Question

【題目】As weather cools across the United States, a growing number of Americans visit farms. They harvest fruits, enjoy hay wagon rides and walk in the fields. These people are called “agri-tourists.” They improve the economy of rural areas and help farmers increase their profits.

School children are walking in a corn field maze. The corn is cut into tricky passageways that make it difficult to find a way out. The children are from Yorktown Elementary School in Bowie Maryland. They have traveled to Montpelier Farms in Prince George’s County which is also in Maryland. The farm is about 40 kilometers from The White House.

Debbie Pierson is the student’s teacher. “We go on these kind of field trips so that the children will have a hands-on experience of what it’s like to be on a farm,” Pierson said.

In Loudoun County Virginia, there are farms where grapes are grown for use in making wine. Many of the farms let people visit, and drink the wine that is made there. Bill Hatch owns the Zephaniah Farm Vineyard. He holds wine tastings in his home. “We are doubling the number of visitors to our farm every year. We have an average of 250 people on a weekend,” Hatch said.

As more people visit farms, more farmers are adding activities in which visitors can take part.

Malcolm Baldwin owns WeatherLea Farm and Vineyard in Loudoun County. Six years ago, he began letting people be married at his farm. They can also sleep at the farm overnight. Mr. Baldwin says the money he makes from these activities let him keep his small farm operating. “But without the animals, and without the vines, the wedding business wouldn’t be as profitable (有利可圖的), because people like to see the vines. They like to see the animals and without which I don’t think this will be a popular place,” Baldwin said.

【1】We can infer from the first paragraph that people always go for field trips in _______.

A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn D. Winter

【2】The underlined word “maze” in the passage is similar to “_______”.

A. puzzle B. trip C. house D. activity

【3】 On Malcolm Baldwin’s farms, visitors can ________.

A. taste the wine made in the USA

B. raise and hunt animals

C. do wedding business

D. have fun as well as bring him money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

試題分析：現(xiàn)在有很多“農(nóng)業(yè)旅游者”，他們改善農(nóng)村經(jīng)濟(jì)，幫助農(nóng)民增加利潤(rùn)。他們體驗(yàn)各種農(nóng)村活動(dòng)，推動(dòng)了農(nóng)村旅游業(yè)的發(fā)展。

【1】C考查推理判斷。根據(jù)As weather cools across the United States, a growing number of Americans visit farms.可知天氣變冷了，天氣應(yīng)該是從夏天變到秋天，所以選C。

【2】A考查推理判斷。根據(jù)School children are walking in a corn field maze學(xué)齡兒童正在一個(gè)玉米田走迷宮可知maze意思是迷宮，所以選A。

【3】D考查推理判斷。 Six years ago, he began letting people be married at his farm. They can also sleep at the farm overnight. Mr. Baldwin says the money he makes from these activities let him keep his small farm operating. “But without the animals, and without the vines, the wedding business wouldn’t be as profitable (有利可圖的), 六年前，他開(kāi)始讓人們?cè)谒�的農(nóng)場(chǎng)結(jié)婚。他們還可以在農(nóng)場(chǎng)過(guò)夜。鮑德溫先生說(shuō)他掙的錢(qián)從這些活動(dòng)中讓他保持他的小農(nóng)場(chǎng)經(jīng)營(yíng)。“但沒(méi)有動(dòng)物，沒(méi)有植物，婚禮業(yè)務(wù)不會(huì)盈利，所以游客們可以玩的同時(shí)也為鮑德溫帶來(lái)了利益，故選D。