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”.
1. A.displaying B.selling C.advertising D.designing
2. A.Until B.Unless C.After D.If
3. A.beloved B.interested C.moved D.excited
4. A.observing B.feeding C.introducing D.finding
5. A.goat B.milk C.choice D.meat
6. A.putting on B.taking on C.focusing on D.depending on
7. A.describe B.check C.cook D.heat
8. A.regionally B.comfortably C.formally D.positively
9. A.leftover B.makeup C.food D.drink
10. A.passed B.based C.worked D.spread
11. A.with B.of C.as D.into
12. A.avoids B.protests C.requires D.promotes
13. A.tasted B.measured C.grew D.learnt
14. A.car B.wallet C.wall D.plate
15. A.soul B.face C.hand D.dream
16. A.seed B.sweat C.money D.imagination
17. A.welcomed B.persuaded C.demanded D.suggested
18. A.break B.settle C.begin D.deepen
19. A.performance B.difference C.expression D.impression
20. A.famous B.curious C.beautiful D.traditional
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.B
5.B
6.D
7.C
8.A
9.A
10.D
11.D
12.C
13.C
14.D
15.A
16.B
17.A
18.D
19.B
20.C
【解析】
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
考点:故事类短文。
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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She bent and whispered in my ears.
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37.A.sadder B.shorter C.weaker D.slower
38.A.looking B.smiling C.aiming D.glaring
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40.A.street B.sun C.corner D.mirror
41.A.distant B.stubborn C.hopeless D.unfortunate
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43.A.disturb B.seek C.interrupt D.ignore
44.A.wonder B.idea C.sign D.action
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She bent and whispered in my ears.
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37.A.sadder B.shorter C.weaker D.slower
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40.A.street B.sun C.corner D.mirror
41.A.distant B.stubborn C.hopeless D.unfortunate
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43.A.disturb B.seek C.interrupt D.ignore
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第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项
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I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not 31 . I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much 32 than others.
I hated going to school and I hated 33 at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing 34 and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the 35 and seeing an ugly and hunchback(驼背).
My friends found me 36 because I didn’t let other get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life 37 Angela appeared.
That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would
38 me. That’s when I first heard your voice.
“Hi. Can I sit down?”
I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.
“What are you looking at?” you asked.
“Ants.”
“What are they doing?”
“No 39 .”
“I bet they’re playing games and make friends. Don’t you think so?”
That was how our 40 started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset.
Then suddenly, you saw my 41 . She just stared.
My heart 42 . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would 43 me now.
She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know 44__ your back is hunched.”
I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be 45 . I begged in my heart for her to 46 , but you just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”
“No,” I answered 47 .
She bent and whispered in my ears.
“Your back is bunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”
I was 48 . I looked into your eyes and her 49 touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to 50 myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend.
31.A.them B.it C.mo D.her
32.A.sadder B.shorter C.weaker D.slower
33.A.looking B.smiling C.aiming D.glaring
34.A.still B.alone C.straight D.together
35.A.street B.sun C.corner D.mirror
36.A.distant B.stubborn C.hopeless D.unfortunate
37.A.after B.before C.since D.until
38.A.disturb B.seek C.interrupt D.ignore
39.A.wonder B.idea C.sign D.action
40.A.connection B.competition C.conversation D.comprehension
41.A.face B.back C.eyes D.shoulders
42.A.sank B.beat C.broke D.ached
43.A.care for B.rely on C.look down upon D.put up with
44.A.that B.how C.whether D.why
45.A.accused B.arrested C.punished D.sentenced
46.A.relax B.leave C.stop D.pause
47.A.shyly B.weakly C.proudly D.firmly
48.A.astonished B.ashamed C.annoyed D.amused
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