Question

 Agriculture has a long history in China. Much of the wisdom 1        by early Chinese scien?tists is still useful for fanners and gardeners today. One of China's early 2        scientists was Jia Sixie,who lived in the sixth century AD. He spent his time doing 3        into agriculture. He collected information,studied it,did experiments and learnt from the 4        of farmers.

Around 540 A D. he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. The book is about both farming and 5        It includes advice on the following6 ：growing green vegetables and fruit trees,keeping animals,and fish in lakes. There are also 7        for making wine. Jia Sixie's book is a(n) 8       guide for farming. Firstly,as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year. If you sow seeds and 9        young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year,your work will be less and 10        will be better. But if you 11        nature,and do things at the wrong time of the year,you will have to do more work and the results will not be so good. The 12       of the soil is also very important. Examine the soil on your farm 13        If the condi?tion of your soil is not good,you should improve it. Before sowing or planting crops,you must clean rough ground and 14        weeds. Let sheep or cows walk on the land to 15        the weeds or eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers 16        the crops in their fields. For ex?ample,do not plant rice 17        in the same field. But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year,you will 18        good crops. Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with 19        between the plants,but Jia did experiments and 20        that planting wheat close together is better.

(   ) 1. A. discovered   B. recovered   C. reported   D. repeated

(   ) 2. A. industrial   B. agricultural   C. cultural   D. article

(   ) 3. A. search   B. research   C. experiment   D. movement

(   ) 4. A. adventures   B. advantages   C. tradition   D. experience

(   ) 5. A. nursing   B. gardening   C. produce   D. trade

(   ) 6. A. programs   B. topics   C. subjects   D. events

(   ) 7. A. instructions   B. constructions   C. measures   D. treasures

(   ) 8. A. economical   B. practical   C. similar   D. regular

(   ) 9. A. drop   B. increase   C. grow   D. throw

(   ) 10. A. dreams   B. ending   C. hope   D. results

(   ) 11. A. argue against   B. go against   C. compete with   D. deal with

(   ) 12. A. application   B. situation   C. condition   D. addition

(   ) 13. A. successfully   B. carefully   C. gradually   D. frequently

(   ) 14. A. remove   B. pull   C. kill   D. reduce

(   ) 15. A. destroy   B. prevent   C. divide   D. limit

(   ) 16. A. keep   B. improve   C. manage   D. change

(   ) 17. A. one after another   B. here and there

     C. now and then   D. year after year

(   ) 18. A. win   B. collect   C. harvest   D. plant

(   ) 19. A. holes   B. lines   C. space   D. balance

(   ) 20. A. showed   B. meant   C. intended   D. decided

Answer 1

1-5 ABBDB    6-10 CABCD 

11-15 BCBAA   16-20 DDCCA

本文是议论和说明的结合。主要介绍了我国古代科学家贾思勰对我国古代农业的研究和贡献。他的耕种方法对我国古代农业起了重要的指导作用。

1. A 此处只有discovered才會g与wisdom搭配。

2. B贾思勰是我国古代的农业科学家。故选agricultural。

3. B此处"doing research into agriculture”表示"做农业研究"，不用experiment ,因为后文已提到了did experiments。

4. D此处"learn from the experience of farm?ers"表示" 学习农民的耕作经验"。

5. B由本文第二段第二、三句推断可知，选gardening。

6. C本句的下文介绍一些具体的课题，如种菜、养动物等。因此选subject"科目，课题"。

topic"话题";program"项目，节目"；event"事件"。

7. A此处表示造酒的"指导,说明"，选instruc?tions ,其他选项与句意不符。

8. B "practical guide"意为"切实可行的指导"。

economical意为"经济的，节省的"；reg?ular意为" 有规律的"，与句意不符。

9. C此处"grow young plants"意为"种植幼苗"，其他选项没有"种植"之意。

10. D本空应选results ,与前文的work相对，表示"工作投人少，而结果更好"，下文也有类似的句子。

11. B go against nature意为"违背自然"，其他选项均不符合句意。

12. C本题the condition of the soil表示"土壤的状况，条件"。而situation表示"形势"，与soil不搭配，其他选项与句意不符。

13. B前句指出土壤状况十分重要，本句说明要细心、仔细检查土壤，因此选carefiilly。

14. A本句告诉读者，种庄稼之前需要平整土地和除草，remove weeds意为"清除杂草"。

15. A本题选de_Stroy。让牛羊在地里走就是为了除掉杂草。

16. D从下句中"do not plant rice in the same field"可知庄稼要换着种，因此选change。

17. D year after year"年复一年"。题意为"不在同一块地里年复一年地种同一种庄稼"。

18. C本句意为"如果每年换种不同的庄稼就会有好收成"。harvest good crops意为"收成好"。

19. C本句意思是"种植小麦时，株与株之间要留有空间"，而非留有"线"、"洞"或"平衡"。因此选space。

20. A本句的开头是"but Jia did experiments"，因此后半句是实验结果"证明，表明"。因此选showed。