．选D 细节理解题。根据第三部分第一句“ The HongKongMTRhasthe

ofbeingoneofthefewsubw aysystemsintheworldthatactuallyturnaprofit.鲲颮錈羨夾餓諮搗蘚纫鲲黾齦馄谦。

distinction

”

可知香港地铁的特别之处是盈利。7．选

C

推理判断题。根据第四部分第三句“

By

that

point,

it

wouldbethree

times

largerthanChicago ‘L’．”可知选 C。

8．选A 推理判断题。由“Tokyo'shugesubwaysystemcarry almost

eachday”和“TheMoscowMetro中的Withmorethan7millionridersa務错誤繚鑑鋁输穑髖諶维盘阖绦烴。

8million people

day”可知答

案为

A。

9．选 B 推理判断题。根据第三段所提到的因农业缺少配料，小型的有机农场被迫转

让给大型的有机农场可推知，有机农业在发展过程中经历过一段困难时期。

10．选C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段可知，许多消费者认为有机食物更有营养，但

许多健康专家不同意这一观点，所以选 C项。

11．选B 正误判断题。根据最后两段可知，乐于购买有机食物的消费者认为有机食物

更有益健康、更富含营养成分、 更美味，文章并没有提到有机食物的外形问题，因此 B项符

合题意。

12．选C 篇章结构题。文章分段讨论了人们对有机食物的价格、有机食物是否更有营

养等的不同观点。由此可知，全文主要是通过对比不同的观点展开的。轿鯖頑厉辽动绛銑俠闲絢阂鹰袅續。

语篇解读：本文讲述了两个孩子帮助消防员灭火的故事。

13．选C 细节理解题。根据第一段的“Theboysleft

their

bicycles

andrantowards

thevillagetoseeiftheycouldhelptofightthefire.

”可知，这两个孩子发现着

火后向村子跑去是去看他们是否能帮助消防员灭火。14．选

D

推理判断题。根据第五段的“

There 'spaintstoredinthatbuilding.

”

可知，村民们被告知远离大火的原因是一栋建筑里存有大量油漆。

15．选 D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“ Thefiremenhadlefttheburning

buildingsandwerepouringwaterontotheneighboringhouses... ”可知，消防员通