Since I moved to Seattle, there’s no farm whose name has come up more than Quill
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Since I moved to Seattle, there’s no farm whose name has come up more than Quillisascut. Quillisascut is a cheese company, 36 what they call “traditional farmstead cheese’’, but it’s also a school. 37 completing a five-day “Introduction to Farming” workshop at Quillisascut, I understand why this farm school is so 38 . I hope that you can one day visit it, too.
At Quillisascut, mornings begin at 5:30 am with 39 and milking the goats. The morning’s 40 is made into cheese in the afternoon. Cheese making requires many steps. The process can take one day to several months, 41 the type of cheese being made.
During our workshop, we were lucky enough to have the farm’s chefs 42 meals of grains and beans from neighboring farms and herbs from the garden. All of the foods used for cooking are either grown there or 43 sourced.
Any 44 from meals is made into compost(堆肥). It is 45 onto the farm’s land, transforming Quillisascut’s soil 46 fertile salad bars for the goats. In addition to sunlight, rain, and compost, the goat farm 47 seeding and reseeding.
When I know where my food came from, who 48 it, and the complex process it took to get to my 49 , food does more than fuel my body. It also heats my 50 . I wonder how different our food and healthcare systems would look like if all people learnt firsthand about the 51 and tears involved in bringing food to the table.
If every food production operation 52 the public onto its ground, it is possible that our country’s food system would look very different; and our country’s connection with food could 53 . But for now, Quillisascut and other educational farms are making a(an) 54 , carrying out the goal “to make the world a more 55 place”.
| 小题1: | | A．displaying | B．selling | C．advertising | D．designing |
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| 小题2: | | A．Until | B．Unless | C．After | D．If |
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| 小题3: | | A．beloved | B．interested | C．moved | D．excited |
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| 小题4: | | A．observing | B．feeding | C．introducing | D．finding |
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| 小题5: | | A．goat | B．milk | C．choice | D．meat |
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| 小题6: | | A．putting on | B．taking on | C．focusing on | D．depending on |
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| 小题7: | | A．describe | B．check | C．cook | D．heat |
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| 小题8: | | A．regionally | B．comfortably | C．formally | D．positively |
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| 小题9: | | A．leftover | B．makeup | C．food | D．drink |
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| 小题10: | | A．passed | B．based | C．worked | D．spread |
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| 小题12: | | A．avoids | B．protests | C．requires | D．promotes |
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| 小题13: | | A．tasted | B．measured | C．grew | D．learnt |
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| 小题14: | | A．car | B．wallet | C．wall | D．plate |
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| 小题15: | | A．soul | B．face | C．hand | D．dream |
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| 小题16: | | A．seed | B．sweat | C．money | D．imagination |
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| 小题17: | | A．welcomed | B．persuaded | C．demanded | D．suggested |
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| 小题18: | | A．break | B．settle | C．begin | D．deepen |
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| 小题19: | | A．performance | B．difference | C．expression | D．impression |
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| 小题20: | | A．famous | B．curious | C．beautiful | D．traditional |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:C |
解析
试题分析：本文叙述了作者在一个农场参加了研讨班，这让他对与食品供应相关的行业颇有感触。如果每一种食品生产欢迎观众去参观，那么我们国家的食品制度将与现在不同，让公众接触食物的生产过程有利于加深人们与食物的联系。
小题1:考查非谓语动词。displaying展出； selling卖； advertising做广告； designing设计。从前面的Quillisascut is a cheese company可知这个农场售卖奶酪。故选B。
小题2:考查连词。until直到……才； unless 除非； after在……之后；if如果。在完成一个为期五天的“农业概论”研讨会后我明白为什么这个农场学校受欢迎，故选C。
小题3:考查形容词。beloved喜欢的，受欢迎的； interested感兴趣的； moved感动的；excited兴奋的。我明白为什么这个农场学校受欢迎，故选A。
小题4:考查非谓语动词。observing观察； feeding 喂； introducing介绍； finding 发现。在农场早晨5:30开始喂羊挤奶，故选B。
小题5:考查名词。goat 羊； milk 鲜奶； choice选择； meat肉。早上挤的奶在下午被制成奶酪。故选B。
小题6:考查动词短语。putting on穿上； taking on呈现； focusing on关注； depending on依靠。这个制作过程花费一天到几个月不等，这取决于奶酪被制成什么种类，故选D。
小题7:考查名词。describe描述； check检查； cook烹调，厨师； heat高温。厨师应该为大家烹饪饭菜。故选C。
小题8:考查副词。regionally地方的； comfortably舒适地； formally 正式地；positively肯定地。从前面的grains and beans from neighboring farms and herbs from the garden可知厨师使用的材料都是本地的。故选A。
小题9:考查名词。leftover剩饭； makeup化妆品； food食物； drink饮料。根据from meals is made into compost(堆肥)，用吃剩下的饭菜制成堆肥，故选A。
小题10:考查动词。pass通过； base以……为基础； work工作； spread传播,撒。肥料被撒在农场的土地上，使土壤变得肥沃。故选D。
小题11:考查介词。with用； of……的； as 作为； into成为……状况。使土壤变得肥沃。故选D。
小题12:考查动词。avoid避免； protest抗议； require要求； promote促进。农场需要播种和追播，故选C。
小题13:考查动词。taste体验； measure测量； grow种植； learn学习。作者认为如果他更多地了解食物是从哪里来的、是谁种植了它们、制成食物花了多少辛劳，他对待食物的态度会不同。故选C。
小题14:考查名词。car 汽车； wallet钱包； wall墙； plate碗碟。食物经过多道程序，最后要进入人们的碗碟。故选D。
小题15:考查名词。soul灵魂，精神； face脸； hand手； dream梦想。从前面的food does more than fuel my body暗示食物还可以温暖人的精神。故选A。
小题16:考查名词。seed种子； sweat汗； money钱； imagination想象。此处突出生产食物所付出的辛劳。故选B。
小题17:考查动词。welcome欢迎； persuade说服； demand要求； suggest建议。如果每一种食品生产欢迎观众去参观，那么我们国家的食品制度将是与现在不同，故选A。
小题18:考查动词。break打破； settle解决； begin 开始； deepen加深。让公众接触食物的生产过程有利于加深人们与食物的联系。故选D。
小题19:考查名词。performance表演；mak a difference 有影响； expression表情。Impression印象。像Quillisascut和其他的传统的农场已经在努力改变。故选B。
小题20:考查形容词。famous著名的； curious好奇的； beautiful 漂亮的 ；traditional传统的。这些农场的目的是让这个世界变得更美好。故选C。
点评：在了解文章大意的基础上，要按文章的先后顺序，对每道题所给词语的确切含义进行分析比较。并考虑到全文整体意境的影响．做到瞻前顾后，上下文呼应，运用逻辑思维、推理的方式来进行答题。切不可自行断意。 |
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A 16-year-old South Dakota boy who became lost while hunting and spent 16 hours alone in the Black Hills National Forest says he was scared but still managed to make a survival plan.
Austin DuVall, of Rapid City, became lost on Nov.3 while hunting with his father. He ran after a deer, and soon found himself alone. “I ran after a deer, but I didn’t get it,” he said. “Then I was really lost.”
He had only his hunting rifle(步枪) and the clothes he was wearing. He had no food or water and had nothing that could help him find his way to safety. “I knew that no one could hear me. I decided to just sleep and get up in the morning and find safety,” he said.
Austin climbed up on a rock and slept through the night. Then he awoke and relied on skills he learned in a hunter safety course. He followed a stream to an occupied cabin. The couple there called his parents and cooked him a breakfast. “ It’s probably one meal I’ll never forget for the rest of my life,” he said.
After DuVall’s disappearance, a lot of emergency officials and more than 100 volunteers went searching for him. “He wasn’t sitting there waiting for someone to come and find him,” said his father, Steve DuVall. “We didn’t find him; he found himself.”
Mike Kintigh, regional supervisor for the Game, Fish & Parks Department, said one or two hunters will go missing each year, but rarely for more than 24 hours. “We’re a little bit unique in the Black Hills as it’s hard to get lost for a very long time. That’s because we’ve got so many roads here compared to the Rocky Mountains,” Kintigh said. “You can certainly spend a very uncomfortable night in the woods like Austin did.”
小题1:After Austin realized he lost his way, he ___.| A．was very nervous but excited | | B．cried aloud for help | | C．tried to find a safe place | | D．decided to sleep in the wild |
小题2: Who saved Austin according to his father?| A．The couple in the cabin. | | B．Emergency officials. | | C．Volunteers. | | D．Himself. |
小题3:From what Mike Kintigh said, we learn that _______.| A．if someone gets lost in the Rocky Mountains, it is hard to find a way out | | B．too many people go missing in the Black Hills every year | | C．the rescue team is skillful enough to find the lost people in less than 24 hours | | D．people who are lost in the Black Hills have to spend a night in the woods |
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Dana Cummings was in his thirties before he first went surfing. But, even more interesting is that Dana Cummings chose to learn the sport after losing a leg in a car accident. Now, nine years later, he helps other disabled (伤残的) people learn how to ride the waves in AmpSurf.
On the coast of Maine, he is working with 27-year-old Matthew Fish, who is partly blind. Cummings takes hold of Fish and leads him into the ocean. The surfboard floats next to them. Fish lies on the surfboard. He tries to stand up on it. After a few attempts (尝试) he is up and riding all the way back to land. “That was exciting,” Fish says.
A car accident in 2002 took Dana Cummings’ leg. He says the crash changed him more than just physically. “Losing my leg made me realize how precious (珍贵的) life is and get off the couch and start living. I do more things now than I ever did before. Next week I am going to compete in a contest in Hawaii,” Dana says.
One year later Dana Cummings formed AmpSurf. AmpSurf is a group that volunteers to hold surfing classes and events for people with all kinds of disabilities.
Recently, AmpSurf took its training programs to the East Coast. Eleven students attended the class in Maine. They came from all over the northeastern United States.
Dana Cummings thinks AmpSurf can change the way a disabled person thinks. “Most people with disabilities consider himself or herself unlucky and useless, but we want them to see what they can do. Who cares you lose your leg or you are blind, whatever? Have fun. Just enjoy life. Take the most advantage of it you can,” Dana says.
小题1:Matthew Fish thinks learning to ride the waves is _____.| A．boring | B．easy | C．interesting | D．difficult |
小题2:When did Dana Cummings set up AmpSurf according to the text?| A．In 2002. | B．In 2003. | C．In 2008. | D．In 2011. |
小题3:According to Dana Cummings, AmpSurf can _____.| A．ease the physical pain of the disabled | | B．help the disabled learn to get used to their life | | C．change the attitude of the disabled towards life | | D．make the disabled pay more attention to their disabilities |
小题4:What is the best title for the text?| A．Dana Cummings — a great surfer | | B．AmpSurf — a training group | | C．How to learn to live with disabilities | | D．Disabled surfers ride the waves |
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Have you listened to music on an iPod? Used a computer at home? Those are just two of the ways your life was touched by the work of Steve Jobs.
Jobs, one founder of Apple Computers, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. He had been fighting with cancer since 2004.
Steven Jobs was born in Los Altos, California. He and his childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, designed and built the first Apple computer in his parents’ garage in the 1970s. The Apple II, built when Jobs was just 21 years old, was the first personal computer to be widely sold to the public.
Steven Jobs didn’t stop there. He went on to invent more devices (设备) that allowed people to bring their own creativity to computing: the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. People found his products beautiful and easy to use.
Jobs also changed the music and film industries. He started Pixar, a film production company in 1986. Toy Story was the world’s first computer-animated feature film (电脑动画电影).
“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, confident enough to believe he could change the world, and clever enough to do it,” said President Barack Obama. “By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only easy to reach, but fun ... And there may be no greater praise to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”
All around the world, people are talking about the effects that Jobs’ creations have had. By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.
小题1:Which of the following about Steve Jobs is NOT true?| A．He was born in California in 1955. | | B．He built the Apple II in 1970. | | C．He set up a film production company at 31. | | D．He was found to suffer from cancer at 49. |
小题2:The underlined word “innovators” in Paragraph 6 could best be replaced by _____.| A．inventors | B．businessmen | C．producers | D．founders |
小题3:According to Barack Obama, the highest praise for Steve Jobs is that _____.| A．his products are widely used all over the world | | B．his products are thought to be beautiful and easy to use | | C．people all over the world are sad at his death | | D．people learned about his death from his products |
小题4:Jobs changed the way we work and live by _____.| A．building the first personal computer | | B．making computer-animated feature films | | C．developing the music industry | | D．creating surprising products |
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Last December, I performed 30 shows in 11 days. I knew it would be a tiring tour before I set off, but I just wanted to be there to support our men and women.
From the minute I walked onstage the afternoon I arrived at the army, the soldiers were cheering, singing along at the top of their voices. I had done hundreds of concerts, but it was my first time to perform for troops. Looking at the smiling faces of these soldiers --- some of them only teenagers --- I felt great joy moving through me. They were the loveliest fans I had ever met. Then, from out of nowhere, words came into my head. “I want to play you something new … a song just came in my head minutes ago. It’s called Here with Me,” I told them. Cheers rang out. As I sang, I could see the tears in some of soldiers’ eyes. I finished to thunderous applause.
At the autograph(亲笔签名)part afterward, one of the soldiers took out a picture of a high school student. “This is my girl. You know, I miss her so much,” he said. “That new song you sang … it meant so much to me. Those were the words I’ve always wanted to tell her.
I realized that the song wasn’t about me and that it was, in fact, a gift for these men and women. I played it in every concert after that, always with the same unbelievable reaction.
On the long plane ride home I kept thinking about the soldiers I’d met. They risked their lives every day to defend our country, yet they were grateful for a simple concert. I decided to record the new song to thank our men and women in uniform(制服).
小题1:Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “troops” in the second paragraph?| A．officials | B．teenagers | C．soldiers | D．students |
小题2:When the author performed on the stage, he felt _____.| A．pleased | B．nervous | C．confident | D．worried |
小题3:What might be the topic of the new song?| A．The tiring army life | | B．The danger of being a soldier | | C．The excitement of going to a concert | | D．The family one misses |
小题4:From the text, we can infer that the author _____.| A．served in the army before | | B．received many gifts during shows | | C．was impressed by the soldiers | | D．always cared for the soldiers |
小题5:The passage is most probably written by a(n) _____.| A．dancer | B．teacher | C．singer | D．official leader |
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Today, I felt terrible. My head was full of problems, burdens and confusion. I decided to take a walk even though I didn’t know where I would go.
The most extraordinarything happened when I was out on this walk. I saw an old man sitting on a chair. He was a seller of second-hand shoes. He looked at least 70 years old. He seemed so tired and nobody bought his shoes. I wanted to give him something but I had not brought anything with me.
Then, a little girl came toward him. I heard the child say, “Grandpa, may I polish your shoes?” That old man took pity on her and he gave her a shoe to polish. The girl said, “I polish the shoe because I need money to buy my brother a new school uniform.”
I heard this and tears filled my eyes. The old man answered, “Oh, little girl. Just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy you a uniform.” Then they walked to a market and I followed close behind them. There he bought her a uniform. The girl said, “Thank you so much for doing this. May God bless you.” Then she left, leaving the old man smiling.
The old man walked away from the market, but I stopped him. I whispered in his ear, “You are a hero! Thank you for your kindness!” As I walked away, I glanced back and I could see him still smiling.
My own sadness had disappeared, chased away by the light of this kind act. I began realizing that I have a lot to be thankful for. I hope, some day, I can show my appreciation of what I have by following the example of the old man who only had a little, but shared it happily with someone who had nothing.
小题1:The author decided to take a walk in order to .| A．build himself up | | B．lighten his mood | | C．enjoy the scenery nearby | | D．find out something special |
小题2:When seeing the old shoe seller, the author felt .| A．happy | B．sympathetic | C．regretful | D．disappointed |
小题3:Why did the girl offer to polish shoes for the old man?| A．She took pity on him. | | B．She intended to take care of him. | | C．She meant to be friendly to him. | | D．She wanted to earn some money. |
小题4:By sharing the story, the author conveys a message that .| A．a kind act can cheer us up | | B．old men often set us examples | | C．people value what they don’t have | | D．helping others means helping ourselves |
小题5:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．A clever little girl | B．A pair of old shoes | | C．A kind shoe seller | D．A girl’s new uniform |
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