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 (有利可图的), 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
Every month, Julia and her cousins would go to visit their grandparents. They would be excited because their grandfather would give them a few coins. Then they would buy toys or sweets. The grandparents commented that, behaving like this, the children would never learn to manage their money. So they planned a special test, in which the children would have to show, over the course of a year, just what they could manage to get with those few coins.
Some thought that they would save their money, but Ruben and Nico continued spending it all on sweets. So they give up saving.
Monty decided to manage his money by exchanging it: buying and selling things, or betting (打赌) it with others. Soon he surprised the whole family. He had accumulated (积聚) lots of money. However, Monty was not very careful, and he got involved in more and more risky deals. A few months later he became penniless after a losing bet. Alex, had a will of iron. He saved the money and at the end of the year he had collected more money than anyone. Even better, with so much money, he managed to buy sweets at a reduced price, so that on the day of the competition he was presented with enough sweets for much more than a year. And even then, he still had enough left over for a toy. He was the clear winner, and other children learned the advantages of knowing how to save and how to wait.
There was also Julia. Poor Julia didn’t enjoy the competition, because even though she had had a wonderful secret plan, she had spent her money without giving her plan enough time to work. However, she was so sure that her plan was a good one, that she decided to carry on with it, and maybe change the expressions on her relatives’ faces, who had seemed to be saying “What a poor girl shel is. She couldn’t manage to save anything”.
When she was about to complete the second year of her plan, Julia surprised everyone by turning up at the grandparents’ house with a violin and a lot of money. She did it really well.
1.Who saved nothing at the end of the first year?
A. Ruben, Julia and Alex B. Ruben, Nico and Monty
C. Ruben, Monty and Julia D. Ruben, Nico and Alex
2.Why did the grandparents plan a test on the children?
A. Because they wanted the children to learn to spend money.
B. Because they wanted the children to learn to save money.
C. Because they wanted the children to learn to manage money.
D. Because they didn’t want the children to buy toys and sweets any more.
3. From Monty’s story, the children learned ______________________.
A. to save and to wait.
B. to buy and to sell things
C. to set a achievable goal.
D. to be careful and self-disciplined
4.The underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph means ______________.
A. Julia will bring disasters to herself and her family.
B. Julia is not good at managing money.
C. Julia is too stupid to do anything well.
D. Julia has so many secrets that nobody likes her.
为了了解中国的中学生在校的学习生活情况，美国时代杂志向中国各地征集稿件。为此你采访了佛山市博雅中学的学生李华，以下为采访内容。请你用英文整理一下该采访记录。
【写作内容】
采访时间 上周
采访对象 李华，佛山市博雅中学学生
采访主题 提高成绩是不是中国中学生唯一关注的事情
采访结果 博雅中学学生的普遍情况
1.共识：个性与品质更重要
2.学会倾听，相互关心
3.有机会组织和参与课外活动，从而学会均衡学习与其他事情
李华本人的情况
1.从前只顾学习
2.现在能够跟不同人相处，对困难境况做出最佳反应
【写作要求】 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
【评分标准】 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
完成句子和句型转换 （共20个空；每空1分，满分20分）
1.The dish is mainly made up of rice and vegetables.
The dish mainly _______ _______ rice and vegetables.
2.It was reported that the police charged him with stealing in the supermarket.
It was reported that the police ________ him ________ stealing in the supermarket.
3.The minister argued to support the proposal to make cuts in military spending.
The minister argued ________ _______ _______ the proposal to make cuts in military spending.
4.When I go out, Mother will stand at the window and wave to say goodbye to me.
When I go out, Mother will stand at the window and wave to ________ me ________ .
5.你能让我搭便车到加油站去吗?
Will you please be kind enough to ______ me a _______ to the gas station?
6.与普通的看法相反，许多猫并不喜欢牛奶。
________ ________ popular belief, many cats dislike milk.
7.就自然资源来说，它是西欧最贫乏的国家之一。
_______ _______ ______ natural resources, it is one of the poorest countries in Western Europe.
8.众所周知，中国是个发展中国家，属于第三世界。
As we all know, China is a developing country at present, ________ ________ the Third World.
9.作为一个跨国公司的总裁，他对在美国做生意熟门熟路。
As CEO of an international corporation, he's _______ ________ doing business in the US.
课文原句重点词组或搭配挖空（共10个空；每空0.5分，满分5分）
1.Well, if buying a bag of candies or cookies doesn’t _______ _______ you, how about buying a tree instead?
2.AIDS is another problem _______ great _______ so sex education and health care administration are extremely important.
3.As present-day advertisers often have large budgets, a lot of money is spent on applying modern techniques of design to make these advertisements as _______ _______ as possible.
4.We _______ sport very _______ and have produced great Olympic swimmers and top cyclists.
5.They also showed a better understanding of the disabled students’ feelings _______ _______ students who had not been involved in the study.
单词拼写 （共10个空；每空1分，满分10分）
根据句意填入适当形式的词，首字母或中文已给出，每个空格只填一个单词。请在答案卷上写出完整的单词。
1.The twin sisters look the same, so Lily is often _______（被误认为）for Lucy.
2.We need our school to teach students to be good _______ (公民).
3.A study of 22,748 women over a period of four years reported that there was no birth defect （缺陷）risk noted from foods _______（含有） Vitamin A.
4.At present, Alibaba Corporation is the biggest Internet firm in China that _______ (雇佣) more than 10000 people.
5.Puppies are naturally _______ (好奇). That’s why we call those photographers who follow famous people the Paparazzi.
6.The car accident left him badly i_______.
7.She had to look after her elderly parents who could no longer live i_______.
8.Many workers have realized that age discrimination is u_______.
9.Now many hotels try to offer good service, as they believe that c_______ come first.
10.There are two e_______ students studying in our school. One is from Switzerland and the other is from Italy.
