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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         

 

Fun is, in fact, a word heard far more frequently in families today than in the past, when "duty'' and "responsibility" were often the words used.

Parents today are more youthful in appearance and attitudes. Their clothes and hair-styles are more casual, helping to bridge the divide. Those who are athletically inclined also enjoy Rollerblading, snowboarding, and rock-climbing with their children.

For the past three years, Kathy and Phil Dalby have spent at least one evening a week at a climbing gym with their three children. "It's great to be able to work together," Mrs Dalby says. "We discuss various climbs and where the hard parts are. Sometimes that leads to other Conversations. We're definitely closer."

A popular movement of parent effectiveness training in the 1970s has helped to reshape generational roles. The philosophy encourages children to describe their feelings about various situations. As a result, says Robert Billingham, a family-studies professor at Indiana University, "Parents and children began talking to each other in ways they had not before."

On the plus side, he adds, these conversations made parents realize that children may have important thoughts or feelings that adults need to be aware of.

But Professor Billingham also sees a downside: Many parents started making decisions based on what their child wanted. "The power shifted to children. Parents said, 'I have to focus on making my child happy', as opposed to 'I have to act as a parent most appropriately'."

Other changes are occurring as the ranks of working mothers grow.  Time-short parents encourage children's independence, making them more responsible for themselves. "They'll say, 'We trust you to make the right decisions' (whether they're ready to assume the responsibility or not) ,"says Billingham.

The self-esteem movement of the past quarter-century has also affected the family dynamics (原动力). Some parents worry that if they tell their child no, it will hurt the child's self-esteem.

1.What's the trend in parent-child relationship mentioned in the passage?

A.Parents are chasing after fashion and ignoring the feelings of their children.

B.More parents and children are sharing the same enthusiasm for a certain sport.

C.Parents are taking more responsibility and setting more limits for their children.

D.The generation gap is narrowing and parents are respecting their children's thoughts more.

2.Which of the following has NOT contributed to the change in the parent-child relationship?

A.Younger parents.

B.Parent effectiveness training.

C.More working mothers.

D.The self-esteem movement.

3. What's Billingham's attitude towards parents who make children more responsible for themselves?

A.He supports them.

B.He admires them.

C.He disagrees with them.

D.He thinks they're unreasonable.

4.What will probably be discussed following the last paragraph?

A.The effect of more working mothers on children' s education.

B.The benefits of the new relationship between parents and children.

C.The importance of self-esteem and ways to develop children's self-esteem.

D.The risks of setting no rules and some suggestions on how to have a balanced attitude.

5.What's the best title for the text?

A.Parents and Children as Friends.

B.Parents and Professors as Debaters.

C.Growing Mutual Understanding.

D.Disappearing Responsibility.

 

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend. But some women show great interest in colorful beads(珠子)from Uganda made of recycled paper. The beads are sold by a nonprofit organization called BeadforLife.

BeadforLife began as a chance meeting between three American women on a trip to Uganda and a local jewelry maker. Millie Grace Akena was rolling paper beads near her home. She made paper beads as a hobby. But there was no real market in her country.

Torkin Wakefield says she and her daughters Devin and Ginny brought some of the beads back home. Immediately people started admiring the beads. The three Americans started BeadforLife in 2004. Nearly 700 women have taken part.

The group says its beaders earn an average of more than 2,000 dollars a year in the program. This is five times what they earned before. The beads are sold across Uganda and in Boulder, Colorado. They are also sold online and at jewelry shows called bead parties. “Because they have meaning, because these are gifts that help people, when folks in America and beyond buy our beads, they feel a sense of generosity. They feel a direct connection, like they can really take part in getting rid of poverty.” Torkin said.

The jewelry costs between five and thirty dollars. BeadforLife reported sales in its last budget year of more that 3.5 million dollars. It says for every ten-dollar necklace sold, the beader gets two dollars and forty-three cents in money or materials. It says more than 90% of earnings are reinvested in community development projects in Uganda. Torkin Wakefield estimates that BeadforLife has helped more than 8,000 people this way.

So what about Millie Grace Akena, the jewelry maker? Mrs Wakefield says she has gone on to organize a small group of women who work with her, and they sell their beads to a religious group.

1.According to the passage, BeadforLife is an organization that ______.

A. provides poor people worldwide with free education

B. mainly encourages people to learn to earn a living on their own

C. has attracted many businessmen to invest in beading

D. supports community development projects in Uganda

2.When Torkin Wakefield brought the beads to America, ______.

A. she didn’t know people would like them

B. she wanted to make a fortune out of them

C. people showed great interest in them at once

D. she was thinking of how to find investors

3.According to Paragraph 4, the beads are popular because ______.

A. people think buying them is a good way to help the poor

B. they are of good quality and can be kept for a long time

C. they symbolize the most important thing in people’s life

D. they look even more beautiful than diamonds

4.Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A. Mrs Wakefield makes a great contribution to developing countries.

B. BeadforLife makes beads out of recycled paper.

C. BeadforLife uses paper beads to improve people’s lives.

D. Mrs Wakefield’s career takes off thanks to paper beads.

 

B

What weighs 3500 pounds(1600kg)and lived 60 million years ago?Are you thinking of

dinosaurs?Guess again!You don,t have to go to a museum to see these creatures.They are alive

and swimming in the warm coastal waters of Florida.

Manatees(海牛)have lived a peaceful existence in the warm waters  of  Florida  for  60

million years.However,they are now an endangered species.This means that if humans don,t do

something to save them,they will soon go the way of dinosaurs.

Humans have made life very difficult for manatees.One big danger that humans have

introduced is the speedboat.Because manatees are mammals.they need to come to the surface to breathe about every 5 to 6 minutes.This means that they are in constant danger of being caught in the propellers(螺旋桨)of speedboats.And boating aceidents are the greatest cause of death for them.

Manatees are in extra danger when they are in their sleeping or“torpor”state.They still

have to come to the surface for the air,but sometimes they are too sleepy to avoid the danger of approaching boats.

Another danger for manatees is the pollution that humans produce.Due to human pollution,

a deadly plant called red tide had increased greatly in the Gulf of Mexico.The plant,or algae,

t11riVes(繁茂)on pollution.It wiped out nearly 20 percent of the total manatee population on

earth.

Humans can help to save manatees。The government has established boating speed limits to

give the manatees.a chance to escape approaching speedlsoats.Everyone can help by cutting

down on waste and pollution to protect the waters for the manatees.

One famous singer,Jimmy Buffet,has helped save the manatees.He co-founded the Save the Manatee Club(SMC).SMC had begun an adoption(收养)program for the manatees.For a fee,sponsors(资助者)can name a manatee.Donations are used to help protect the manatees and their habitat.

45.The manatee is the kind of animal that___________.

A.1ikes living in the cold waters of Florida      B.will die out if not protected in time

C.call dive in the deep sea for hours             D.is the biggest living animal on earth

46.Why is it dangerous for manatees to be in a torpor state?

A.Because they come to the snlface to breathe,and that is when they are hunted.

B.Because they eat deadly algae,and this makes them too sick to avoid danger.

C.Because they live in groups and therefore they are easily hurt by passing boats.

D.Because they are sleepy when they surface,so they can,t avoid approaching boats.

47.The death of the manatees is largely due to__________.

A.human hunting                       B.human pollution

C.speedboat accidents                  D.deadly plants

48.To help protect manatees,people should_________.

A.never go speed boating in their living habitat

B.keep the waters of Florida free from pollution

C.have manatess named by sponsors without a fee

D.wake manatees up from their torpor state

 

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