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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.displayingB.sellingC.advertisingD.designing
小题2:
A.UntilB.UnlessC.AfterD.If
小题3:
A.belovedB.interestedC.movedD.excited
小题4:
A.observing B.feedingC.introducingD.finding
小题5:
A.goat B.milkC.choice D.meat
小题6:
A.putting onB.taking onC.focusing onD.depending on
小题7:
A.describeB.checkC.cookD.heat
小题8:
A.regionallyB.comfortablyC.formallyD.positively
小题9:
A.leftoverB.makeupC.food D.drink
小题10:
A.passedB.basedC.workedD.spread
小题11:
A.withB.ofC.asD.into
小题12:
A.avoidsB.protestsC.requiresD.promotes
小题13:
A.tastedB.measured C.grewD.learnt
小题14:
A.carB.walletC.wallD.plate
小题15:
A.soulB.faceC.hand D.dream
小题16:
A.seedB.sweatC.moneyD.imagination
小题17:
A.welcomedB.persuadedC.demanded D.suggested
小题18:
A.breakB.settleC.beginD.deepen
小题19:
A.performance B.difference C.expressionD.impression
小题20:
A.famous B.curiousC.beautifulD.traditional

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

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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After more than a year of hard work and with a little good luck, Li fulfilled(实现) her dream. On October 11, 2004, the 16-year-old girl joined a team of Chinese Journalists who went to the Kremlin(克里姆林宫), Moscow, to interview Putin.
Li felt nervous before talking with Putin.“But his greeting and warm smile put me at ease,” she said.
Li admires Putin very much, because of his strong will and style of leadership. “He looks very cool,” Li said. During her interview, Li asked Putin whether he plans to educate his two teenage daughters to be officials in the future. Putin smiled and answered he hopes they can do whatever job suits their interests and personalities.
Although Li would only have several minutes, she started working on her interview questions last August after applying for the opportunity. “Journalists” work is by no means easy. You need to do lots of homework on your interviewee,”she said. She read many books about Putin and Russia in her spare time.
Li’s parents encouraged her to be a student journalist. “We fully support her, as long as it does not affect studies,”said her father. Previous in her job for a student magazine, Chinese Young Journalists, she wrote a letter to President Hu Jintao during the SARS epidemic(流行疫情).
Li has learnt a lot from her experience. She said learning to manage her time and develop the confidence to speak with important people were not things she could learn in class.
小题1:The underlined word “interviewee” in the fifth paragraph probably means __________.
A.the person who interviews others
B.the person who is interviewed
C.the person who know how to interview
D.the person who plan to interview famous people
小题2:Which of the following best describes Li Jing’s parents’ attitude towards her being a student journalist?
A.They think to a student journalist is purely a waste of time.
B.They worry that to be a student journalist will affect her studies
C.They consider it is quite good for Li Jing if it doesn’t affect her studies.
D.They neither support it nor object to it.
小题3:Li Jing is different from those students of her age because __________.
A.she doesn’t like pop star Jay Chou
B.she hates meting with the NBA hero Yao Ming
C.she wants to meet neither Jay Chou nor Yao Ming
D.She dreams of meeting the president powerful Russian leader
小题4:Which of the following statements is Not True?
A.Li realized her dream not just because of her hard work
B.Li was at easy at the first sight of president Putin
C.Li considers Putin a great leader because of his strong will and style of leadership
D.Li thinks impossible to learn in class the confidence to speak with great people
小题5:It can be inferred from the passage that________
A.Everybody can be a journalist easily.
B.Putin will force his daughters to what he plans for them.
C.President Hu Jintao answered Lijing’s letter.
D.Journalists must get permission to ask questions.

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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:阅读理解

Zoe, Damacela, 19, didn't have nice clothes when she was young. It wasn't easy for Zoe’s hard-working single mother to make ends meet. They moved in and out of homeless shelters.
Everything changed for Zoe in grade nine. At that time, she heard about a sewing(缝纫) class at her school. She signed up and couldn't wait to turn her designs into clothes. The color of the first dress she made was white-black strips. Soon the clothes she wore were all made by her. Other girls at school loved her designs too. They asked her if they could buy dresses from her. Zoe sold her first dress for $13. Unfortunately, it cost her $25 to make the dress. “I had the creativity in designs," says Zoe. “But I really had no idea about business.”
Zoe kept selling the clothes she designed. Her business was booming, and even the girls who had ever teased her became her customers. In the eleventh grade, Zoe took a business class. She learned how to price her clothes so that she could be sure to make a fair profit.
Her business teacher suggested she take part in a contest for teenaged entrepreneurs (企业家). The contest was for teens from all over the United States. Zoe sent in her business plan, which explained how she planned to make her company grow. She won the second prize in the end. Zoe ’s success became a news item. Supermodel Tyra Banks heard about it and she invited Zoe to take part in her TV show. “Being recognized I felt really unreal,”says Zoe. Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone else can.”
小题1:We can learn that ______when she was in grade nine.
A.Zoe had no interest in designing clothes
B.Zoe seldom wore her self-made clothes
C.Zoe didn' t know how to make money
D.Zoe attended a business course
小题2:After winning the contest, Zoe ______
A.considered it a reward
B.expected to be known
C.was proud of her own gift
D.could hardly believe it
小题3:Zoe advised the teens  ______  .
A.to make efforts to achieve their dreams
B.to design and make their own clothes
C.to try every means to become famous
D.to do whatever they would like to
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A.How Zoe learned to design clothes.
B.A poor girl achieved success in business.
C.How Zoe got a prize in a contest.
D.A poor girl was invited to a TV show.

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