Dear Anne.Thanks for your email．It's great to have a pen pal from another country．My name is Jeff.and my family has a farm in Australia．We grow wheat and crops on our farm．Let me tell you what hap 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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3．Dear Anne，
Thanks for your email．It's great to have a pen pal from another country．My name is Jeff，and my family has a farm in Australia．We grow wheat and crops on our farm．Let me tell you what happened here last week．
Until last week，our plants had been growing well because we've had a lot of rain．Then the locusts came．They flew towards our farm in a swarm（一大群），which contained millions of locusts and covered an area of several square kilometers．The locusts came from an area far away．They had flown through the night．
Early the next morning，I went outside with Dad．We looked at the swarm in the sky．I had never seen so many animals together at a time．Dad said there was nothing we could do for the crops．I wasn't afraid，because locusts don't hurt people．
The swarm landed in our fields，and the locusts ate most of our wheat．We lost a lot of our harvest．Then the locusts flew to other farms in our area and ate some of those crops，too．
I didn't go to school that day，because the swarm of locusts made it hard for drivers to see on the roads and the school bus didn't run．Instead，I helped Mum and Dad on the farm．
The locust plague（灾祸） is over now，and the locusts have all gone．Mum and Dad said we must get the damaged fields ready for the new plants．We are going to be very busy on the farm．Email me again soon．
Your new friend，
Jeff

69．Jeff's family runs aD in Australia．
A．factory
B．restaurant
C．company
D．farm
70．The weather in Jeff s hometown this year is helpfulA
A．for plants to grow
B．to people's health
C．for animals to grow
D．to the local industry
71．The disaster in the e-mail took placeC
A．last year
B．last month
C．last week
D．yesterday
72．Which of the following matches the situation of the disaster？A

73．Jeff wasn't afraid of locusts because they don'tB
A．stay long in an area
B．attack people
C．come out at night
D．eat many crops
74．The best title for this e-mail isC
A．Pen Friends
B．An Australian Family
C．A Locust Plague
D．Animals in Australia．

分析本文通过电子邮件的形式讲述了Ann的异国笔友Jeff那里上周所发生的事情：农作物受到蝗虫的袭击．

解答 69．D 细节理解题：根据第一段My name is Jeff，and my family has a farm in Australia我叫杰夫，我家在澳大利亚有一个农场．故答案是D．此处run表示"经营"．
70．A 细节理解题：根据第二段our plants had been growing well because we've had a lot of rain我们的农作物长得很好，因为我们雨水很多．故答案是A．
71．C 细节理解题：根据第一段Let me tell you what happened here last week让我告诉你这里上周发生的事情；第二段Until last week，our plants had been growing well because we've had a lot of rain．Then the locusts came直到上周，我们的农作物长得很好，因为我们雨水很多．然后蝗虫来了．故答案是C．
72．A 图片匹配题：根据第二段Then the locusts came．They flew towards our farm in a swarm（一大群），which contained millions of locusts and covered an area of several square kilometers然后蝗虫来了．他们一大群地飞到我们农场，其中包含数以百万计的蝗虫，占地面积数平方公里．结合图片，故答案是A．
73．B 细节理解题：根据第三段 I wasn't afraid，because locusts don't hurt people我不怕，因为蝗虫不会伤害人．故答案是B．attack：袭击．
74．C 大意理解题：根据第一段Let me tell you what happened here last week让我告诉你这里上周发生的事情；下文具体介绍了蝗虫袭击农作物的事情，故概括得出答案是C，一场蝗灾．

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