19．The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties________.,

　A. the lack of official support

　B. its high cost

　C. the lack of financial support

　D. its failure to help increase production

18．Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by________.

　A. resorting to spot - spraying

　B. consulting infrared scanning experts

　C. transforming poisoned rain

　D. detecting crop problems at an early stage

17．In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to________.

　A. estimate the damage to the crops

　B. measure the size of the affected area

　C. draw a color -coded map

　D. locate the problem area

16．Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are________.

　A. sprayed with pesticides

　B. facing an infrared scanner

　C. in poor physical condition

　D. exposed to excessive sun rays

15．If you take the evening programmed at the International House, you will pay about________.

　A. 60 yuan　　B. 240 yuan　　C. 720 yuan　　 D. 960 yuan

E

　Even plant can run a fever, especially when they’re under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3, 000 feet away - straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared (红外线)scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide (杀虫剂)spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don’t have pest (害虫)problems.

　Even better, Paley’s Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3, 000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color - coded map showing where plants were running“ fevers”. Farmers could then spot - spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.

　The bad news is that Paley’s company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long - term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, ” says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson , who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only ff Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.

14．You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it________.

　A. offers free sightseeing and social activities

　B. has a special course in spoken English

　C. costs less than the other schools

　D. has native English teachers

13．The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that________.

　A. its teaching quality is better

　B. it is nearest to the city center

　C. its courses are more advanced

　D. it requires an entrance examination

12．You work from 9︰00 a. m. to 4︰30 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?

　A. Global English Center and Modem Language School.

　B. Global English Center and the International House.

　C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.

　D. The 21st Century and the International House.

11．In this passage, the writer mainly________.

　A. describes two types of people

　B. laughs at the unhappy people

　C. suggests ways to help them unhappy

　D. tells people how to be happy in life

D

　Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.

　Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.

10．If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit , the author suggests that people should ________.

　A. prevent any communication with them

　B. show no respect and politeness to them

　C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects

　D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes