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1、2022年考博英语-中国艺术研究院考前提分综合测验卷（附带答案及详解）1. 单选题In an environmentally conscious tweak on the typical way of getting food to the table, growing numbers of people are skipping out on grocery stores and even farmers markets and instead going right to the source by buying shares of farms.On one of the farms, h
2、ere about 35 miles west of Chicago, Steve Trisko was weeding beets the other day and cutting back a shade tree so baby tomatoes could get sunlight. Mr. Trisko is a retired computer consultant who owns shares in the four-acre Erehwon Farm.“We decided that its in our interest to have a small farm succ
3、eed, and have them be able to have a sustainable farm producing good food,” Mr. Trisko said.Part of a loose but growing network mostly mobilized on the Internet, Erehwon is participating in what is known as community-supported agriculture. About 150 people have bought shares in Erehwon in essence, h
4、iring personal farmers and turning the old notion of sharecropping on its head.The concept was imported from Europe and Asia in the 1980s as an alternative marketing and financing arrangement to help combat the often prohibitive costs of small-scale farming. But until recently, it was slow to take r
5、oot. There were fewer than 100 such farms in the early 1990s, but in the last several years the numbers have grown to close to 1,500, according to academic experts who have followed the trend.“I think people are becoming more local-minded, and this fits right into that,” said Nichole D. Nazelrod, pr
6、ogram coordinator at the Fulton Center for Sustainable Living at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa., a national clearinghouse for community-supported farms. “People are seeing ways to come together and work together to make this successful.”The shareholders of Erehwon Farm have open access to the l
7、and and a guaranteed percentage of the seasons harvest of fruit and vegetables for packages that range from about $300 to $900. Arrangements of fresh-cut blossoms twice a month can be included for an extra $120 or for the deluxe package, $220 will “feed the soul” with weekly bouquets of lilies and s
8、unflowers and other local blooms.Shareholders are not required to work the fields, but they can if they want, and many do. Mr. Trisko said his family knows that without his volunteer labor and agreement to share in the financial risk of raising crops, the small organic farm might not survive. “Its v
9、ery hard for them to make ends meet,” he said, “so I decided to go out and help. We harvest, water, pull weeds, whatever they need doing.”Erehwon the word “nowhere” spelled backward started with two shareholders, reached its goal of 140 last year, and now has raised its target to about 200 members.1
10、. According to the passage, growing numbers of people buy shares of farms because they（ ）.2. Erehwon Farm differs from the traditional farms in that it is（ ）.3. We may infer from the passage that community-sponsored farm（ ）.4. The average shareholders of Erehwon Farm are entitled to（ ）.5. It is impl
11、ied that Erehwon Farm（ ）.问题1选项A.are conscious of environmental problemsB.abandon the typical way of getting food to the tableC.no longer depend on grocery stores and farmers marketsD.like to grow vegetables themselves in the suburban farms问题2选项A.very smallB.very efficientC.community-supported agricu
12、ltureD.shared by people from different places问题3选项A.is a new concept emerging in the U.S.AB.has to combat with small-scale farmingC.is gradually taking shape in American agricultureD.is very popular as booming agriculture in the U.S.A问题4选项A.come together and work together on the farmB.get a guarante
13、ed percentage of the seasons harvest of fruit and vegetablesC.enjoy packages that range from about $300 to $900D.buy $120-$220 fresh-cut blossoms twice a month问题5选项A.comes from the backward spelled word “nowhere”B.is a fictional name and there is no such a farm in the U.S.AC.its very hard to survive
14、 owing to its small sizeD.develops soundly, in spite of its financial difficulties【答案】第1题:A第2题:C第3题:D第4题:B第5题:A【解析】1.细节事实题。根据原文第一自然段的内容“环保意识改变了将食物端上桌的传统方式，相反，越来越多的人转向了杂货店甚至农贸市场，通过购买农场的股份来直接获取来源。”由此可知，越来越多的人买农场股份是受到环保意识的影响，所以选项A正确。2.细节事实题。根据第四段第一句“Part of a loose but growing network mostly mobilized
15、on the Internet, Erehwon is participating in what is known as community-supported agriculture. Erehwon是松散却不断壮大的网络的一部分，主要通过互联网动员起来，他参与的是所谓的社区支持农业。”以及本段最后一句“in essence, hiring personal farmers and turning the old notion of sharecropping on its head. 从本质上说，就是雇佣私人农场主，颠覆旧的佃农制度。”由此可知，Erehwon农场和传统农场的不同之处在于
16、它是社区支持的农业，选项C符合原文。3.细节事实题。根据原文第五段第一句“The concept was imported from Europe and Asia in the 1980s as an alternative marketing and financing arrangement to help combat the often prohibitive costs of small-scale farming. 这一概念是在20世纪80年代从欧洲和亚洲引进的，作为一种替代性的销售和筹资安排，来帮助克服小规模农业通常高昂的费用。”由此可知，这不是一个新的概念，而且是来帮助而不是来和小规模农场竞争的，所以选项A
