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The American local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too. A new start-up, Foodzie, is an online farmers market where small food producers and growers can sell their products.

Foodzie was started by Mr LaFave and two of his friends, who met during college at Virginia Tech, where they would pay frequent visits to farmers markets. Last year, while living in North Carolina, one of them, Emily Olson, now 24, came up with one idea. She was working as a brand manager for a gourmet grocery chain and realized that people who enjoyed fine food but didn’t work in the business had no way to discover handmade foods outside their local farmers markets. Small farmers had no way of finding or selling to faraway customers, either.

   Mr LaFAve and the third co-founder, Nik Bauman, both 25, worked in corporate sales and software development. “With business, food and computer science backgrounds, we figured we had everything we needed.” Mr LaFAve said.

   The three quit their jobs, and opened this site to the public in December and the site has had 43,000 visitors in the past month. So far, 29 sellers have opened shops and 41 are in the process of opening them. The founders recently hired a fourth employee to help Ms Olson recruit(吸收) new food producers at farmers markets and food shows. Mr LaFAve is convinced that the recession(经济衰退) will not reduce people’s interest in buying locally grown and handmade food. “There is misunderstanding that all these foods are more expensive than mass-produced alternatives,” he said. “People are pouring their heart and soul into these products, and they are of the highest quality. ”

1. The passage is mainly about _______________.

   A. how an online farmers’ market works

   B. the American local food movement

   C. three youths starting an online farmers’ market

   D. the reasons why people are interested in local food

2.Why did the founders start the online farmers’ market?

   A. Because it met the need of the market.

   B. Because the founders were interested in seasonal food.

   C. Because some people wanted to buy locally grown food.

   D. Because farmers wanted to sell their foods.

3. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 can be used to describe ______________.

   A. food of high quality    B. terrible food    C. food of low fat   D. fried food

4.The founders of the site employed another person to help _______________.

   A. open new shops in faraway markets

   B. buy locally grown and handmade food

   C. find more food outside their local farmers’ markets

   D. find more food growers to open shops on their site

5.About the three founders, we know that ________________.

   A. they are of the same age             B. to start the website they gave up their work

C. they used to be colleague            D. they majored in farming at college

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】略

 

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Skipping classes, particularly big lectures where an absence is likely to go undetected, is a tradition among college undergraduates.

These days, however, some professors say they’re seeing more absenteeism, as students make the most of new technologies as learning aids.

Americ Azevedo taught an “ Introduction to Computers ” at the University of California, Berkeley, US last semester. By visiting the course’s website, the 200 enrolled students could download audio recordings or watch digital videos of the lectures, as well as read the instructor’s detailed lecture notes.

But there was one big problem: So many of the undergraduates relied on the technology that at times only 20 or so actually showed up for class.

Doug Suda, 19, a student in Azevedo’s class last semester, said he skipped about three-quarter of the lectures. It’s largely because he was busy with an off-campus job and was taking the course to fulfill a business major requirement.

At the end of the term, Suda prepared hurriedly for the final exam by watching videos of about 15 lectures over three days.

“ If I hadn’t that… I would probably fail the class,” said Suda, who instead received a B-plus.

Despite the concerns about absenteeism, schools are increasingly experimenting with ways to let students watch or listen to lectures on their computers or digital music players, like ipods. Last month, Harvard Medical School began “ Podcasting ”lectures. Students can download them into digital musical players, and study while they, say, go for a walk.

As many academics accept the electronic innovation, others are pushing back. To encourage attendance, they are applying low-tech tactics, like giving more surprising quizzes or cutting back their online offerings.

Lee Chanian, a UCLA economics professor, says “ too much technology leads to passive learning environment and encourage more absenteeism”. He now puts fewer lecture materials online, and provides extensive notes only for the most complicated topics.

60.The word “ absenteeism ” in the 2nd paragraph most probably means      .

A. attending classes                B. having classes

C. giving classes                   D. skipping classes

61.At times only 20 or so undergraduates showed up for Americ Azevedo’s class because     .

A. so many undergraduates relied on digital learning aids 

B. so many undergraduates have off-campus jobs.

C. his lectures were boring               D. the exam was easy to pass

62.According to the passage, to encourage attendance, some academics are applying the following lower-tech tactics EXCEPT     .

  A. giving more surprise quizzes          

B. putting fewer lecture materials online

C. providing extensive notes only for the most complicated topics 

D. cutting off their online offerings

63.What could be the best title for this passage?

A. Lectures fight digital learning aids to up class numbers   

B. Lectures apply digital learning aids to up class numbers

C. Lectures fight lower-tech tactics to up class numbers

D. Schools are encouraging more absenteeism

       Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became worse and then, at the age of 13, he lost his sight completely. However, he did not lose his determination to lead a full and active life.

       Erik became an adventurer. He took up parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving. He competed in long-distance biking, marathons and skiing. His favorite sport, though, is mountaineering.

       As a young man, Erik started to climb mountains. He reached the summit of Mount McKinley in 1995 and then climbed the dangerous 1000-metre rock wall of EI Capitan. Two years later, while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya with his girlfriend, they stopped for a time at 13,000 feet above sea level-in order to get married. In 1999, he climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South Americ a. And then, on May 25, 2001, at the age of 33, Erik successfully completed the greatest mountaineering challenge of all. He climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

       Erik invented his own method for climbing mountains. He carries two long poles: one to lean on and the other to test the way ahead of him. The climber in front of him wears a bell to guide him. Erik is a good team member. He does his share of the job, such as setting up tents and building snow walls.

       Although he could not enjoy the view, Erik felt the excitement of being on the summit of Everest. He hopes that his success will change how people think about the blind. “When people think about a blind person or blindness, now they will think about a person standing on top of the world.”

1.When was Erik born?

A.In 1968.              B.In 1995.              C.In 1967.              D.In 1969.

2.What was unusual about his wedding?

       A.He got married on the summit of Mount McKinley.

B.He got married when climbing Mount Everest.

       C..His wedding was held after he prepared a lot.

D.His wedding was held at 13,000 feet above sea level.

3.What is Erik’s special method for climbing a mountain?

A.He takes his girlfriend with him.           

B.He does his share of the jobs.

C.He uses two long poles to help himself. 

D.He keeps a good team around him.

4.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened?

a.He topped Mount McKinley.                 

b.He became blind. 

c.He challenged Mount Everest.               

d.He reached the peak of Kilimanjaro.       

e. He climbed the rock wall of EI Capitan.

A.b, e, d, c, a      B.b, a, e, d, c      C.a, b, e, d, c      D.b, d, a, c, d

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