1、00015 英语（二）2018 年 4 月真题1、【单选题】、【单选题】LifeLife onon thethe FarmFarmLifeLife onon thethe farmfarm isis alwaysalways changing.changing.NewNewtechnologiestechnologies andand a a risingrising interestinterest inhealthierinhealthier andand organicorganic eatingeating havehave a a hugehugeimpactimpact onon
2、howhow farmsfarms dodo business.business.AttheAtthe samesame time,time,a a growinggrowing populationpopulation hashas putputmoremore demandsdemands onon farmers.farmers.TheyThey needtoneedto findfind waysways toto increaseincrease theirtheir productionproductionlevels.levels.TheThe smallsmall family
3、family farmsfarms thatusedthatused toto produceproduce mostmost ofof thethe productsproducts havehave beenbeenlargelylargely replacedreplaced byby factoryfarms.factoryfarms.SmallSmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatthat areare stillstill operatingoperating arearestrugglingstruggling toto keepkeep up.up
4、.TechnologyTechnology hashas mademade mostmost aspectsaspects ofof farmfarm lifelife easiereasierthanthan itit hashas everever beenbefore.beenbefore.BiggerBigger andand moremore efficientefficient equipmentequipment makesmakes workwork suchsuchasas plowingplowing upfieldsupfields andand sowingsowing
5、 thethe seedsseeds easier.easier.SuchSuch taskstasks usedused toto taketake twotwo ororthreethree timesastimesas long.long.TheseThese advancesadvances havehave allowedallowed farmersfarmers toto workwork fasterfaster andandmoreefficientlymoreefficiently thanthan everever before.before.InIn additiona
6、ddition toto newernewer technology,technology,factoryfactoryfarmsfarms produceproduce moremore productsproducts forfor lessmoneylessmoney thanthan traditionaltraditional farmingfarming wouldwouldrequire,modernrequire,modern farmfarm life,life,despitedespite theintroductiontheintroduction ofof newnew
7、 technologies,technologies,hashas notnotchangedchanged muchmuch fromfrom whatwhat itit hashas alwaysbeen.alwaysbeen.FarmersFarmers stillstill wakewake upup early,early,andand spendspendtheirtheir daysdays doingdoing hardhard work.work.ThereareThereare stillstill animalsanimals toto feed,feed,cowscow
8、s toto milked,milked,andandfieldsfields toto bebe plowed.plowed.FarmFarm lifestilllifestill requiresrequires a a lotlot ofof workwork andand sacrifice.sacrifice.TheThemainmain changechange inin modernmodern farmfarm isis inin thethe wayway farmersfarmers areare run.run.ItIt isis commoncommon foreven
9、forevensmallsmall farmersfarmers toto havehave severalseveral hiredhired workersworkers andand eveneven anan animalanimal manager.Family-runmanager.Family-runfarmsfarms areare becomingbecoming rarer.rarer.FactoryFactory farms,farms,withwith otherother largerlarger farmcorporations,farmcorporations,a
10、rearebecomingbecoming thethe norm.norm.AlthoughAlthough therethere areare stillstill manymany traditionalfamilytraditionalfamily farms,farms,theytheyareare quicklyquickly dyingdying asas modernmodern practicespractices changechange farmfarm lifeforever.lifeforever.FactoryFactory farmsfarmsnownow pro
11、duceproduce mostmost ofof thethe products.products.A:TrueB:FalseC:NotGiven答案：A解析：把表示最高级的”most”作为定位词，定位到第一段的第 4 行，The small familyfarms that used to produce mostof the products have been largely replaced byfactory farms.Small family farmsthat are still operating are struggling tokeepup.过去小型家庭农场生产大多数的
12、产品，然而现在却大部分被工厂化农场所代替。如今小型家庭农场仍在苦苦挣扎维持生存。可见目前工厂化农场已经取代了小型农场的主导地位，生产了大多数产品。2、【单选题】、【单选题】LifeLife onon thethe FarmFarmLifeLife onon thethe farmfarm isis alwaysalways changing.changing.NewNewtechnologiestechnologies andand a a risingrising interestinterest inhealthierinhealthier andand organicorganic ea
13、tingeating havehave a a hugehugeimpactimpact onon howhow farmsfarms dodo business.business.AttheAtthe samesame time,time,a a growinggrowing populationpopulation hashas putputmoremore demandsdemands onon farmers.farmers.TheyThey needtoneedto findfind waysways toto increaseincrease theirtheir producti
14、onproductionlevels.levels.TheThe smallsmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatusedthatused toto produceproduce mostmost ofof thethe productsproducts havehave beenbeenlargelylargely replacedreplaced byby factoryfarms.factoryfarms.SmallSmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatthat areare stillstill operatingoperat
15、ing arearestrugglingstruggling toto keepkeep up.up.TechnologyTechnology hashas mademade mostmost aspectsaspects ofof farmfarm lifelife easiereasierthanthan itit hashas everever beenbefore.beenbefore.BiggerBigger andand moremore efficientefficient equipmentequipment makesmakes workwork suchsuchasas p
16、lowingplowing upfieldsupfields andand sowingsowing thethe seedsseeds easier.easier.SuchSuch taskstasks usedused toto taketake twotwo ororthreethree timesastimesas long.long.TheseThese advancesadvances havehave allowedallowed farmersfarmers toto workwork fasterfaster andandmoreefficientlymoreefficien
17、tly thanthan everever before.before.InIn additionaddition toto newernewer technology,technology,factoryfactoryfarmsfarms produceproduce moremore productsproducts forfor lessmoneylessmoney thanthan traditionaltraditional farmingfarming wouldwouldrequire,modernrequire,modern farmfarm life,life,despite
18、despite theintroductiontheintroduction ofof newnew technologies,technologies,hashas notnotchangedchanged muchmuch fromfrom whatwhat itit hashas alwaysbeen.alwaysbeen.FarmersFarmers stillstill wakewake upup early,early,andand spendspendtheirtheir daysdays doingdoing hardhard work.work.ThereareTherear
19、e stillstill animalsanimals toto feed,feed,cowscows toto milked,milked,andandfieldsfields toto bebe plowed.plowed.FarmFarm lifestilllifestill requiresrequires a a lotlot ofof workwork andand sacrifice.sacrifice.TheThemainmain changechange inin modernmodern farmfarm isis inin thethe wayway farmersfar
20、mers areare run.run.ItIt isis commoncommon forevenforevensmallsmall farmersfarmers toto havehave severalseveral hiredhired workersworkers andand eveneven anan animalanimal manager.Family-runmanager.Family-runfarmsfarms areare becomingbecoming rarer.rarer.FactoryFactory farms,farms,withwith otherothe
21、r largerlarger farmcorporations,farmcorporations,arearebecomingbecoming thethe norm.norm.AlthoughAlthough therethere areare stillstill manymany traditionalfamilytraditionalfamily farms,farms,theytheyareare quicklyquickly dyingdying asas modernmodern practicespractices changechange farmfarm lifeforev
22、er.lifeforever.FarmersFarmers preferprefertoto growgrow healthyhealthy andand organicorganic food.food.A:TrueB:FalseC:NotGiven答案：C解析：根据题干当中的“healthy and organic food”我们定位到了第一段第二行“Newtechnologies and a risinginterest in healthier and organic eating have a hugeimpact on how farms dobusiness.”新技术和日益流行的
23、健康有机饮食对农场的生产造成了巨大的影响。但并没有提到农民是否更喜欢种植有机食物。所以选择 not given.3、【单选题】、【单选题】LifeLife onon thethe FarmFarmLifeLife onon thethe farmfarm isis alwaysalways changing.changing.NewNewtechnologiestechnologies andand a a risingrising interestinterest inhealthierinhealthier andand organicorganic eatingeating haveha
24、ve a a hugehugeimpactimpact onon howhow farmsfarms dodo business.business.AttheAtthe samesame time,time,a a growinggrowing populationpopulation hashas putputmoremore demandsdemands onon farmers.farmers.TheyThey needtoneedto findfind waysways toto increaseincrease theirtheir productionproductionlevel
25、s.levels.TheThe smallsmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatusedthatused toto produceproduce mostmost ofof thethe productsproducts havehave beenbeenlargelylargely replacedreplaced byby factoryfarms.factoryfarms.SmallSmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatthat areare stillstill operatingoperating arearestruggl
26、ingstruggling toto keepkeep up.up.TechnologyTechnology hashas mademade mostmost aspectsaspects ofof farmfarm lifelife easiereasierthanthan itit hashas everever beenbefore.beenbefore.BiggerBigger andand moremore efficientefficient equipmentequipment makesmakes workwork suchsuchasas plowingplowing upf
27、ieldsupfields andand sowingsowing thethe seedsseeds easier.easier.SuchSuch taskstasks usedused toto taketake twotwo ororthreethree timesastimesas long.long.TheseThese advancesadvances havehave allowedallowed farmersfarmers toto workwork fasterfaster andandmoreefficientlymoreefficiently thanthan ever
28、ever before.before.InIn additionaddition toto newernewer technology,technology,factoryfactoryfarmsfarms produceproduce moremore productsproducts forfor lessmoneylessmoney thanthan traditionaltraditional farmingfarming wouldwouldrequire,modernrequire,modern farmfarm life,life,despitedespite theintrod
29、uctiontheintroduction ofof newnew technologies,technologies,hashas notnotchangedchanged muchmuch fromfrom whatwhat itit hashas alwaysbeen.alwaysbeen.FarmersFarmers stillstill wakewake upup early,early,andand spendspendtheirtheir daysdays doingdoing hardhard work.work.ThereareThereare stillstill anim
30、alsanimals toto feed,feed,cowscows toto milked,milked,andandfieldsfields toto bebe plowed.plowed.FarmFarm lifestilllifestill requiresrequires a a lotlot ofof workwork andand sacrifice.sacrifice.TheThemainmain changechange inin modernmodern farmfarm isis inin thethe wayway farmersfarmers areare run.r
31、un.ItIt isis commoncommon forevenforevensmallsmall farmersfarmers toto havehave severalseveral hiredhired workersworkers andand eveneven anan animalanimal manager.Family-runmanager.Family-runfarmsfarms areare becomingbecoming rarer.rarer.FactoryFactory farms,farms,withwith otherother largerlarger fa
32、rmcorporations,farmcorporations,arearebecomingbecoming thethe norm.norm.AlthoughAlthough therethere areare stillstill manymany traditionalfamilytraditionalfamily farms,farms,theytheyareare quicklyquickly dyingdying asas modernmodern practicespractices changechange farmfarm lifeforever.lifeforever.Sm
33、allSmall familyfamilyfarmsfarms findfind itit hardhard toto survive.survive.A:TrueB:FalseC:NotGiven答案：A解析：根据题干当中的“small family farms”定位到第一段的最后一句“Small familyfarms that are stilloperating are struggling to keep up”反映了仍在经营的小型家庭农场目前挣扎生存的现状，可见目前小型家庭农场生存艰难。选 A。4、【单选题】、【单选题】LifeLife onon thethe FarmFarmLi
34、feLife onon thethe farmfarm isis alwaysalways changing.changing.NewNewtechnologiestechnologies andand a a risingrising interestinterest inhealthierinhealthier andand organicorganic eatingeating havehave a a hugehugeimpactimpact onon howhow farmsfarms dodo business.business.AttheAtthe samesame time,t
35、ime,a a growinggrowing populationpopulation hashas putputmoremore demandsdemands onon farmers.farmers.TheyThey needtoneedto findfind waysways toto increaseincrease theirtheir productionproductionlevels.levels.TheThe smallsmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatusedthatused toto produceproduce mostmost ofo
36、f thethe productsproducts havehave beenbeenlargelylargely replacedreplaced byby factoryfarms.factoryfarms.SmallSmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatthat areare stillstill operatingoperating arearestrugglingstruggling toto keepkeep up.up.TechnologyTechnology hashas mademade mostmost aspectsaspects ofof
37、farmfarm lifelife easiereasierthanthan itit hashas everever beenbefore.beenbefore.BiggerBigger andand moremore efficientefficient equipmentequipment makesmakes workwork suchsuchasas plowingplowing upfieldsupfields andand sowingsowing thethe seedsseeds easier.easier.SuchSuch taskstasks usedused toto
38、taketake twotwo ororthreethree timesastimesas long.long.TheseThese advancesadvances havehave allowedallowed farmersfarmers toto workwork fasterfaster andandmoreefficientlymoreefficiently thanthan everever before.before.InIn additionaddition toto newernewer technology,technology,factoryfactoryfarmsfa
39、rms produceproduce moremore productsproducts forfor lessmoneylessmoney thanthan traditionaltraditional farmingfarming wouldwouldrequire,modernrequire,modern farmfarm life,life,despitedespite theintroductiontheintroduction ofof newnew technologies,technologies,hashas notnotchangedchanged muchmuch fro
40、mfrom whatwhat itit hashas alwaysbeen.alwaysbeen.FarmersFarmers stillstill wakewake upup early,early,andand spendspendtheirtheir daysdays doingdoing hardhard work.work.ThereareThereare stillstill animalsanimals toto feed,feed,cowscows toto milked,milked,andandfieldsfields toto bebe plowed.plowed.Far
41、mFarm lifestilllifestill requiresrequires a a lotlot ofof workwork andand sacrifice.sacrifice.TheThemainmain changechange inin modernmodern farmfarm isis inin thethe wayway farmersfarmers areare run.run.ItIt isis commoncommon forevenforevensmallsmall farmersfarmers toto havehave severalseveral hired
42、hired workersworkers andand eveneven anan animalanimal manager.Family-runmanager.Family-runfarmsfarms areare becomingbecoming rarer.rarer.FactoryFactory farms,farms,withwith otherother largerlarger farmcorporations,farmcorporations,arearebecomingbecoming thethe norm.norm.AlthoughAlthough therethere
43、areare stillstill manymany traditionalfamilytraditionalfamily farms,farms,theytheyareare quicklyquickly dyingdying asas modernmodern practicespractices changechange farmfarm lifeforever.lifeforever.PlowingPlowing andandsowingsowing byby machinesmachines areare advancesadvances inin modernmodern farm
44、ing.farming.A:TrueB:FalseC:NotGiven答案：A解析：根据题干定位词“plowing and sowing”定位到第二段第二句话“Bigger andmore efficient equipmentmakes work such as plowing up fields and sowing theseeds easier.”更大型和更有效率的设备使耕种和播种的工作更为简单。”Such tasksused to take two or three times aslong”以前这样的工作需要花费 2 到 3 倍的时间。可见机器耕种播种提高了农场工作效率。而且后面一
45、句“These advances haveallowedfarmers to work faster and more efficiently than ever before.”直接出现了“Theseadvances”更加说明这是一种进步。答案选 A.5、【单选题】、【单选题】LifeLife onon thethe FarmFarmLifeLife onon thethe farmfarm isis alwaysalways changing.changing.NewNewtechnologiestechnologies andand a a risingrising interestin
46、terest inhealthierinhealthier andand organicorganic eatingeating havehave a a hugehugeimpactimpact onon howhow farmsfarms dodo business.business.AttheAtthe samesame time,time,a a growinggrowing populationpopulation hashas putputmoremore demandsdemands onon farmers.farmers.TheyThey needtoneedto findf
47、ind waysways toto increaseincrease theirtheir productionproductionlevels.levels.TheThe smallsmall familyfamily farmsfarms thatusedthatused toto produceproduce mostmost ofof thethe productsproducts havehave beenbeenlargelylargely replacedreplaced byby factoryfarms.factoryfarms.SmallSmall familyfamily
48、 farmsfarms thatthat areare stillstill operatingoperating arearestrugglingstruggling toto keepkeep up.up.TechnologyTechnology hashas mademade mostmost aspectsaspects ofof farmfarm lifelife easiereasierthanthan itit hashas everever beenbefore.beenbefore.BiggerBigger andand moremore efficientefficient
49、 equipmentequipment makesmakes workwork suchsuchasas plowingplowing upfieldsupfields andand sowingsowing thethe seedsseeds easier.easier.SuchSuch taskstasks usedused toto taketake twotwo ororthreethree timesastimesas long.long.TheseThese advancesadvances havehave allowedallowed farmersfarmers toto w
50、orkwork fasterfaster andandmoreefficientlymoreefficiently thanthan everever before.before.InIn additionaddition toto newernewer technology,technology,factoryfactoryfarmsfarms produceproduce moremore productsproducts forfor lessmoneylessmoney thanthan traditionaltraditional farmingfarming wouldwouldr
