Question

    We've been part of the Lammas project,an eco village in Wales.I was _______ to change my lifestyle after studying environmental science.I wanted to live _______ the land and to provide our own food and _______.We also wanted to live in a community with _______ people around us.It took us 10 years to make it _______

Now I live in a roundhouse made out of straw(柏早）。It is not what I would call low-cost housing.The cost is your_______.You have to have great willpower.We had to _______everything because we had no spare money when we moved here.

I think we've done what I _______to do:grow our own food and provide our own resources.We have hydro(水电）power and solar panels and we feel like we're not _______ the planet's resources.

We________produce such as eggplants,peas and carrots.We have nut trees and apple trees.We have 9.5 acres of land and keep sheep.I earn about20,000 a year.Most of my ________ comes from shearing(修剪）our sheep,and using the ________ to run willow-weaving(纺织）。If we have spare fruit,we ________ them too.But we reinvest(再投资）most of the money in the ________,and animal care.

Organic clothes are very________ but I do choose them when I' can.We might spend about 150 a month on eating out as a family.We always try and shop local-________ it's more expensive.We don't go holiday a lot but when we do we try to travel by train.It takes a long time but for me it's about the ________,not the destination.

Looking back,I'd argue being organic is ________ for anyone.It costs you next to nothing-just time and ________.If people want to be more healthy and ________for themselves,they can do it.

1.A.required B.expected C.inspired D.allowed

2.A.in exchange for B.in connection with C.in reference to D.in honor of

3.A.electricity B.education C.oxygen D.sunshine

4.A.cold-hearted B.white-haired C.similar-minded D.near-sighted

5.A.disappear B.happen C.stop D.recover

6.A.money B.pleasure C.future D.energy

7.A.borrow B.dismiss C.overlook D.create

8.A.went on B.joined up C.set out D.called in

9.A.searching for B.using up C.researching into D.selling out

10.A.promote B.export C.grow D.buy

11.A.income B.experience C.knowledge D.entertainment

12.A.materials B.equipment C.techniques D.influence

13.A.donate B.throw C.keep D.sell

14.A.children B.house C.garden D.books

15.A.common B.expensive C.casual D.tough

16.A.as if B.even if C.now that D.in case

17.A.comfort B.speed C.company D.journey

18.A.impossible B.changeable C.achievable D.visible

19.A.effort B.fame C.success D.health

20.A.compete B.provide C.defend D.vote

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者通过自己成功过上有机生活的经历告诉我们，如果你想要健康和自知自足，任何人都可以实现有机生活的方式。

1.

考查动词的辨析。句意：在学完环境科学后，我受到启发，改变了我的生活方式。A. required需要；B. expected期望 C. inspired 鼓舞；D. allowed 允许。根据前文“We've been part of the Lammas project, an eco village in Wales我们参与了拉马斯项目，威尔士的一个生态村”可知作者参与到这个项目后，才受到启发，想改改变自己的生活方式，结合选项和语境可知答案为C选项。

2.

考查介词短语。句意：我想在这片与我们息息相关的土地上生活，提供我们自己的食物和能源。A. in exchange for用……交换；B. in connection with与……有关；C. in reference to关于；D. in honor of向……致敬。生态村是一个自己自足的体系，所有的一切都要靠这片土地来实现，一切都与这片土地息息相关，结合选项可知B选项为正确答案。

3.

考查名词的辨析。句意：我们自己提供食物和电能。A. electricity电能；B. education 教育；C. oxygen 氧气；D. sunshine阳光。根据下文“grow our own food and provide our own resources自己种植食物并自己听能源”可知空格处所填词要与resources相对应，结合选项可知A为正确答案。

4.

考查形容词的辨析。句意：我们也想生活在一个，和我们周围志同道合的人的社区里。A. cold-hearted冷酷的；B. white-haired 白头发的；C. similar-minded志同道合的；D. near-sighted近视的。根据前文作者对自己生活方式的设想，即在这片土地上自给自足，周围都是直通道和的人，结合语境可知C选项为正确答案。

5.

考查动词的辨析。句意：我们花了10年才实现。A. disappear 消失；B. happen 发生；C. stop 停止；D. recover恢复。由上文可知作者设想的这个生态村生活方式已经实现，结合选项，可知B选项为正确答案。

6.

考查名词的辨析。句意：这个消耗的是你的能量。A. money金钱；B. pleasure 乐趣；C. future将来；D. energy能量。根据下文“You have to have great willpower你必须有强大的意志力”可知这里环境非常艰苦，会消耗 你的意志力和能量，结合选项可知D选项为正确答案。

7.

考查动词的辨析。句意：我们必须创造一切，因为我们搬到这里的时候没有多余的钱。A. borrow借来；B. dismiss 解散；C. overlook 忽视；D. create创造。根据下文“because we had no spare money when we moved here.”可知我们搬到到这里没带多余的钱，这里的一切都要自给自足，需要我们自己创造，结合选项可知D选项为正确答案。

8.

考查动词短语的辨析。句意：我想我们已经完成了我的使命。A. went on继续； B. joined up联合；C. set out着手去做、出发； D. called in召集。根据前文“I wanted to live ___2___ the land and to provide our own food and ___3___ .”可知这两件事情是在生态村首先要着手去做的，空格所在的句子意为我们已经完成了当初着手要做的事情，结合选项可知C选项为正确答案。

9.

考查动词短语的辨析。句意：我们觉得我们不会耗尽星球的资源。A. searching for寻找；B. using up用完； C. researching into 深入研究；D. selling out卖完。根据前文“We have hydro(水电）power and solar panels我们有水电和太阳能电池板”可知我们已经能创造出一些资源，结合太阳能目前是取之不尽，故我们觉得气球上的资源仿佛用不完，结合选项可知B选项为正确答案。

10.

考查动词的辨析。句意：我们种植茄子、豌豆和胡萝卜等农产品。A. promote促进、提升；B. export出口；C. grow 长大；D. buy买。根据前文自己种植（grow）食物的细节描写，结合选项可知C选项为正确答案。

11.

考查名词的辨析。句意：我们大部分的收入来自于羊毛。A. income收入；B. experience经历；C. knowledge 知识；D. entertainment 娱乐。根据前文“I earn about20,000 a year.”可知羊毛是我们收入的主要来源，故A选项为正确答案。

12.

考查名词的辨析。句意：用这种材料来织柳条。A. materials材料；B. equipment 设备；C. techniques 技术；D. influence影响。空格处指上文提到的修剪下来的羊毛，羊毛是一种纺织原料，结合选项可知A选项为正确答案。

13.

考查动词的辨析。句意：如果我们有多余的水果，我们也会卖掉。A. donate 捐赠；B. throw 扔；C. keep 保持；D. sell卖。根据前文大部分收入来源于羊毛的细节，在结合下文“we reinvest(再投资）most of the money”可知有多余的水果，我们也会卖掉，故D选项为正确答案。

14.

考查名词的辨析。句意; 但我们把大部分钱都投资在花园和动物护理上了。 A. children 孩子；B. house房子；C. garden花园；D. books书。根据前文“We ___10___ produce such as eggplants,peas and carrots.We have nut trees and apple trees.We have 9.5 acres of land and keep sheep.”可知我们主要从事种植和养羊这两件事，所以大部分的钱也投入到这两方面，结合选项可知C选项为正确答案。

15.

考查形容词的辨析。句意：有机衣服很昂贵。A. common共同的；B. expensive昂贵的；C. casual 休闲的、随便的；D. tough强硬的。根据下文“but I do choose them when I' can但我会尽可能选择他们”这是一个转折，意为：有机衣服虽然昂贵，但我们还会选择，再结合下文“We always try and shop local- ___16___ it's more expensive”可知正确答案为B选项。

16.

考查连词的辨析。句意：我们总是试着在当地买东西，即使那里更贵。A. as if似乎、好像；B. even if 即使；C. now that 既然；D. in case万一。结合语境可知We always try and shop local-与it's more expensive之间为让步关系，结合选项可知B选项为正确答案。

17.

考查名词的辨析。句意：重要的是旅程，不是目的地。A. comfort 安慰；B. speed 速度；C. company 公司；D. journey旅程。根据前文“We don't go holiday a lot but when we do we try to travel by train.It takes a long time我们不经常去度假，但是一旦去了，我们就试着乘火车旅行，这需要很长时间”可知我们很注重旅程本身，而不是急于到达目的地结合选项可知D选项为正确答案。

18.

考查形容词的辨析。句意：我认为有机生活对任何人来说都是可以实现的。A. impossible不可能的；B. changeable 有挑战性的；C. achievable可实现的； D. visible可视的。根据下文“It costs you next to nothing-just time and ___19___ . 它几乎不花费你什么-只是时间和…”可知对每个人来说，有机的生活方式并不难，是可以实现的，故C选项为正确答案。

19.

考查名词的辨析。句意：它几乎不花费你什么-只是时间和努力。A. effort 努力；B. fame名誉、声望；C. success 成功；D. health健康。根据前文所述的在生态村需要自己自足以及强大的意志力等细节描写可知，你需要努力创造才能自己自足，杰和选项可知A选项为正确答案。

20.

考查动词的辨析。句意：如果人们想要健康和自给自足，他们是可以做到的。A. compete完成；B. provide提供；C.defend捍卫；D. vote投票。根据前文对有机生活自给自足这一主要特点的的叙述，结合选项可知B选项为正确答案。