题目内容
【题目】Speech is the fastest method of __________(交流,沟通)between people.
【答案】见解析
【解析】communication
【题目】—Is that the small town you often refer to?
—Right, just the one _________ you know I used to work for years.
A. that B. which
C. where D. What
【题目】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, Foley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eyes. 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-terra 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 if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.
【1】 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
【2】 In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infra-red 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
【3】 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
【4】 The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties. For example,__________.
A. the lack of official support
B. its high cost
C. the lack of financial support
D. its failure to help increase production
【5】 Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of __________.
A. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
B. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops
C. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
D. full support from agricultural experts
【题目】 For all these years I have been working for others. I'm hoping I'll __________ my own business some day.
A. turn up B. fix up C. set up D. make up
【题目】There is a great deal of evidence __________ that music activities are related to different parts of the brain.
A. indicate B. indicating
C. to indicate D. to be indicating
【题目】At the time friends visit us in the evening, they often tell us they are in a hurry and look at their watches. It isn't that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven't got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”,they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don't spend our evenings looking at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is quite useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I'm always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.
Sometimes there are power(电源) cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us and we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost-no television!—So they don't know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full for they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
【1】 The couple have not got a television, because ________.
A. they are not rich enough
B. they are strange people
C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways
D. they don't know what to do when there are power cuts
【2】 Both of them are interested in __________.
A. earning languages
B. travelling
C. staying home alone
D. watching people play games
【3】 At night when there is no electricity, the couple ________.
A. have to look at the walls
B. can do nothing but sit in silence
C. will have many visitors
D. have to go out for candles
【4】 The writer tries to tell us that ________.
A. life is possible without a television
B. life is enjoyable with many friends
C. electricity is important
D. television is useful
【5】 The best title for this passage is ________.
A. Why Do We Need a Television?
B. Candle! But No Electricity!
C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.
D. We Go Without Televisions !
【题目】 — I’m sorry to tell you that you made a mistake in your test.
— How can that be? I did it _______ in class.
A. as told B. as am told
C. as telling D. as I told
【题目】 By pretending to be ill, the candidate tried to run away from _______ issues, which always aroused too much debate.
A. confidential B. controversial
C. contemporary D. contradictory
【题目】I am willing to do whatever my country requires __________ me.
A. on
B. for
C. of
D. to