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(十八)选择性必修第一册UNIT2主题语境社会进步与人类文明.阅读理解I(拖拉机)When peoplethink of farming today,they usuallypicture atractor ratherthanhorses in the farmland.Thats becausetractors thatrelied onengines revolutionisedfarmingin thelate1800s.Now anew typeof tractorcan dothe samein the21st century.Agriculture hasbeen changingdramatically in the lastfew decades.The push forinnovation isfed bythe needto producelarger amountsof foodfor agrowing worldpopulation.Autonomous tractorsmay bethe keyto solvingthis challenge.They canbe(劳动密集型)used tocarry outlabour-intensive farmingwhile allowingfarmers todoother work.A bigplus isthat itcan increasecrop outputwhile reducingcosts becausetheautonomous machinescan workin allweather conditionswithout anyrest.Part ofpushforautomation isa shortageoffarmworkers dueto peoplesdesire tohavehigher payingjobs withbetter workconditions.Farm ownersare competingagainstcompanies likeAmazon andrestaurants thatare raisingwages to attract workers.Withlabour shortagesand theincrease inthe hourlywages thathave tobe paidin orderto becompetitive,all ofa suddenautomation seemslike amore reasonabledecision,“saidDavid Swartz,a professorat PennState University.Many believethe timeis ripefor anautonomous revolutionbecause roboticsisalready inuse inagriculture.One companythat isworking tobring autonomoustractorsinto mainstreamfarming isBlue andWhite Robotics,an Israeliagricultural technologycompany,whose missionis tomake afully autonomousfarm.The companyreleased anautonomoustractor kitin February2021that canbe fixedon anyexisting tractor.The kitincludescamera detection,speed controls,as wellas ananti-crash system.Blue andWhiteskit isbeing usedby WestCoast growersintheUSA.It maysoon cometoafarmnear you.
1.What contributesto theagricultural revolutionaccording toParagraph2A・The urgeto feedmore people.B・The extremeweather conditions.C.The needto reducefarming cost.D・The desirefor automaticfarming.
2.What isSwartzs attitudeto automationA.Critical.B.Negative.C.Supportive.D.Tolerant.
3.What canbe inferredabout Blueand WhiteskitA.It hasbeen widelyused.B・It canbe madein manyfirms.C.It canimprove safetyof tractors.D.It willdetect theway offarming.
4.What maybe asuitable titlefor thetextA.Automation IsTransforming AgricultureB.Big CompaniesAre Makinga DifferenceC.Driverless TractorsAre WorthInvestingD.Traditional FarmingIs Fallingout ofDateII.完形填空(武汉模拟)2023•1was inthe middleof theAmazon withmy wife,a medicalresearcherthere.We did not speakthe locallanguage,didnotknow thecustoms,and evendidnot entirely]the food.We couldnot havefelt more
2.Then oneperfect Amazonianevening,with monkeyscalling frombeyond thevillagegreen,we playedsoccer.3darkness cameover thefield andthe matchended,thegoalkeeper,Juan walkedover tome andsaid ina matter-of-fact way,In yourhome,doyou havea moon,too wassurprised.After I4to Juanthat yesI felta sortof aweat the5that existedin hisworld,where theunknown andundiscovered was6and amazing.Anything waspossible.In oursociety,we knowthat Earthhas onlyone moon.I can,from mycomputer athome,7satellite imagesof Juansvillage.There areno moremoons tosearch for,little8todiscover.Yet,as anant biologist,I knewthat muchintheworldof insectsremains unknown.How much,though How9are weThe questionof whatweknow anddo notknow10bother me.I began to11newspaper articlesabout newspecies,and onand onthey12In lookinginto the13of biologicaldiscovery,I alsobegantofind acollection ofscientists,who very(筋疲力尽),often focusedon commonphenomena moretothepoint ofexhaustion andevenat therisk ofthe14of theirpeers.We usedto thinkthat nothinglived deeperthan sixhundred metres.Yet,whensomething new15more oftenthan not,weB・recognisedo noteven knowits name.D・prepare
1.A.produceB・familiarC・attainD.natural
2.A.conservativeB.IfC.foreignD.Although
3.A.AsB・committedC.OnceD.responded
4.A.announcedB・possibilitiesC・complainedD.expressions
5.A.differencesB・similarC・definitionsD.vast
6.A.suspiciousB・pull upC.absurdD・make up
7.A.take upC・pick upB・bannedD.bounded
8.A.keptB・elegantC.left
9.A.accessible D.relevantC・ignorant B・constantly
10.A.instantly D.absolutelyC.occasionally B.seize
11.A.evaluate D.collectC.polish
12.A.appeared B・existedC・formed D.quitted
13.A.fictions B.plotsC・stories D.moments
14.A.tease B・envyC・support D.admiration
15.A.updates B・settlesC・develops D・emerges。