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【题目】Eco City Farms(生态城市农场) are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.

Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community(社区). 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. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is 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 started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. “Growing food in a community brings people together,”she continues,“Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration(示范) to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.”she says. 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(肥料)made from food waste.

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 green house use a geothermal(地热)system.

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

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

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

A. Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.

B. Eco City Farms are gaining popularity.

C. Eco City Farms are influencing community life.

D. Eco City Farms helps the working-class live better.

【2】 According to the passage, Eco City Farms are close to the following places EXCEPT______.

A. shopping centers B. car repair shops

C. fast-food restaurants D. working-class community

【3】What is the author’s attitude toward Eco City Farms?

A. Enthusiastic(热心的). B. Disappointed.

C. Surprised. D. Doubtful.

【4】 In which column(专栏) of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?

A. People. B. Travel. C. Environment. D. Education.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文是一篇说明文，讲的是生态城市农场变得流行起来，因为生态城市农场循环利用资源，减少污染，生产的蔬菜绿色无公害，收到广大人们的欢迎，作者也是持支持的态度。

【1】B 推理判断题。根据文章第一句话“Eco City Farms(生态城市农场) are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.”可以推断出生态城市农场正变得流行。故选B。

【2】C推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes.”可以推断出C选项不包含。故选C。

【3】A 推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句话“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(肥料)made from food waste.”和五、六两段可以推断出作者对生态城市农村持支持的态度，并希望它发展壮大，所以作者的态度是热心的。故选A。

【4】C推理判断题。文章主要讲的是生态城市农场，跟环境有关。所以这篇文章可能会在环境这个专栏里面看到。故选C.