Question

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

Farmers and gardeners have long used greenhouses to extend the growing season in cold weather. Now, hoop houses are gaining popularity. Some hoop houses are rounded; others are shaped more like a traditional house.

A hoop house is basically a metal frame covered with plastic or other all-weather material. A common design looks like a high tunnel. Unlike a greenhouse, which uses a heating system, a hoop house is heated by the warmth of the sun.

Now, the United States Department of Agriculture has announced a program to help farmers who want to build hoop houses. The department has been supporting a project in Michigan. That state has a short growing season. As part of the research project, nine farmers were given materials and trained how to build and use a hoop house. The results showed that well-managed hoop houses can grow high-quality crops.

However, crops are not the only things that grow well. The research found that weeds grow faster in a hoop house. Weeding (除草), seeding and watering requires at least as much work as crops grown in the open air. The researchers also advise growers to add compost（堆肥） material to the soil in hoop houses to build nutrients.

Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and a writer in Maine who has helped popularize the idea of four-season farming. His ideas about hoop houses sounded good to John Biernbaum in the Horticulture（园艺）Department at Michigan State University.

Professor Biernbaum tried hoop houses on the Student Organic Farm at Michigan State and had success. Project director David Conner says it was a "test drive（试车）" for the research on private farms. The agricultural economist points to the demand for locally grown crops. "People are hungry for good, fresh vegetables," he says.

Topic	Hoop houses
Design	56._________	·Like a high tunnel ·Some round ; others like a 57.        house.
Material	·Metal frame. ·Plastic or other all-weather material.
58.	The warmth of the sun.
Research project in Michigan	The program	·It is 59._________by the US Department of Agriculture. ·Michigan was chosen due to its short 60._________season. ·Nine farmers were given materials and trained how to build and use a hoop house. ·It is greatly 61._________by the ideas from Eliot Coleman.
62.	·High-quality crops can grow in well-managed hoop houses. ·Weeds also grow faster in hoop houses.
63.	·Weeding, seeding and watering needs as much work as naturally grown crops. ·64.         should be added to the soil.
Significance	Demand for locally grown crops 65._________further research on private farms.

56            57            58          59          60         

61            62            63          64          65         

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 Shape

 traditional

 Heating

 supported/helped

 growing

 inspired/popularized

 Results

 Advice/Suggestions/Tips

 Compost

 .requires/needs/encourages

【解析】

试题分析：

 Shape    推理题。根据第二段第二行looks like说明指hoop house的形状。

 traditional      原词再现。根据第一段第二行traditional。

 Heating        词形转换。根据第二段最后a hoop house is heated by the warmth of the sun.

 supported/helped 词形转换。根据第三段第二行The department has been supporting…

 growing         原词再现。根据第三段第三行a short growing season.。

 inspired/popularized 同义词转换。根据第五段第一行Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and…

 Results   原词再现。根据第三段倒数第二行，说明这些都是hoop house的结果。

 Advice/Suggestions/Tips 总结归纳题。是人们给出的搞hoop house的建议。

 Compost     原词再现。根据第四段第三行add compost（堆肥） material

 requires/needs/encourages 推理题。根据最后一段s it was a "test drive（试车）" for the research on private farms. the demand for locally grown crops. "People are hungry for good, fresh vegetables," he says.说明要进一步的研究

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点评：本题型是江苏省08年刚刚开始考的题型，要求考生对文章的篇章结构有很好的理解。注意同义词，反义词的转换。注意词性和词性的转换，考点以原词再现，词性转换，词性转换为主。