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1、选修八 Unit 1 课下语篇提能练.阅读理解(2019广东省百校联盟第二次联考)Many people wrongly think that cities dont have farms and that fruits and vegetables are only grown in the country.Believe it or not, there are more and more urban farms popping up in cities all over the world.Alexandra Sullivan, a food system researcher in N
2、ew York City, studies urban agriculture.Urban agriculture is another name for farming and gardening in a city environment.Ms.Sullivan studies everything from tiny gardens in empty lots between buildings to bigger fields that have been planted and grown.According to Ms.Sullivan, “Urban agriculture ha
3、s existed since cities have, across the world.”The number of humans living in urban areas, or cities, is increasing.The amount of people who want to garden in urban areas is also rising.Ms.Sullivan says, “In small gardens, on rooftops and indoors, they grow fruits, vegetables, grains, and herbs, and
4、 raise animals to produce milk, eggs, honey, and meat.They use these foods as supplements to food produced by rural agriculture.” Even though some people who live in urban areas grow crops, urban residents still need to rely on food grown in rural areas.This is because a city doesnt have enough spac
5、e to grow enough food for everyone living in it.In New York City, urban farmers have come up with many different ways to grow their own produce, even though there isnt a lot of room.For example, Brooklyn Grange is a farming operation that has two rooftop vegetable farms in New York City.All together
6、, the farms are made up of 2.5 acres of rooftop space.This makes Brooklyn Grange one of the largest rooftop farming operations in the world.Brooklyn Grange grows all kinds of things.The farming company sells its vegetables to local residents and restaurants.And because the farms are on rooftops, the
7、y are specially adapted to their urban location.They use available space that is not needed for anything else.As more urban farmers find ways to grow food in cities, urban residents will be better able to get fresher materials for their meals.语篇解读：许多人认为城市里没有农场，水果和蔬菜仅生长在农村。实际上，越来越多的都市农场在世界各地的城市里流行起来。
8、1Which of the following is Ms.Sullivans opinion according to the text?AThe number of people living in cities is increasing slowly.BUrban residents still rely on food grown in rural areas completely.CUrban agriculture has a history as long as cities.DUrban agriculture can provide huge income.解析：选C细节理
9、解题。根据第二段最后一句“According to Ms.Sullivan, Urban agriculture has existed since cities have, across the world.”可知，Sullivan女士认为都市农业拥有与城市一样长的历史，故选C。2What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?AFarmers.BCity residents.CRural residents.DCompanies.解析：选B代词指代题。根据第三段前两句可知，住在城市里的人的数量在增长，想要在城市里从事
10、园艺的人的数量也在增长，并结合该段Sullivan所说的话可推断they指的是“城市居民”，故选B。3What can we learn about Brooklyn Grange in New York City from the text?AIt has large farming areas.BIt can only grow single products.CIt produces enough food for citizens.DIt makes use of rooftop space to grow vegetables.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“For exam
11、ple, Brooklyn Grange is a farming operation that has two rooftop vegetable farms in New York City.”可知，Brooklyn Grange利用屋顶上的空间种植蔬菜，故选D。4What may be the best title for the text?AFarms in CitiesBFuture Food SystemCFood Grown in CitiesDAgriculture of New York City解析：选A标题归纳题。纵观全文可知，文章主要讲述城市里的都市农场，城市居民利用有
12、限的空间，充分利用屋顶，花园和室内种植蔬菜、水果、谷物和药草，并饲养动物。文章就是围绕城市农场这一中心展开的，因此A项作为标题最合适。.完形填空On June 23, 1970, I had just left the Army after completing my oneyear duty in Vietnam. I was on _1_returning home in Texas. I had been warned about the _2_of our fellow countrymen. There was no _3_ welcome for us when we came h
13、ome from that unpopular war.I sat, in uniform, in a window seat，_4_eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting next to me, which added to my _5_. A little girl suddenly appeared in the passage. She _6_ and, without saying a word，_7_handed me a magazine. I accepted her _8_， her quiet “w
14、elcome home.” All I could say was, “Thank you.” Her small gesture of _9_was the first I had experienced in a long time.I always believe in the connection between _10_ when they reach out to one another.That girl _11_ has no memory of what happened years ago. She might have been told to do that by he
15、r mother. It doesnt _12_ why she gave me the magazine. The _13_ thing is what she did.Since then, I have followed her example and tried in different ways for different people, to do the _14_ for them. Like me on that plane ride long ago, they will _15_ know why a stranger gave a hand. But I absolute
16、ly know that my _16_ since then are all because of that little girl. Her kindness of offering a magazine to a _17_， scared and lonely soldier has been _18_ throughout my life. I have to believe that my small _19_ have the same effect on others. And to that little girl, now a _20_， I would like to say again: thank you.语篇解读：作者在越南服役一年后回到美国。
