1、Using language.阅读理解AHave you ever heard of agritourism where you can experience the farm life？If not, Dr.Cindy AyersElliott will tell you the real story of Foot Print Farms.The original concept of building Foot Print Farms was simple.When AyersElliott returned to her hometown after graduation, she d
2、idnt have to look any further than her states alarming health statistics to find a mission.Everywhere she turned, there were reports of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and heart disease.“The problem was already identified，”explains AyersElliott.“Too many Mississippians were seriously unhealth
3、y and it didnt take research to see that.And many of the states greatest health challenges could directly result from poor diet.”These days, Foot Print Farms, which started with a few raised beds of herbs and vegetables, is making fresh, naturally grown food.“When speaking of the key to my success,
4、the coop model works because we share the work and rewards，”notes AyersElliott.“A perfect example is the Wingfield High School football team.To earn the money for equipment and other items, players committed to working five hours a week on the farm, and by the end of the summer they produced 1,000 m
5、elons and the profits from their sales helped to buy weights，Tshirts, sweat suits and pregame meals.But the lessons they learned about the rewards of hard work and working together to accomplish something were even more valuable products of their efforts.”“Its a model that can easily be learned in o
6、ther places and Im looking forward to seeing some of our current partners do just that to take what they have learned here and spin it off in other communities.”AyersElliott remarks.She is now looking forward to developing an agritourism area to the farm, where visitors can experience the farm life,
7、 learn new skills and take with them seeds of inspiration they can sow in their own communities when they return home.1What made AyersElliott set up Foot Print Farms?AThe problems faced by local farmers.BHer further research into heart disease.CThe failure of her career after graduation.DThe health
8、state of people in her hometown.2Why does the author take the football team as an example?ATo advocate the concept of independence.BTo stress the importance of teamwork.CTo support the idea of coop model.DTo explore the key to success.3What is AyersElliotts attitude towards the future of Foot Print
9、Farms?AOptimistic.BSkeptical.CCautious. DAmbiguous.4What is the main idea of the text?ANaturally grown food benefits peoples health.BFoot Print Farms is making a difference in Mississippi.CAyersElliott encourages people to experience the farm life.DAgritourism is becoming increasingly popular in Ame
10、rica.BAround 45% of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and plastic waste is on the increase.However, one of the problems with present plastic recycling methods is that you end up with a lowerquality plastic with worse properties (特性) than the original.This means that plastic drink bottles
11、cannot simply be recycled into new drink bottles continuously, but instead are used for other lowergrade products like park benches.Now, British scientists have developed a new method of chemical recycling.They use lower temperatures and more environmentally friendly chemicals than previous methods
12、to turn plastics back into their constituent chemical molecules (分子)In this way, they can be used to make new plastics of the same quality as the original.“Most plastics are now recycled using mechanical methods，where they are transformed into liquids before being made into something new，” said a pr
13、ofessor named Matthew Jones.“The problem is melting plastic changes its properties and reduces the quality.Our method of chemical recycling overcomes this problem.Then plastics can be used all over again without losing any properties.”The researchers are recycling some kinds of plastics，including pl
14、antbased PLA, a plastic used for food packaging and PET, which is used for drink bottles.So far, the technology has only been demonstrated in a small range.However, scientists are now working to produce larger quantities of chemicals.“There is no single solution to the problem of plastic waste the a
15、pproach has to be a combination of reducing，reusing and recycling.Our method of chemical recycling could allow carbon to be recycled endlessly rather than digging more up from the ground in the form of fossil fuels, or letting it into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas，” said Dr.Paul McKeown from th
16、e University of Bath.5What is the problem with the present plastic recycling?AThe quality of recycled plastics declines.BPlastic drink bottles cannot be recycled.CThe amount of plastic waste is increasing.DRecycled lowergrade products sell badly.6How do scientists recycle plastic waste with the new
17、method?ABy transforming it into fuels.BBy heating it into the liquid state.CBy keeping its original properties.DBy changing its molecule structure.7What can we learn from what Dr.Paul McKeown said?AFossil fuels are endless resources.BThe plastic waste problem has no solution.CRecycled carbon leads t
18、o greenhouse gases.DThe chemical recycling is environmentally friendly.8In which part of the website can we find the text?ABusiness.BTechnology & Science.CLifestyle.DArt & Culture.完形填空It was a hot spring day.The temperatures 1 more like July than May.I headed into the store to buy my son a shirt.The
19、 air conditioning there was a welcome 2 from the heat outside.After I made my 3 ， I walked back out into the heat.I got in my car but had to wait to 4 because of all the cars lined up at the red stop light.I looked out of my car window and saw something on the pavement.A single butterfly was 5 flapp
20、ing its wings but not getting off the 6 .It was right in front of a trucks tire too.Without thinking I got out of my car, held my 7 up so the truck driver wouldnt move forward, and 8 down to look at the butterfly.One of its legs was 9 in what looked like spilt soda.I reached down and 10 as I could c
21、upped the butterfly in my hands.I lifted its leg up and suddenly it was 11 .I opened my hands and up it flew towards the shining sun.My own heart felt 12 as I watched it.Now a lot of people might wonder why I would step out into 13 like that to rescue a single butterfly.All I can say is that my hear
22、t was 14 me at that moment.And 15 I was done I felt more like my true self than I had all day.1A.feltBstayedCtouched Dmeasured2A.recovery BreliefCreflection Dselection3A.decision BarrangementCpurchase Dcomment4A.check in Bback offCspeed up Dpull out5A.madly BquietlyChappily Dhopefully6A.car BcageCne
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24、.语法填空The giant panda, also 1 (know) as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native 2 south central China.In the past many years, the giant panda 3 (drive) out of the lowland areas where it once lived as a result of farming，deforestation and other 4 (develop)Wild population estimates vary：one estima
25、te shows that there are about 1,590 individuals 5 (live) in the wild, while a 2006 study estimated that this figure could be as high as 2,000 to 3,000.Some reports also show that 6 number of giant pandas in the wild is on the rise.The West first learned of the giant panda on 11 March 1869, 7 the Fre
26、nch missionary (传教士) Armand David received a panda skin from a hunter.In 1936, Ruth Harkness became the first Westerner to bring a live giant panda named Su Lin to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.To protect the pandas, in 2012, Earthwatch Institute, a global nonprofit organization that teams volunteer
27、s with scientists to conduct important 8 (science) research, launched a program called “On the Trail of Giant Panda”This program, based in the Wolong National Nature Reserve, allows 9 (volunteer) to work up close with pandas cared for in captivity (圈养), and help them 10 (gradual) adapt to life in th
28、e wild.Using language.阅读理解AHave you ever heard of agritourism where you can experience the farm life？If not, Dr.Cindy AyersElliott will tell you the real story of Foot Print Farms.The original concept of building Foot Print Farms was simple.When AyersElliott returned to her hometown after graduation
29、, she didnt have to look any further than her states alarming health statistics to find a mission.Everywhere she turned, there were reports of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and heart disease.“The problem was already identified，”explains AyersElliott.“Too many Mississippians were seriously u
30、nhealthy and it didnt take research to see that.And many of the states greatest health challenges could directly result from poor diet.”These days, Foot Print Farms, which started with a few raised beds of herbs and vegetables, is making fresh, naturally grown food.“When speaking of the key to my su
31、ccess, the coop model works because we share the work and rewards，”notes AyersElliott.“A perfect example is the Wingfield High School football team.To earn the money for equipment and other items, players committed to working five hours a week on the farm, and by the end of the summer they produced
32、1,000 melons and the profits from their sales helped to buy weights，Tshirts, sweat suits and pregame meals.But the lessons they learned about the rewards of hard work and working together to accomplish something were even more valuable products of their efforts.”“Its a model that can easily be learn
33、ed in other places and Im looking forward to seeing some of our current partners do just that to take what they have learned here and spin it off in other communities.”AyersElliott remarks.She is now looking forward to developing an agritourism area to the farm, where visitors can experience the far
34、m life, learn new skills and take with them seeds of inspiration they can sow in their own communities when they return home.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一个农业旅游基地Foot Print Farms建立的原因及其发展情况。1What made AyersElliott set up Foot Print Farms?AThe problems faced by local farmers.BHer further research into heart
35、disease.CThe failure of her career after graduation.DThe health state of people in her hometown.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，AyersElliott毕业后回到家乡，看到到处有高血压、糖尿病、肥胖症和心脏病的报道，而且很多人身体严重不健康，并且人们的很多健康挑战都来源于不良饮食，因此她决定建立Foot Print Farms。2Why does the author take the football team as an example?ATo advocate the concept
36、 of independence.BTo stress the importance of teamwork.CTo support the idea of coop model.DTo explore the key to success.解析：选C推理判断题。文章第三段第二句AyersElliott谈到了其成功的关键在于合作社模式，他们共同工作，共享回报；紧接着举Wingfield High School football team的例子正是为了支持这一观点。3What is AyersElliotts attitude towards the future of Foot Print F
37、arms?AOptimistic.BSkeptical.CCautious. DAmbiguous.解析：选A观点态度题。根据最后一段中的Im looking forward to .and spin it off in other communities和She is now looking forward to .they can sow in their own communities when they return home.可知，AyersElliott对Foot Print Farms的发展充满期待。由此可推知，她对Foot Print Farms的未来持乐观的态度。4What
38、is the main idea of the text?ANaturally grown food benefits peoples health.BFoot Print Farms is making a difference in Mississippi.CAyersElliott encourages people to experience the farm life.DAgritourism is becoming increasingly popular in America.解析：选B主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了Foot Print Farms的情况生产新鲜、自然生
39、长的食物，采用合作社模式，这对改善密西西比人的饮食有很大作用。BAround 45% of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and plastic waste is on the increase.However, one of the problems with present plastic recycling methods is that you end up with a lowerquality plastic with worse properties (特性) than the original.This means t
40、hat plastic drink bottles cannot simply be recycled into new drink bottles continuously, but instead are used for other lowergrade products like park benches.Now, British scientists have developed a new method of chemical recycling.They use lower temperatures and more environmentally friendly chemic
41、als than previous methods to turn plastics back into their constituent chemical molecules (分子)In this way, they can be used to make new plastics of the same quality as the original.“Most plastics are now recycled using mechanical methods，where they are transformed into liquids before being made into
42、 something new，” said a professor named Matthew Jones.“The problem is melting plastic changes its properties and reduces the quality.Our method of chemical recycling overcomes this problem.Then plastics can be used all over again without losing any properties.”The researchers are recycling some kind
43、s of plastics，including plantbased PLA, a plastic used for food packaging and PET, which is used for drink bottles.So far, the technology has only been demonstrated in a small range.However, scientists are now working to produce larger quantities of chemicals.“There is no single solution to the prob
44、lem of plastic waste the approach has to be a combination of reducing，reusing and recycling.Our method of chemical recycling could allow carbon to be recycled endlessly rather than digging more up from the ground in the form of fossil fuels, or letting it into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas，” sa
45、id Dr.Paul McKeown from the University of Bath.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章分析了目前的塑料废物回收利用方法存在的问题，并介绍了一种科学家新开发的可以维持塑料原有特性的回收利用方法。5What is the problem with the present plastic recycling?AThe quality of recycled plastics declines.BPlastic drink bottles cannot be recycled.CThe amount of plastic waste is increasing.
46、DRecycled lowergrade products sell badly.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，目前的塑料回收利用方法存在的一个问题是，最终得到了特性比原来差的质量较低的塑料。6How do scientists recycle plastic waste with the new method?ABy transforming it into fuels.BBy heating it into the liquid state.CBy keeping its original properties.DBy changing its molecule struct
47、ure.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，科学家开发的新的回收利用塑料废物的方法维持了塑料原有的特性。7What can we learn from what Dr.Paul McKeown said?AFossil fuels are endless resources.BThe plastic waste problem has no solution.CRecycled carbon leads to greenhouse gases.DThe chemical recycling is environmentally friendly.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第五段中的Our method of chemical recycling . as a greenhouse gas可知，他认为化学回收利用的方法可以让碳无休止地循环利用，而不是以化石燃料的形式从地下挖掘出更多的碳，或者让碳作为温室气体进入大气。由此可知，他认为化学回收利用的方法是环保的。8In which part of the website can we find the text?ABusiness.BTechnology
