Question

The website FarmersOnly.com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.

As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.

So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You don’t have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly.com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of America’s Heartland.” 

You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.

Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than 1,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.

1.Jerry Miller started singlesinag.org in order to     .

A．help farmers	B．support traditions
C．understand farmers	D．represent farmers

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate?

A．She dislikes city lifestyle.

B．She prefers late night coffee.

C．Country life isn’t well understood.

D．It’s tiring to get up early.

3.Which of the following is true of singlesinag.org?

A．Its services are free.

B．It provides dating services.

C．Only farmers can become its members.

D．Farmers in France can’t benefit from it.

4.The author of the text intends to     .

A．advertise for the two websites

B．introduce two websites

C．encourage social activities

D．urge readers to help farmers

5.It can be inferred from the text that     .

A．all farmers desire marriage

B．farmers are easy to meet new people

C．more farmers get divorced in the USA

D．the Internet helps improve farmers’ social life

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.A 推理题。根据第一段He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.说明他是想帮助那些农民有机会遇见一些别的人。故A正确。

2.C 推理题。根据本句But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.别人在她第二天五点多久要开始工作的时候还要在前一天的晚上邀请她去喝咖啡。说明别人对于她的生活并不了解。故C正确。

3.A 细节题。根据最后一段1,2行Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986.可知这是一个非盈利的组织，故是免费的。A正确。

4.B 主旨大意题。文章1,2,3段介绍了FarmersOnly.com这个网站，第四段介绍了singlesinag.org本文实际上是介绍了两个网站。故B正确。

5.D 推理题。根据倒数第二段最后一句Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.说明这个网站帮助了很多农民找到了另一半。故D

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点评：本文实际上是介绍了FarmersOnly.com和singlesinag.org两个网站，介绍了这两个网站对农民的帮助。以推理题的考查为主，要求考生能根据上下文的语义串联来理解全文，并作出合理的判读和推理。