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Working the land【阅读理解插花】阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。In the 1760s, Mathurin Roze opened a series of shops that boasted(享有) a special meat soup called consomm. Although the main attraction was the soup, Rozes chain shops also set a new standard for dining out, which helped to establish Roze as the inventor of the modern restaurant.Today, scholars have generated large amounts of instructive research about restaurants. Take visual hints that influence what we eat: diners served themselves about 20 percent more pasta(意大利面食) when their plates matched their food. When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.Lighting matters, too. When Berlin restaurant customers ate in darkness, they couldnt tell how much theyd had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else, none the wiserthey didnt feel fuller, and they were just as ready for dessert.Time is money, but that principle means different things for different types of restaurants. Unlike fast-food places, fine dining shops prefer customers to stay longer and spend. One way to encourage customers to stay and order that extra round: put on some Mozart(莫扎特).When classical, rather than pop, music was playing, diners spent more. Fast music hurried diners out.Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender(薰衣草) stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spendingbad tables, crowding. high prices dont necessarily. Diners at bad tables next to the kitchen door, say spent nearly as much as others but soon fled. It can be concluded that restaurant keepers need not be overly concerned about bad tables, given that theyre profitable. As for crowds, a Hong Kong study found that they increased a restaurants reputation, suggesting great food at fair prices. And doubling a buffets price led customers to say that its pizza was 11 percent tastier.zx.xk1. The underlined phrase none the wiser in paragraph 3 most probably implies that the customers were .A. not aware of eating more than usualB. not willing to share food with othersC. not conscious of the food qualityD. not fond of the food provided2. How could a fine dining shop make more profit?A. Playing classical music.B. Introducing lemon scent.C. Making the light brighter,D. Using plates of larger size.3. What does the last paragraph talk about?A. Tips to attract more customers.B. Problems restaurants are faced with.C. Ways to improve restaurants reputation.D. mon misunderstandings about restaurants.【文章大意】本文为议论文，介绍了现代餐馆面临的经营困境和解决方案，介绍了刺激消费和食欲的几种方法，以及人们对餐厅就餐的一些错误认识。1.A 【解析】词义猜测题。根据文章第三段划线部分的前句they couldnt tell how much theyd had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else,可知在黑暗中，他们说不清自己吃了多少，再根据划线后 的句子they didnt feel fuller, and they were just as ready for dessert.可知他们虽然吃得很多，但并没有感觉更饱，仍然在等着吃甜点，所以他们没有意识到自己吃多了，所以A正确。 3.D 【解析】主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段第一句Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spendingbad tables, crowding，high prices dont necessarily.可知你认为可能会影响人们消费的因素如不好的桌子，拥挤以及高价等不一定会真影响人们的消费，然后依次举例进行了证明，所以本段主要讲的是人们对于饭店的几个误解，故选D。 教材与语法填空根据教材课文内容，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Yuan Longping, 1. Father of Super Hybrid Rice, is a famous scientist. He 2. (struggle) for the past five decades for the Chinese farmers. In 1953 when Yuan Longping 3. (graduation) from college, 4. (hungry) was a 5. (disturb) problem in many parts of the countryside. Therefore, Yuan wanted to help rid his motherland 6. hunger by increasing the rice output without expanding the area of the fields and he made 7. Yuan Longpings another dream is 8. (export) his rice to the world. Thanks to Yuan Longping, the UN has 9. (many) tools in the battle against hunger throughout the world.Thanks to Yuan Longpings great work, 10. (million) of people can benefit from his extraordinary work.答案：1.the2.has struggled3.graduated4.hunger5.disturbing6.of7.it8.to export9.more10.millions 教材与话题写作()用本单元所学知识完成下列句子。1中国的农民曾经过着很艰苦的生活，并一直受着饥饿的困扰。(lead a hard life; disturb; hunger) 答案：Farmers in China used to lead a hard life and were always disturbed by hunger.2. 几十年来，他们努力寻找能够提高粮食产量的方法，但收效甚微。(decade; struggle; output) 答案：For decades, they have struggled to search for ways to increase the grain output, but without success.3多亏了袁隆平的杂交水稻研究，农民们的收成比以前多了一倍。(thanks to; hybrid; twice as . as .) 答案：Thanks to Yuan Longpings research on the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.4这意味着世界22%的人口摆脱了饥饿。(get rid of) 答案：It means 22% of the worlds population have got rid of hunger.5大多数农民都很满意他们现在的生活，宁愿待在农村当农民。(be satisfied with; would rather) 答案：Most of the farmers are now quite satisfied with their lives and would rather be farmers in the countryside.()将以上句子连成短文，要求衔接连贯、过渡自然。 【完形填空插花】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可能填入空白处的最佳选项。It was 3 am，a cold and wet night，on August 21,2010.I had just left a local club to travel ten kilometers home when I lost _1_ of my car on Grand Junction Road in Hope Valley.I _2_ into a still car that was _3_ in front of a house，and then hit a tree.I was badly injured！_4_ still，I had no idea that a fire had started _5_ the bonnet (引擎盖)of my car._6_ in the car behind me was a young man，who I later found out was called Jared.He saw the accident occur and _7_ to help me out of the car.He put his own life in _8_ when he got into the back seat trying to undo my seat belt.With my seat belt _9_ ，Jared then broke the drivers window to drag me out.He _10_ did this while my car was burning._11_ by the crash，the homeowners came out to investigate(调查)Jared told them to ring emergency services _12_ he continued to help me out of the car.I _13_ my life to Jared and I consider him a good friend due to the _14_ bond created on the night he dragged me to safety.I was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a _15_ condition，five bones broken.I spent a few weeks in hospital，during which time Jared visited me to see how I was _16_.He also continued to contact me after I returned home.He says he doesnt believe that he did anything special.On that，I _17_ disagree with him and am very glad that he didnt get hurt in the _18_.Today，nearly seven years later，Jared and I still _19_ and often talk about the events of that night.Jared is my _20_ and my friend.1A.balance BsightCinterest Dcontrol2A.got BsteppedCcrashed Dhid3A.kept BparkedCfound Dstood4A.Worse BLuckilyCClearly DBadly5A.off BunderCnear Dbeyond6A.Sitting BSleepingCDriving DWaiting7A.stopped BfailedChappened Dhesitated8A.practice BhandCsafety Ddanger9A.renewed BundoneCrepaired Dfastened10A.hardly BgraduallyCbravely Dnaturally11A.Annoyed BDraggedCWarned DWoken12A.while BalthoughCuntil Dsince13A.devote BoweCtake Dsave14A.bloody BsocialCspecial Dloose15A.nervous BpleasantCnormal Dserious16A.recovering BoperatingCstruggling Drelaxing17A.eventually BexactlyCtotally Dprobably18A.spot BprocessCway Dchallenge19A.take care Bfit inCdrop in on Dkeep in touch20A.angel BownerCdoctor Ddriver【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。七年前的一个夜晚，“我”的车失控撞到前面的车辆和树木，然后起火，“我”受了重伤，“我”后边的车里的年轻人勇敢将“我”从车里救出来并把“我”送到医院。“我”康复后和那个年轻人成了好朋友。1D考查名词辨析。根据下文中的“hit a tree”可推知，“我”的车失控了。lose control of.为固定短语，意为“对失去控制”，符合语境。故选D。2C考查动词辨析。根据下文中的“hit a tree.I was badly injured！”可推知，“我”撞上了一辆车。“crash into”为固定短语，意为“撞上”。故选C。3B考查动词辨析。根据本句中的“a still car”和空格后的“in front of a house”可推知，“我”撞上了一辆停在房子前面的车。B项意为“停放(汽车等)”，符合语境。故选B。4A考查副词辨析。根据本句中的“I had no idea that a fire had started.”可推知，撞车本来就是一件很糟糕的事，而着火则令事情更加糟糕。worse still意为“更糟糕的是”，符合语境。故选A。5B考查介词辨析。根据本句中的“the bonnet(引擎盖)of my car”可推知，车的引擎盖下面着火了，而作者并不知情。B项意为“在下面”，符合语境。故选B。6C考查动词辨析。根据下文“He saw the accident occur.”及语境可知，这个年轻人目击了这起事故；由此可推知，他当时应该是在我后面开车。故选C。7A考查动词辨析。根据下文所描述的这个年轻人救“我”的过程可推知，此处是指他停下自己的车然后把“我”从车里救出来。stop to do sth.意为“停下来去做某事”，符合语境。故选A。8D考查名词辨析。根据上文可知，“我”的车撞到了一辆车并起火；由此可推知，这个年轻人是冒着生命危险将“我”从车里拽出来的。put.in danger为固定搭配，意为“将置于危险之中”。故选D。9B考查动词辨析。根据上一段中的“when he got into the back seat trying to undo my seat belt”可推知，他先解开了我的安全带。B项意为“解开，松开”，符合语境。故选B。10C考查副词辨析。根据本句中的“while my car was burning”可推知，当时车还在着火，所以将“我”从车里拽出来很危险，他的这个行为很勇敢。C项意为“勇敢地”，符合语境。故选C。11D考查动词辨析。根据文章第一句中的“It was 3 am, a cold and wet night”可知，此处指这家人被这场事故吵醒。D项意为“弄醒，醒来”，符合语境。故选D。12A考查连词辨析。句意为：Jared告诉他们打急救电话，同时继续把“我”从车中拽出来。while意为“与同时”，强调两件事同时发生。故选A。13B考查动词辨析。此处指“我”能活下来是因为Jared。 owe.to.为固定用法，意为“将归功于”。故选B。14C考查形容词辨析。根据本句中的“created on the night he dragged me to safety”可知，此处是指在Jared救“我”的那晚我们就建立了特殊的联系。C项意为“特别的”，符合语境。故选C。15D考查形容词辨析。根据本句中的“five bones broken”可知，“我”被送往医院时断了五根骨头；由此可推知，“我”的伤势很严重。D项意为“严重的”，符合语境。故选D。16A考查动词辨析。根据语境及常识可知，Jared来医院是看“我”恢复得怎么样了。A项意为“康复，恢复”，符合语境。故选A。17C考查副词辨析。根据前一句“He says he doesnt believe that he did anything special.”可知，他认为自己并没有做什么特别的事情。而“我”在这一点上完全不同意他的看法，因为他救了“我”的命。C项意为“完全地，全部地”，符合语境。故选C。18B考查名词辨析。此处是指“我”很庆幸他在营救“我”的过程中没有受伤。B项意为“过程”，符合语境。故选B。19D考查动词短语辨析。根据本句中的“often talk about the events of that night”可知，多年后我们仍然保持着联系。D项意为“保持联系”，符合语境。故选D。20A考查名词辨析。根据上文可知，Jared救过“我”的命，因此“我”觉得他是“我”的天使、“我”的朋友。A项意为“天使”，符合语境。故选A。 下面是李华的一篇作文，文中有五处错误，改正错误并背诵该文。Farmers in China used to lead hard life and were always disturbed by hunger. For decades, they have struggled to search for ways to increasing the grain output, but without success.Thanks to Yuan Longpings research on the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as larger as before, which means 22% of the worlds population has got rid of hunger. Most of the farmers are now quite satisfying with their lives and would rather be farmers in the countryside.答案：Farmers in China used to lead hard life and were always disturbed by hunger. For decades, they have struggled to search for ways to the grain output, but without success. Thanks to Yuan Longpings research on the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as as before, which means 22% of the worlds population got rid of hunger. Most of the farmers are now quite with their lives and would rather be farmers in the countryside.
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