1、Unit 2 Working the landWarming Up, Pre-reading, Reading综合能力拓展阅读理解。 Can hard work be replaced by machines in agriculture Yes, man is trying out(试验)automatic farming. It is fun to watch a machine picking tomatoes. The strange machine sails like a ship across a sea of plants. In its front is a hole. As
2、 the machine moves forward, tomato plants are pulled into the hole. The tomatoes are gathered while the rest of the plants are thrown back onto the fields. Twelve workers sit on top of the machine. They rapidly pick out the bad fruit from the tomatoes. A red stream of ripe tomatoes is being sent int
3、o a cart that is pulled alongside the machine. One driver and twelve workers can pick in an hour ten tons of a new kind of tomato. Without the invention, it would take 60 men to do the job. Not all plants cooperate(合作)well with the farming machines. Take lettuce(莴苣)for example, seeds plants in the s
4、ame field in the same time ripe at different times. The only way to tell a ripe head of lettuce is to look at it and feel it. And now there is a machine even to do that! There is a special machine to test lettuce. When it moves over one that feels right, it sends a signal back to the picking machine
5、 which goes behind. The cutting and picking is done satisfactorily by this set of machines.1.The text is mainly about_. A. farming B. old agriculture C. modern agriculture D.automatic farming2.Which of the following statements is Not True according to the text A. Not all the plants cooperated well w
6、ith the farming machines. B.Some plants did not cooperate well with the farming machines. C. Machines could pick tomatoes. D. Cutting and picking lettuce can be done by a machine.3.It used to take_men to pick ten tons of a new kind of tomato. A. twelve B. thirteen C. thirty D. sixty4.Where are the t
7、omato plants thrown A. Into the hole in the front of the machine. B. Into the cart. C .Back onto the fields. D. Into the basketball.5.In agriculture hard work can be replaced by_.A inventions. B. machines C. workers D. driversLearning about Language综合能力拓展阅读理解。 Europe is now the biggest market for or
8、ganic food in the world, having grown by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. Denmarks agriculture minister is herself an organic farmer. The UK market for organic food grew by 55 percent in 2022, while the food market as a whole grew by only one percent. Yet only seven percent of British shopp
9、ers account for nearly 60 percent of organic sales. However popular the idea of organic farming may be, it is still an interest for only a few people. So what makes the idea of organic farming popular Organic farming means farming with natural materials, rather than with man-made fertilizers or pest
10、icides（杀虫剂）. Organic farmers rely on many methods such as crop rotation (农作物的轮作) and the use of resistant（有抵抗力的） varieties, because they are necessary for organic farmers to compensate for the shortage of man-made chemicals. Organic farming is often supposed to be safer than traditional farming for
11、the environment. Yet after a long research on organic farming worldwide for a number of years, science continues to be against this opinion. The House of Commons committee on agriculture publicized that, even with complete research work, it would fail to find any scientific evidence to prove “that a
12、ny of claims （宣称） made for organic farming is always true. However, the talk about the benefits of organic farming is going on. This is partly because many people depend on their individual farm, the soil, the weather, and so on. 1. The first paragraph mainly tells us _. A. organic farming has been
13、performed only in Europe over the past 10 years B. governments of European countries have cared less about organic farming C. organic farming is far from being as popular as expected D. European countries need organic food more than the other countries in the world2. The underlined words “compensate
14、 for in the second paragraph probably mean “_. A. argue for B. care for C. struggle for D. pay for3. What can we know about organic farming A. It refers to farming with natural materials, instead of chemical fertilizers. B. It refers to farming with chemical fertilizers rather than natural fertilize
15、rs. C. It refers to farming with soil rather than any other thing. D. It refers to growing crops with man-made fertilizers and pesticides.4. According to the third paragraph, _. A. organic farming is safer than traditional farming for the environment B. the idea that organic farming is safer has not been proven by science C. organic farming is accepted by the UKs House of Commons committee D. organic farming is preferred to traditional farming5. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage A. The UKs agriculture minister is an organic fa