2012年職稱英語(yǔ)考試試題考前模擬訓(xùn)練5
Farmers‘ markets
Charlotte Hollins knows she faces a battle. The 23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save the farm from developers that their father worked on since he was 14._____（46）
“You don’t often get a day off. Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers to keep price down. With fewer people working on farms it can be isolating，” she said. “There is a high rate of suicide and farming will never make you rich！”
Oliver Robinson，25， grew up on a farm in Yorkshire.____（47）“I‘m sure dad hoped I’d stay，” he said. “I guess it‘s a nice ，straightforward life， but it doesn’t appeal. For young， ambitious people， farm life would be a hard world.” For Robinson， farming doesn‘t offer much “in terms of money or lifestyle.” Hollins agrees that economics stops people from pursuing farming rewards：“providing for a vital human need，while working outdoors with nature.”
Farming is a big political issue in the UK.____（48） The 2001 foot and mouth crisis closed thousands of farms， stopped meat exports，and raised public consciousness of troubles in UK farming.
Jamie Oliver’s 2005 campaign to get children to eat healthily also highlighted the issue. This national concern spells（帶來(lái)） hope for farmers competing with powerful supermarkets.____（49）
“I started going to Farmers‘ Markets in direct defiance（蔑視） of the big supermarkets.____（50） It’s terrible ，” said Londoner Michael Samson.
A But he never considered staying on his father and grandfather‘s land.
B While most people buy food from the big supermarkets， hundreds of independent Farmers’ Markets are becoming popular.
C While confident they will succeed，she lists farming‘s many challenges：
D Young people prefer to live in cities.
E I seriously objected to the super-sizing of everything --what exactly DO they put on our apples to make them so big and red？
F “Buy British” campaigns urge（鼓勵(lì)） consumers not to buy cheaper imported foods.
參考答案：C A F B E
答案解析：
46 C 文章的第一段主要是講，Charlotte和她的弟弟Ben在竭力拯救他們父親自14歲起就開始工作的農(nóng)場(chǎng)。第二段講到維持一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)的種種艱難。放在這兩段句子之間最合適的句子是C。C是這么說(shuō)的：雖然他們有信心他們會(huì)回到成功，但是她也列出了從事農(nóng)業(yè)的許多艱難之處。
47 A A 說(shuō)的是：但是他從來(lái)沒(méi)有想過(guò)在他父親和祖父的土地上待下去。Oliver Robinson講到了一些旅游，包括“不吸引人”（it doesn’t appeal）?？梢夾是合適的。
48 F 前一句話說(shuō)的是：在英國(guó)種地是個(gè)很大的政治問(wèn)題。這是個(gè)主題句，主題句是概述，接下來(lái)應(yīng)該具體說(shuō)明。F是具體說(shuō)明，說(shuō)的是：“買英國(guó)貨”運(yùn)動(dòng)鼓勵(lì)消費(fèi)者不買進(jìn)口的便宜食品。
49 B 倒數(shù)第二段開頭幾句是這么說(shuō)的：Jamie Oliver 在2005年的競(jìng)選中說(shuō)要讓孩子吃得健康，這也突出了問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性。國(guó)家的關(guān)切給農(nóng)場(chǎng)主跟強(qiáng)勢(shì)的超市競(jìng)爭(zhēng)帶來(lái)了希望。接下去的句子應(yīng)該是：While most people buy food from the big supermarkets， hundreds of independent Farmers‘ Markets are becoming popular. 在大多數(shù)人在大超市買食品的同時(shí)許許多多的農(nóng)場(chǎng)主市場(chǎng)也越來(lái)越普遍起來(lái)。這就是B。
50 E 最后一段的第一句說(shuō)的是：對(duì)大超市的直接蔑視，我開始去農(nóng)場(chǎng)主市場(chǎng)購(gòu)物。接著應(yīng)該講講理由，為什么不去大超市。E就是理由，是這么說(shuō)的：我非常反對(duì)這種東西就是超大型的——他們?cè)谔O果上都放了什么使得它們變得這么大，這么紅。
Farmers‘ markets
Charlotte Hollins knows she faces a battle. The 23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save the farm from developers that their father worked on since he was 14._____（46）
“You don’t often get a day off. Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers to keep price down. With fewer people working on farms it can be isolating，” she said. “There is a high rate of suicide and farming will never make you rich！”
Oliver Robinson，25， grew up on a farm in Yorkshire.____（47）“I‘m sure dad hoped I’d stay，” he said. “I guess it‘s a nice ，straightforward life， but it doesn’t appeal. For young， ambitious people， farm life would be a hard world.” For Robinson， farming doesn‘t offer much “in terms of money or lifestyle.” Hollins agrees that economics stops people from pursuing farming rewards：“providing for a vital human need，while working outdoors with nature.”
Farming is a big political issue in the UK.____（48） The 2001 foot and mouth crisis closed thousands of farms， stopped meat exports，and raised public consciousness of troubles in UK farming.
Jamie Oliver’s 2005 campaign to get children to eat healthily also highlighted the issue. This national concern spells（帶來(lái)） hope for farmers competing with powerful supermarkets.____（49）
“I started going to Farmers‘ Markets in direct defiance（蔑視） of the big supermarkets.____（50） It’s terrible ，” said Londoner Michael Samson.
A But he never considered staying on his father and grandfather‘s land.
B While most people buy food from the big supermarkets， hundreds of independent Farmers’ Markets are becoming popular.
C While confident they will succeed，she lists farming‘s many challenges：
D Young people prefer to live in cities.
E I seriously objected to the super-sizing of everything --what exactly DO they put on our apples to make them so big and red？
F “Buy British” campaigns urge（鼓勵(lì)） consumers not to buy cheaper imported foods.
參考答案：C A F B E
答案解析：
46 C 文章的第一段主要是講，Charlotte和她的弟弟Ben在竭力拯救他們父親自14歲起就開始工作的農(nóng)場(chǎng)。第二段講到維持一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)的種種艱難。放在這兩段句子之間最合適的句子是C。C是這么說(shuō)的：雖然他們有信心他們會(huì)回到成功，但是她也列出了從事農(nóng)業(yè)的許多艱難之處。
47 A A 說(shuō)的是：但是他從來(lái)沒(méi)有想過(guò)在他父親和祖父的土地上待下去。Oliver Robinson講到了一些旅游，包括“不吸引人”（it doesn’t appeal）?？梢夾是合適的。
48 F 前一句話說(shuō)的是：在英國(guó)種地是個(gè)很大的政治問(wèn)題。這是個(gè)主題句，主題句是概述，接下來(lái)應(yīng)該具體說(shuō)明。F是具體說(shuō)明，說(shuō)的是：“買英國(guó)貨”運(yùn)動(dòng)鼓勵(lì)消費(fèi)者不買進(jìn)口的便宜食品。
49 B 倒數(shù)第二段開頭幾句是這么說(shuō)的：Jamie Oliver 在2005年的競(jìng)選中說(shuō)要讓孩子吃得健康，這也突出了問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性。國(guó)家的關(guān)切給農(nóng)場(chǎng)主跟強(qiáng)勢(shì)的超市競(jìng)爭(zhēng)帶來(lái)了希望。接下去的句子應(yīng)該是：While most people buy food from the big supermarkets， hundreds of independent Farmers‘ Markets are becoming popular. 在大多數(shù)人在大超市買食品的同時(shí)許許多多的農(nóng)場(chǎng)主市場(chǎng)也越來(lái)越普遍起來(lái)。這就是B。
50 E 最后一段的第一句說(shuō)的是：對(duì)大超市的直接蔑視，我開始去農(nóng)場(chǎng)主市場(chǎng)購(gòu)物。接著應(yīng)該講講理由，為什么不去大超市。E就是理由，是這么說(shuō)的：我非常反對(duì)這種東西就是超大型的——他們?cè)谔O果上都放了什么使得它們變得這么大，這么紅。