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1、到乌蒙山区的昭通;从甘肃中部的定西，到内蒙古边陲的阿尔山，看真贫、知真贫，真扶贫、扶真贫，成为“花的精力最多”的事;“扶贫先扶志”“扶贫必扶智”“实施精准扶贫”Unit 5 Canada-“The True North”. 阅读理解The website “Farmers O” calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people
2、who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine oclock
3、at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You dont have to be a farmer to be on Farmers O. But you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of Americas heartland. ”You also have to live in the United States or C
4、anada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the sire listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller
5、tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The pur
6、pose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, “singlesinag.org”, says there are more than l,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.1.Jerry Miller started “FarmersO” in order to_.A.help farmers B.support traditionsC.under
7、stand farmers D.represent farmers2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate?A.She dislikes city lifestyle.B.She prefers late night coffee.C.Country life isnt well understood.D.Its tiring to get up early.3.Which of the following is TRUE of “singlesinag.org”?A.Its services are free.B.
8、It provides dating services.C.Only farmers call become its members.D.Farmers in France cant benefit from it.4.The author of the text intends to_.A.advertise for the two websitesB.introduce two websitesC.encourage social activitiesD.urge readers to help farmers5.It can be inferred from the text that_
9、.A.all farmers desire marriageB.farmers are easy to meet new peopleC.more farmers get divorced in the USAD.the Internet helps improve farmerssocial lifeEveryone hates to wait in lines. We get that anxious feeling that our precious life is slipping away while were doing something so meaningless. But
10、its not always the length of the wait we find so unbearable.Some people camp outside Apple stores for an entire night just to get their hands on the latest product. But waiting 10 minutes in a grocery store just to buy a drink? Forget it. Our behavior when waiting is only partly decided by the lengt
11、h of the wait. “Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait itself,” notes the MIT researcher Richard Larson. One apparent aspect of queuing psychology is that we get bored when we wait in line. This issue is solved in many ways, from magazines in hospital waiti
12、ng rooms to mirrors in elevators so that we can check our appearance. We really hate it when we expect a short wait and then get a long one. But studies show that we are much more patient when we are given an idea of how long well be waiting. Walt Disney Co knows this better than anyone else. It pos
13、ts estimated waiting times for attractions in its theme parks. But according to Larson，these times are overestimated so that visitors get to the front of the queue more quickly than they expect. It keeps them happy. But perhaps the biggest influence on our feelings about waiting in a line has to do
14、with our sense of fairness. When it comes to queues, the universally acknowledged standard is first come, first served. Any departure from this principle is regarded as unfair and can lead to violent queue anger. Youve probably experienced mild queue anger yourself in fast food restaurants, watching
15、 people in the other line zoom ahead of you, cursing yourself for having chosen the “wrong” line. In order to solve this problem，the serpentine （蛇形） line was invented. The serpentine line guides all customers into one big snaking queue，separated by ropes or barriers. When you reach the head of the q
16、ueue, you are directed to the next available server, or teller, or customs official. The serpentine line isnt always faster than multi-lines before an array （排） of cash registers. But it offers important comfort: you absolutely never have to see someone arrive after you and get served before you. In life, waiting is inevitable.
