Ⅱ    阅读(共两节,满分50分)

第一节 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

       阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  Even plant can run a fever, especially when they’re under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3, 000 feet away straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared (红外线)scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide (杀虫剂)spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don’t have pest (害虫)problems.

  Even better, Paley’s Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3, 000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running“fevers”. Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.

  The bad news is that Paley’s company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long - term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, ” says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson , who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only ff Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.

26.Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are______________.

A. sprayed with pesticides          

B. facing an infrared scanner

C. in poor physical condition        

D. exposed to excessive sun rays

27.In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to____________.

A. estimate the damage to the crops  

B. measure the size of the affected area

C. draw a color-coded map         

D. locate the problem area

28.Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by______________.

A. resorting to spot-spraying       

B. consulting infrared scanning experts

C. transforming poisoned rain      

D. detecting crop problems at an early stage

29.The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties

_______________.

A. the lack of official support      

B. its high cost

C. the lack of financial support      

D. its failure to help increase production

30.Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of_____________.

  A. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce

  B. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops

  C. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture

  D. full support from agricultural experts                  

第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分.满分30分)

       阅读下面短文,掌握其大意.然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education.  1     , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The  2       between schooling and education suggested by this is important.

Education is  3     , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place  4       , whether in the school or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the   5      learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.  6      the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a   7      may lead to a person to discover how    8       he knows of another country. People obtain education from   9      on. Education, then, is a very  10       and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long    11       the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.

       Schooling, on the other hand, is a  12      experience, whose style changes  13    from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take    14    seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and    15    , and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught. 

 1. A. Then                  B. However           C. Thus                    D. Therefore

 2. A. difference           B. importance        C. use                        D. problem

 3. A. unexpected         B. endless              C. countless                D. simple

 4. A. anywhere          B. anywhere else    C. somewhere             D. somewhere else

 5. A. part-time            B. public              C. standard               D. strict

 6. A. If                          B. Because             C. So                         D. Though

 7. A. neighbour          B. friend               C. foreigner                     D. teacher

 8. A. wonderful                B. well                  C. greatly                  D. little

 9. A. babies              B. grown-ups                C. women                  D. men

10. A. long                  B. broad               C. narrow                  D. short

11. A. that                         B. when                C. after                    D. before

12. A. basic                 B. strict                C. final                    D. irregular

   13. A. unusually              B. differently         C. little                    D .frequently

14. A. large                       B. new                  C. fixed                  D. small

15. A take exams          B. hold exams        C. mark papers            D. read papers

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