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听力原文： In a bid to improve the knowledge of farmers in science and technology, the Ministry of Agriculture will invest about 1.1 billion yuan next year. The figure is a 53 percent increase over this year's 720 million yuan. Deputy Agriculture Minister Wei Chao'an made the pledge yesterday at the Farmer Scientific Literacy Forum held in Beijing. "From next year, the budget will be significantly increased each year," Wei said. The investment will go towards implementing the National Scheme for Science Literacy, which was announced in February this year. The scheme aims to improve scientific literacy in China and make it a policy priority. Wei said the money will be mainly spent in helping farmers develop new technological skills to cope with market fluctuations, as well as industrial skills. So far this year, 8.6 million farmers have received training and education initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture. Wei noted, however, that despite continued efforts to improve farmers' science and technology skills, only 9.1 percent, or about 700 million, have ever participated in various science and technology training programs. The programs are also nm by other governmental and non-governmental organizations such as the Ministry of Science and Technology and the China Association for Science and Technology. The average Chinese farmer only receives 7.3 years of education. CAST, the Ministry of Agriculture and other government departments, will continue to explore ways to combine scientific education and training to improve agricultural production skills, Deng Nan, first secretary of CAST, told the forum.
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A．To improve the knowledge of farmers in science and technology.
B．To improve the living conditions of farmers.
C．To improve the knowledge of unskilled workers.
D．To improve the living conditions of the farmers and workers.
In the past when the world population was much lower than it is now, a man had little difficulty in ordinary times in growing the food that was needed. When a field had been cultivated for some years and had be come tired, the farmer could move to another place. The tired land then slowly recovered. Gradually grasses and other plants would appear on it and its productive power would be slowly restored by their decay. But nature, left alone, would take a long time to bring back the land to its former state; the length of time required would depend on local conditions, but it might well be ten years.
It is a bad practice to grow the same crop in a field year after year. If the crop is changed, the land will suffer less because it is treated and used in different ways. Different plants affect the soil differently. Consequently a change of crop will do less harm than the growing of the same crop year after year and a periodic change to grass will benefit the soil. Much will therefore be gained ff different crops are grown one after the other, a method known as the rotation of crops.
An ignorant farmer will make the land poorer______.
A．ff he lets dead leaves decay in the soil by themselves
B．if he makes the humus decrease after taking away his crops
C．by clearing away all the dead leaves
D．by burning waste plant material lying about
Rats can not resist the temptation of the good smell of the poison. They will appear and taste the poisonous food, which makes them blind and causes death within two hours.
In recent years, the rat population has increased in China to no less than three billion, an average(平均)of three persons. They eat about 15 million tons of grain each year and also spread some diseases.
According to the passage, ______ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product.
A．the pleasing color of the package
B．the special taste of the product
C．the strange shape of the package
D．the belief in the product
听力原文：W: Would you please describe the nature of your farm？
M: Sure, I mainly grow feed crops. Feed crops are crops that are used to feed cattle. The crops that I grow are corn and wheat. I do grow cotton and other when the prices for them are better.
W: How many employees do you have？
M: I have three full-time employees and six to seven part-time employees.
W: Do you pay them hourly or are they salaried？
M: I pay mem by me hour because sometimes they only work a few hours and other times they work many hours. Therefore, it wouldn't be fair for them to get a weekly or monthly salary year round.
W: How many hours do you work as the owner？
M: In the winter I work eight hours a day, but in the spring, summer, and fall I work twelve to fourteen hours a day. Many times a farmer' s work depends on the weather. For example, if the crop need water and it hasn't rained, I must irrigate my fields which can take many hours. At other times, I spend my time in checking my fields for pests. If I find them, I have to apply pesticides. If my machinery breaks down, I have to fix it. Of course, I must also make sure my crops get picked when they are ready.
W: If you were to start a new business this year, what changes would you make？
M: I wouldn't make many changes, and the few changes I would make would be subtle. Right now I am a successful farmer.
What crops does the farmer grow？
A．Cotton every year.
B．Corn and wheat.
C．Rice. .
D．Other things.
Many blame the farmers who produce the vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, and cheese mat are stored for sale. According to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the farmer' s share of the $ 1, 311 spent by the family in 1972 was $ 521. This was thirty-one percent more than the farmer had received in 1959. But farmers claim that this increase was very small compared to the increase in their cost of living. Fanners tend to blame others for the sharp rise in food prices. They particularly blame those who process the farm products after the products leave the farm. These include truck drivers, meat packers, manufacturers of packages and other food containers, and the owners of stores where food is sold. They are among the " middlemen" who stand between the farmer and the people who buy and eat the food. Are middlemen the ones to blame for rising food prices？
Of the $ 1, 311 family food bill in 1972, middlemen received $ 790, which was thirty-three percent more than they had received in 1959. It appears that the middlemen' s profit has increased more than the farmer' s. But some e-conomists claim that the middlemen' s actual profit was very low. According to economists at the First National City Bank, the profit for meat packers and food stores amounted to less than one percent. During the same period all other manufacturers were making a profit of more than five percent. By comparison with other members of the economic system, both farmers and middlemen have profited surprisingly little from the rise in food prices.
Who then is actually responsible for the size of the bill a housewife must pay before she carries the food from the store？ The economists at First National City Bank have an answer to give housewives, but many people will not like it. These economists blame the housewife herself for the jump in food prices. They say that food costs more now because women don't want to spend much time in the kitchen. Women prefer to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market.
What is the main topic of this passage？
A．Food supply.
B．Profit earned by farmers, middlemen, and housewives.
C．Reasons for the food price increase.
D．Economists' attitudes.
Then in 1858, the schedule was interrupted. Farmer Gray died. Three days after the funeral exactly at one o'clock, Traill found him self looking into a pair of beseeching canine eyes. Bobby got his bun and disappeared. This was repeated for several days until Traill's curiosity got the better of him. He followed the small terrier as he left and raced to his master's grave. There he remained each day, fair or foul, despite the efforts of dog-loving townspeople to give him a new home. The graveyard caretaker, while sympathetic, was at first not so willing to let him in. But Bobby's devotion and fidelity were so great that the caretaker provided Bobby with a shelter close to the grave to protect him from bad weather.
Then, after nine years, Bobby was arrested as a vagrant because he had no license. The restaurant keeper appeared in court with Bob by mile was released by merciful justice. But just to make sure the law could not touch him. Lord Provost William Chambers paid Bobby's fee each year and presented him with a brass-plated collar inscribed "Grey friars' Bobby from The Lord Provost, 1876, License."
After that, Grey friars' Bobby was allowed to keep his lonely vigil undisturbed. He never varied his mealtime. Each day he left the graveyard as the gun roared one o'clock to pick up his bun and take it back to eat at his master's side. He must have been really hardy for he lived until 1872, having kept to his solitary post for fourteen long years. He was buried in Grey friars, of course, in a flower bed near John Gray's tombstone.
An appropriate title for the passage could be _______.
A．Traill's Dining Room
B．Farmer John Gray
C．Bobby the Faithful
D．Lord Provost William Chambers
听力原文： For a long time, Albert Worboys had a reputation as a miser in his village. Yesterday, when his will was announced people found they had completely wronged him.
Mr. Worboys was a farmer who had a very big farm. Apart from this, he also owned a building business, and made money on the stock market. Every year, hundreds of dollars streamed into his purse. Yet, he was known by other residents as the meanest man in the village. A fellow villager, who had known him for more than fifty years, said, "He never spent money on himself. He never bought a new suit and he even mended his shoes with sticky tape rather than buy a new pair." A woman villager added, "He got the greatest pleasure from doing his account books. He worked on them for hours. We thought he was planning to take his money with him."
Mr. Worboys died in October at the age of 85, and yesterday his will became known. He left ＄175,000 for building houses for his former employees, ＄3,000 for a new village bus shelter. The rest of his estate, more than ＄200,000, went to charity.
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A．Because he never lent any money to his fellow villagers.
B．Because he never gave his children any money.
C．Because he never spent money on himself.
D．Because he never paid enough to the farmers working for him.
The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression. What is the best title of the passage？A.The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s
B.The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s
C.U.S. Economy in the 50’s
D.The Federal Budget of 1952
In Line 3, the word“boom”could best be replaced by______.
A.nearby explosion
B.thunderous noise
C.general public support
D.rapid economic growth
It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.A.confidence
B.confusion
C.disappointment
D.suspicion
Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s？A.Economists
B.Frmaers
C.Politicians
D.Steelworkers
The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ？A.60%
B.50%
C.33%
D.90%
听力原文： The United States has the largest economy in the world (32). The size of an economy is usually described in terms of the Gross Domestic Product. The Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, is the value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year. In 2004, the United States had a GDP estimated at close to 12 million million dollars. What percentage of that was agriculture (32) (33)？ The government says just 9/10 of one percent (33). Farm workers make up an even smaller percentage of American labor: 7/10 of one percent.
In 2004, almost 20 percent came from industry--and almost 80 percent came from services. The number of farms continues to decrease in America, whereas farm earnings have risen to record levels in recent years. Agricultural productivity continues to increase because of new technology and methods(34). But the Agriculture Department estimates that 9 percent of farm income last year came from government payments. That number is expected to decrease in the future.
Exports have provided American farmer farmers with an average of about 25 percent of their money for the last fifteen years. Canada and Mexico are two of the three biggest markets for American farmers. In fact, in 2002, Canada replaced Japan for the first time as the top buyer of American agricultural exports(35). The Department of Agriculture says exports to the European Union are slowing. But exports to other countries within the Americas and to Asia are growing.
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A．American agriculture.
B．American industry.
C．American GDP.
D．American economy.
In ancient Mexico there were many clearings in the forest. In each clearing was a village with fields of different crops around it. The Maya cut down trees with stone axes and planted seeds by digging holes in the ground with pointed sticks. A farmer was able to grow crops that produced food for several people. But not every Maya had to be a farmer. Some were cloth makers, builders, or priests.
The Maya believed in many gods. The people built large temples to honor their gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. It was difficult to construct these cities, because they had no horses to carry the heavy stone needed. Workers had to carry the building materials themselves. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples are still standing.
Measuring time was important to the Maya, so they developed a system for measuring it accurately. Farmers needed to know when to plant and harvest their crops. Mayan priests made a system to keep track of time. They wrote numbers as dots (...) and bars (- ). A dot was one and a bar was five.
The Mayan priests studied planets. They made a calendar from what they learned. The year was divided into. 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayan calendar was far more accurate than the European calendars of the time.
Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No one knows why. They may have died from an infectious disease. They may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists are still trying to find the lost secrets of the Maya. They are still one of our greatest mysteries.
This article may be taken from ______.
A．a magazine
B．a literature book
C．an art book
D．a historical book
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