Question

    A few weeks ago, I sat with a California farmer named Dave Ribeiro. I asked him what he wished to know about farmers. He smiled and said, “That we walk among you. We look like you and talk like you. We have advanced degrees and hobbies, just like you.”

Take Dave for example: He's a young man with a music degree. And if you walked past him on the street, you'd never think, “There goes a farmer.”

Is someone like Dave who you picture when you think of a farmer? Probably not. I think that most people would picture a man in his overalls(工作服). I can tell you, that does not represent Dave or any of the many other farmers I have gotten to know.

Not only do we have to throw out our previous impression of farmers, but farming as a whole doesn't look much like it used to either. We recently sent a team out to see what modern farming looks like, and they found farmers to be completely different from our usual ideas about them and also came across them in some unexpected places.

In a parking lot in a neighborhood of Brooklyn, they met a new crop of young farmers who were trying to bring fresh greens closer to eaters in the city by growing them in high-tech indoor vertical(垂直的) farms. In a Florida field under the fight path of an airport, they discovered farmers with university degrees growing plants that might someday fuel our cars. And in a modern farm in California, they observed how farmers were using technology to take the best possible care of their animals.

These farmers all spend their days in very different ways—none of them looks like the previous farmer we have in our mind—but they're all working on new ways to feed our planet. Not only do we need to change our idea of what farming looks like, but we also need to change our view of where solutions can come from. Feeding all of us is going to take all of us working together.

1.How does Dave describe today's farmers?

A.They often walk on the street. B.They are leading a very busy life.

C.They are similar to ordinary people. D.They have little time to make friends.

2.How does the author think most people see farmers?

A.They usually wear overalls. B.They have interesting hobbies.

C.They are skilled at growing crops. D.They know modern farming practices.

3.What was the purpose of the team?

A.To deepen connections among farmers.

B.To study different technologies in farming.

C.To find the new developments of modern farming.

D.To encourage farmers to use new farming method.

4.What do the farmers mentioned in Paragraph 5 have in common?

A.They all work in the city.

B.They all use high technology.

C.They all do hard physical work.

D.They all work with universities.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了现代的农民采用高科技从事农业活动，农民的形象已经不再是人们过去认为的样子了。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段中He smiled and said, “That we walk among you. We look like you and talk like you. We have advanced degrees and hobbies, just like you.”可知，他说：“我们在你们中间行走。我们看起来像你，说话像你。就像您一样，我们拥有高级的学位和爱好，因此Dave认为今天的农民和普通人一样，C 项符合题意。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第三段中Is someone like Dave who you picture when you think of a farmer? Probably not. I think that most people would picture a man in his overalls(工作服)可知，当您想到一个农民时，您会想到他们会是像戴夫（Dave）这样的人吗？可能不会。我认为大多数人会通过工作服来想象一个人，因此在作者看来大多数人会认为农民常穿工作服，A 项符合题意。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据第四段We recently sent a team out to see what modern farming looks like可知，我们派出了一个小组来考察现代农业的面貌，这与C项（寻找现代农业的新发展）的描述相符。故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据文章第五段中a new crop of young farmers who were trying to bring fresh greens closer to eaters in the city by growing them in high-tech indoor vertical(垂直的) farms; farmers with university degrees growing plants that might someday fuel our cars; farmers were using technology to take the best possible care of their animals.可知，调查小组发现农民在高科技的室内垂直农场中种植新鲜蔬菜；农民拥有大学学位，种植的植物有朝一日可以为我们的汽车加油。一个现代化农场中，农民利用技术来尽可能地照顾好动物，因此这些农民的共同点在于他们都使用了高科技来从事现代农业工作，B 项符合题意。故选B。