题目内容
American officials have sharply reduced their expecmtions for this year's corn and soybean crops．Farmers in the Midwest are struggling with record heat and the worst drought（干旱）in many years．
The United States is the world's largest producer of com and soybeans．Last Friday the Agriculture Department predicted corn production would add up to 10．8 billion bushels this year．That was down 17％from a prediction made just a month ago．And it was down 13％from last year's level．The average yield（产量）per hectare could be the lowest in seventeen years．
At the sarne time，the government predicted that soybean production would be 12％ lower than last year．
The price of corn has hit record levels．Corn is a major part of animal feed，so the price of meat，milk and eggs is also expected to climb．
The FAO says average food prices worldwide rose 6％in July．The American drought was a big reason．
The situation has renewed the fight between food and fuel．About 40％of the nation's corn crop goes into making ethanol（乙醇）．The production process leaves some of that in a form that can be fed to animals．Still，at least one-fourth of the American corn crop is now made into fuel．
The United States requires that part of its corn crop be used in the production of biofuels（生物燃料）．The use of ethanol has grown as government requirements have increased．But Jose，the head of the FAO called for“an immediate，temporary pause”of that requirement．He said more of the American corn production could then be used as food or to feed animals．
The American livestock（家畜）industry is also urging Congress to stop the law that requires ethanol in gasoline．But corn farmer Alan Bennett says doing that would hurt his town．
A 2005 law requires automobile fuel to contain ethanol．The growth of the ethanol industry and competition for corn has been helping parts of rural America that had been reducing for years．
66．What's the main idea of the passage?
A．Average food prices rose all over the world．
B．The decrease of crops in America restarted the fight between food and fuel．
C．The argument between farmers and the American livestock industry came up．
D．America produces most of the corn and soybeans in the world．
67．What does the writer want to indicate using so much data in Paragraph 2?
A．The production of corn and soybeans in America reduces sharply．
B．American officials predicted that corn production would reduce．
C．America is the world's largest producer of corn and soybeans．
D．Farmers in the Midwest of America are having a hard time．
68．Why did average food prices worldwide rise 6％in July?
A．Because the price of corn crop has got to the top of history．
B．Because much of the corn crop in the world goes into making ethanol．
C．Because America is suffering the worst drought．
D．Because most of the corn has been fed to animals．
69．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Ethanol should be added to all gasoline according to the American law．
B．Forty percent of the nation's com crop is now made into fuel
C．America requires the use of ethanol be stopped temporarily．
D．Most American corn has been used as food or to feed animals．
70．What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?
A．The requirement of ethanol really hurts parts of rural America．
B．There is some competition between the ethanol industry and rural America．
C．The law that requires ethanol in gasoline will be passed before long．
D．The farmers in America benefited greatly from the requirement of ethanol．
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一线名师权威作业本系列答案O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
【小题1】 In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper Job. f. Learned to write stories.
| A．e. c. f. b. d. a | B．c. e. b. d. f. a | C．e. b. d. c. a. f. | D．c. b. e. d. a f. |
| A．they had surprise endings | B．they were easy to understand |
| C．they showed his love for the poor | D．they were about New York City |
| A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper |
| B．he broke the law by not using his own name |
| C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners |
| D．people thought he had taken money that was not his |
| A．He was well-educated. | B．He was not serious about his work. |
| C．He was devoted to the poor. | D．He was very good at learning. |
| A．His life inside the prison. | B．The newspaper articles he wrote. |
| C．The city and people of New York. | D．His exciting early life as a boy. |