Question

【題目】 City farms are gaining popularity in cities and towns around the United States.

Eco City Farms in Edmonston,Maryland,is located near shopping centers,car repair shops and homes.The neighborhood is a working-class community.People do not have very much money,and they have limited access to fresh food in markets.

Over the past two years,the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark.She schools her four children at home.On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson.Alston Clark thinks his experience very valuable.”I like coming out here.” he says,”You know,you connect with the earth,where your food comes from.You appreciate the food a little bit more.”

Margaret Morgan-Hubbard started Eco City Farms.She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives.”Growing food in a community and showing that you can have farms even in the city is helpful to strengthen the relationship in that community and brings people together, “she says. “Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have a sustainable community. “From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees,but improving the soil with compost(堆肥)made from food waste.Sixteen wooden bins are filled with worms.Their job is to eat the food waste and help make it into compost.

Eco City Farms is an experimental operation.The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks but from the sun with solar panels.In winter,the greenhouses are heated using a geothermal(地?zé)岬?/span>)system.

Vegetables can be grown all year.So once a week,all winter long,neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bicycle to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.

“I like eating the vegetables,”says five-year-old Owen Moss.

【1】Eco City Farms in Edmonston is close to the following places EXCEPT

A.shopping centers

B.car repair shops

C.a working-class community

D.fast-food restaurants

【2】Eco City Farms has the following functions EXCEPT that

A.it demonstrates how to use green power in city life

B.it helps people learn to appreciate the food they have

C.it teaches people how to have a sustainable community

D.it improves the relationships between people in a community

【3】What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A.City farms save a lot of energy.

B.City farms are gaining popularity.

C.City farms are influencing community life.

D.City farms help the working-class people live a better life.

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards city farms?

A.Positive.

B.Doubtful.

C.Amazed.

D.Negative.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

這一篇說明文。這篇文章介紹的是生態(tài)城市農(nóng)場(chǎng)在美國(guó)的城市鄉(xiāng)村越來越受歡迎，它如何運(yùn)作，給環(huán)境帶來的好處。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段Eco City Farms in Edmonston, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes可知， Edmonston, Maryland位于購(gòu)物中心、汽車修理店和住宅區(qū)附近，鄰居是勞動(dòng)階級(jí)團(tuán)體。由此判斷A、B、C都是對(duì)的，故選D項(xiàng)。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第3段You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more”可知，功能一: 它幫助人們學(xué)會(huì)欣賞他們所擁有的食物；根據(jù)第4段Growing food in a community and showing that you can have farms even in the city is helpful to strengthen the relationship in that community and brings people together可知，功能二：改善社區(qū)人們之間的關(guān)系；根據(jù)第4段Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have a sustainable community可知，功能三：教會(huì)人們?nèi)绾谓�立一個(gè)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的社區(qū)。綜合上下文分析，A項(xiàng)未提及。故選A項(xiàng)。

【3】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第1段City farms are gaining popularity in cities and towns around the United States可知，生態(tài)城市農(nóng)場(chǎng)在美國(guó)的城市鄉(xiāng)村越來越受歡迎。再根據(jù)文章第3段Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark可知，這個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)吸引了很多來自社區(qū)的志愿者，他們到農(nóng)場(chǎng)來體驗(yàn)生活接近自然。而文章最后一段講到，5歲的Owen Moss很喜歡農(nóng)場(chǎng)里的蔬菜。綜合分析可知，本文主要講述了城市農(nóng)場(chǎng)正在影響社區(qū)生活。故選B項(xiàng)。

【4】推理判斷題。A. positive 積極地；B. doubtful 懷疑的；C. amazed 驚訝的；D. negative 消極的。從字里行間，特別第4段Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have a sustainable community：我們?cè)谶@里做的每一件事是向人們展示關(guān)于如何擁有一個(gè)生態(tài)美好的社區(qū)的范例；最后一段I like eating the vegetables：我喜歡這這里的蔬菜�？芍�作者對(duì)生態(tài)城市農(nóng)場(chǎng)是積極的。故選A項(xiàng)。