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    Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic(流行病) sweeping across Americas farmland. It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel prices and crop-eating insects. The country’s farmers are getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. National agricultural census(普查) figures show that the fastest-growing group of fanners is the part over 65. Merrigan is afraid the average age will be even higher when the 2012 statistics are completed.
    Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture. Aside from trying to stop the graying of .America’s farmers, her work is made tougher by a recent blog posting that put agriculture at No.1 on a list of “useless” college degrees. Top federal(联邦的) agriculture officials are talking about the posting, and it has the attention of agricultural organizations across the country.
    “There couldn’t be anything that’s more incorrect.” Merrigan said. “We know that there aren’t enough qualified graduates to fill the jobs that are out there in American agriculture.”
    “In addition, a growing world population that some experts predict will require 70% more food production by 2050,” she said.
    “I truly believe we're at a golden age of agriculture. Global demand is at an all-time record high, and global supplies are at all-time record lows,” said Matt Rush, director of the Texas Farm Bureau. “Production costs are going to be valuable enough that younger people are going to have the opportunity to be involved in agriculture.”
    The Department of Agriculture has programs aimed at developing more farmers and at increasing interest in locally grown food. The National Young Farmers’ Coalition has also been pushing for state and federal policy changes to make it easier for new farmers.
    Ryan Best, president of Future Farmers of America, has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the country and visiting with high school students about careers in agriculture. The 21 -year-old Best hopes his message-that this is a new time in agriculture-will motivate the next generation to turn around the statistics. “Never before have we had the innovations(创新) in technology which have led to agriculture in this country being the most efficient it has ever been,” he said. “There’s really a place for everybody to fit in.”

    1. 1.

      What is the new challenge to American agriculture?

      1. A.
        Fewer and older farmers
      2. B.
        Higher fuel prices
      3. C.
        More natural disasters
      4. D.
        Lower agricultural output
    2. 2.

      Why is Merrigan visiting universities across the country?

      1. A.
        To draw federal agriculture officials’ attention
      2. B.
        To select qualified agriculture graduates
      3. C.
        To clarify a recent blog posting
      4. D.
        To talk more students into farming careers
    3. 3.

      According to Matt Rush, American agriculture will provide opportunities for younger people because              

      1. A.
        the government will cover production costs
      2. B.
        global food supplies will be even lower
      3. C.
        investment in agriculture will be profitable
      4. D.
        America will increase its food export
    4. 4.

      What do the underlined words “to turn around the statistics” in the last paragraph mean?

      1. A.
        To re-analyze the result of the national census
      2. B.
        To increase agricultural production
      3. C.
        To bring down the average age of farmers
      4. D.
        To invest more in agriculture
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    试题分析：美国的农业遭遇到了危机。最大的问题是从业人员不多，而且年龄越来越大。农业专家预测将来从事与农业有关的职业会收益颇丰的。所以年轻人应该把农业作为一项事业来做。
    1.细节理解题。由“ The country’s farmers are getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. ”可知农业面临的最大问题是更少并逐渐年迈的农民。故选A。
    2.细节理解题。由第二段第一句，“Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture.可知，Merrigan想说服更多的学生考虑从事农业方面的工作。故选D。
    3.推理判断题。麦特?拉什说：农业生产成本使生产有足够的利益，年轻人有机会从事农业工作。与C项的意思（投资农业会有钱可赚的。）一致。故选C。
    4.词意猜测题。根据本句和下面的意思：21岁的贝斯特希望“现在是农业的新时代”这一信息能够激励下一代改变以上的数据。“以前从未有过的技术创新使这个国家的农业达到空前的高效，这里给每个人都提供了发展空间。”贝斯特说道。判断，与C的意思：（年轻人从事农业方面的工作会使农场主老龄化的情况得以扭转。）一致。故选C。
    考点：社会现象类阅读。
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    1. 1.

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      1. A.
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      1. A.
        it makes the current political situation go smoothly
      2. B.
        it helps us realize the importance of historical events
      3. C.
        it helps us understand why things are the way they are
      4. D.
        it helps people accept the present situation where they live
    3. 3.

      What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

      1. A.
        How to teach history effectively.
      2. B.
        Some negative reasons for studying history.
      3. C.
        How to get more people to study history.
      4. D.
        Some bad historical figures.
    4. 4.

      The main purpose of this passage is to ____________.

      1. A.
        inspire the parents to teach their children history
      2. B.
        show the importance of history in politics
      3. C.
        explain the reasons why children study history
      4. D.
        introduce the writer’s own way of teaching history

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    The Man of Many Secrets
    Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century.He was a man famous for his escapes—from prison cells，from wooden boxes floating in rivers，from locked tanks full of water.He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America.Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic”tricks.
    0f course，his secret was not magic，or supernatural powers.It was simply strength.He had ability to move his toes as well as to move his fingers.He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
    Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17，in 1891.He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a New York club.They called themselves the Houdini brothers.When Harry married in 1894，he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant，but for a long time they were not successful.Then Harty performed his first prison escape，in Chicago in 1898.Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison，and he invited the local newspaperman to watch.It was the publicity(名声)that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success.
    Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs(手铐)and toes trained to escape from ankle chains，but his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors.Every time he went into the prison cell，Bess gave him a kiss for good luck—and a small skeleton key，which is a key that fits many locks passed quickly from her mouth to his.
    Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame.He arranged to escape from the local jail of every town he visited.In the afternoon the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers.and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full.What was the result? Worldwide fame，and a name remembered today.

    1. 1.

      According to the passage，Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on   .

      1. A.
        his magic tricks and inhuman powers
      2. B.
        his special tricks and a skeleton key
      3. C.
        his unusual ability and skeleton key
      4. D.
        his inhuman talents and magic tricks
    2. 2.

      According to the passage，how did Houdini get the key which helped him unlock prison door?

      1. A.
        He took the key from his wife’s mouth.
      2. B.
        His wife passed it to his hand while kissing him.
      3. C.
        His wife gave it to him by a magic trick.
      4. D.
        He got it in his mouth through a kiss by his wife.
    3. 3.

      It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini became famous   .

      1. A.
        when he was about 24
      2. B.
        when he was about 17
      3. C.
        after the year 1894
      4. D.
        before the year 1898

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    科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    After a 15-year ban on the sale of fireworks in Beijing, Kang Guoliang, 51, was able to start his old trade again yesterday.
    As a salesman in Xinhui store in Dongcheng District, he is happy about the increasing number of buying fireworks wrapped in red paper — a color standing for happiness and good luck.
    “Fireworks are available for the first time in town for more than a decade,” Kang said happily.“People will buy them.”
    The store has 300 boxes of fireworks piled up and is open 24 hours at the moment.Residents are buying the fireworks and firecrackers for the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on February 18.
    Citywide, 2,116 registered stores and retailers, 585 in the centre and 1,600 on the outskirts are trading fireworks in the Chinese capital.Sales of fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road started yesterday and will last until March 4, Xinhua reported.Among the stores, 117 stores are permitted to operate 24 hours.About 600,000 boxes of firecrackers worth more than 100 million yuan have been carried to registered stores.
    The Chinese capital began a ban in 1993 to reduce fireworks-related deaths and fires during the holiday season.Last September the ban was removed in response to residents’ fondness for fireworks when celebrating Spring Festival.
    According to new rules, Beijing residents are allowed to set off fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road all day on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Lunar New Year’s day, from 7 a.m.to midnight every day from February 19 to March 4.
    “Spring Festival without fireworks is not Spring Festival,” said Sheng Hefei, who was buying fireworks in the store.“It was fun to light the firecrackers when I was little,” he said.“The sound and view of fireworks make a real holiday.” However, not all residents welcome the return of firecrackers because of injuries, pollution and noise.“My child is scared of the sudden sound of firecrackers, and it is annoying to hear it all night long,” complained Lu Jun, a local resident.
    （China Daily02/11/2008）

    1. 1.

      The passage is likely to belong to a（n）__________?

      1. A.
        description
      2. B.
        argument
      3. C.
        advertisement
      4. D.
        news report
    2. 2.

      What’s the main idea of the passage?

      1. A.
        Beijing fireworks sales start after a 15-year ban.
      2. B.
        People go to buy fireworks and firecrackers every where in Beijing.
      3. C.
        Beijing residents all welcome the return of firecrackers.
      4. D.
        Many stores began to sell fireworks and firecrackers.
    3. 3.

      We can learn from the passage that ____________.

      1. A.
        every Spring Festival falls on February 18
      2. B.
        Beijing residents can set off fireworks everywhere .
      3. C.
        fireworks are allowed to be sold because people like them.
      4. D.
        from February 19 to March 4, Beijing residents can set off fireworks twenty four hours every day.
    4. 4.

      What is the writer’s attitude towards the sales of fireworks in Beijing?

      1. A.
        Negative
      2. B.
        Not mentioned
      3. C.
        Positive
      4. D.
        Satisfactory

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