题目内容
28. The farm as well as its neighboring hills we once spent so much time ____ on a new look as recently as last year.
A. on having taken B. has taken C. on has taken D. having taken
C
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Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have
experienced an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm puter. A few forward-looking farmers are already using puters to help them run their farms more efficiently. The puters help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock(家畜) to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many puter panies have been developing special puter programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for pig producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase puter programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of puters on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take puter classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on puters even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on puter power.
Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that puter-aided robots will make shocking changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will
find that many day-to-day t
asks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear(修剪) sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even plex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is pleted, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The plete change of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.
【小题1】Which sentence carried the main idea of the whole passage?
| A.The first sentence of the third paragraph. |
| B.The first sentence of the second paragraph. |
| C.The first sentence of the first paragraph. |
| D.The last sentence of the second paragraph. |
| A.how much money they can earn from their products |
| B.whether to plant a certain kind of crop |
| C.what livestock to raise |
| D.when to sell their products |
| A.Farmers in the future will depend totally on puters. |
| B.Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present. |
| C.Both puters and robots have been in use on today’s farms. |
| D.Students at agricultural colleges must take puter classes because they can do |
【小题4】What is the best title for the whole passage?
| A.puter, Farmers’ Best Friend | B.Farmers in The Future |
| C.The Agricultural Revolution | D.puters and Robots |
One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes. Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain(徒劳). Later, when the potatoes were harvested, Everyone looked out for the ring but it remained lost. Another year came round and all the farmers working in the field kept their eyes open. The following year was the same. And year after year, whoever had business in the field always had Nancy’s ring in his mind.
Then the farm changed hands but it went no farther than to cousins. So the memory of the lost ring remained alive until thirty-eight years had passed. Then came a spring day when a man was ploughing the field behind a pair of horses. Even after thirty-eight years he still looked out for the ring, a
nd knew just which part of
the field Nancy had lost it in. At this time, when he came there, he found it .He picked it up, put it carefully into his pocket, left his horse, and ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.
【小题1】 How did Nancy come to lose her ring?
| A.She lost it while helping to harvest tomatoes in the field |
| B.She lost it while watering the plants in the field. |
| C.She lost it while working in the field. |
| D.She lost it while helping to plant potatoes in the field. |
| A.It was a very expensive ring | B.They all wanted to solve the mystery. |
| C.They all loved Nancy. | D.Everybody wanted to have this ring. |
| A.He picked it up and put it in his pocket. |
| B.He ran back to tell everybody in the village. |
| C.He placed it in a secret spot. |
| D.He returned it to the owner. |
| A.The ring was invaluable. |
| B.People on the farm were honest and helpful. |
| C.The ring’s disappearance was the work of supernatural power. |
| D.Nancy no longer expected that her ring would be found again. |