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【題目】Farming is moving indoors，where the sun never shines，where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right.The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light，temperature，wetness，air quality and nutrition.It could be in a New York highrise or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert.It may be an answer to the world's food problems.

The world already is having trouble feeding itself.Half the people on Earth live in cities，and nearly half of those－ about 3 billion－are hungry or illfed.Foodprices，currently increasing，are buffeted by dryness，floods and the cost of energy required to plant，harvestand transport.And prices will only get more unstable.Climate change makes longterm crop planning uncertain.Farmers in many parts of the world already are using water available to the last drop.And the world is getting more crowded：by midcentury，the global population will grow from 6.8 billion to 9 billion.

To feed so many people may require expanding farmland at the expense of forests and wilderness，or finding ways to completely increase crop output.

Gertjan Meeuws has taken the concept of a greenhouse a step further，growing vegetables and house plants in enclosed (封閉的) and regulated environments.In their research station，water flows into the pans when needed，and the temperature is kept constant.Lights go on and off，creating similar day and night，but according to the rhythm of the plant.

A building of 100 square meters and layers (層) of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch，about 140,000 people.Their idea isn't to grow foods that require much space，like corn or potatoes.

Here sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful.Plants need only specific wavelengths of light to grow.Their growth rate is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions.They use about 90 percent less water than outdoor agriculture.And city farming means producing food near the consumer，and there's no need to transport it long distances.

【1】What can we mainly learn from Paragraph 2?

A. The climate is worse and worse.

B. The city people live a hard life.

C. The world has difficulty feeding its people.

D. The world's population is increasing fast.

【2】Which of the following is true of the environments in the research station?

A. The temperature is often changed.

B. Sunshine is in great need for plants.

C. Day and night depends on plants.

D. Air quality is controlled by plants.

【3】It can be inferred from the text that Gertjan Meeuws's farming________.

A. helps save sea water a lot

B. is highly adaptable

C. resembles greenhouse agriculture

D. suits the production of corn

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A. Development of indoor farming.

B. Great Revolution in farming.

C. Advantages of indoor farming.

D. Sunless，rainless indoor farming.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】試題分析：文章主要介紹了一種新的農(nóng)業(yè)種植方式。農(nóng)業(yè)即將轉(zhuǎn)向不見(jiàn)陽(yáng)光、沒(méi)有雨水的室內(nèi)。這種新型的農(nóng)業(yè)方式也許能夠解決全球性的食物短缺難題。

【1】段落大意題。根據(jù)第二段首句“The world is already having trouble feeding itself.”和“Half the people on Earth live in cities, and nearly half of those--about 3 billion--are hungry or ill-fed.”及下文可知，第二段講的是全世界面臨食物短缺的問(wèn)題，無(wú)法養(yǎng)活所有的人口，have difficulty/trouble/problems doing sth做某事有困難，故選C。

【2】猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)“Food prices, currently increasing, arebuffetedby dryness, floods and the cost of energy required to plant, harvest and transport.”可知，由于受到干旱、洪澇和成本的影響，食物的價(jià)格正在上升，即食物價(jià)格受到自然條件和認(rèn)為因素的影響，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。種植農(nóng)作物使用的是淡水，因此不會(huì)節(jié)約海水，排除A；根據(jù)第四段“Gertjan Meeuws has taken the concept of a greenhouse a step further”可知，Gertjan Meeuws進(jìn)一步發(fā)展了溫室的概念，說(shuō)明他的種植方式與溫室農(nóng)業(yè)有關(guān)，排除C；根據(jù)第五段最后一句“Their idea is not to grow foods that require much space, like corn or potatoes.”排除D，故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段“Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant(不相干的)and where the climate is always right...It may be an answer to the world’s food problems.”和最后一段“And city farming means producing food near the consumer”可知，文章主要介紹的是一種新型的農(nóng)業(yè)--室內(nèi)農(nóng)業(yè)，故選D。