Ensuring Our Future Food Supply

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题目与答案

1. 1 Heritage Farm is different from most other nearby farms.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Everything about Heritage Farm is in stark contrast to the surrounding acres of intensively farmed fields of corn and soybean that are typical of modern agriculture

   同义替换：「different from」↔「in stark contrast to」，「nearby」↔「surrounding」，「farms」↔「typical of modern agriculture」

2. Extinction of food varieties

   -less than 100 of the types of 10_____ once available in the USA are still grown

   答案：apples

   原文定位：Of the 7,000 different apple varieties that were grown in the 1800s, fewer than a hundred remain

   同义替换：「less」↔「fewer」，「still」↔「remain」

3. -over 11_____ of food varieties around the world have disappeared in the last 100 years

   答案：50 percent

   原文定位：Experts estimate that in total we have lost more than 50 percent of the world's food varieties over the past century

   同义替换：「disappeared」↔「lost」

4. Current problems in food production

   -a particular fungus is attacking wheat in various countries

   -Rick Ward believes the threat to food supplies in Asia and Africa might lead to a 12_____ .

   答案：famine

   原文定位：A famine with significant humanitarian consequences could follow, according to Rick Ward of Cornell University

   同义替换：「lead to」↔「could follow」

5. Food production in the future

   -climate change and disease may put pressure on food production

   -twice the amount of food may be needed because of an increase in 13_____

   答案：population

   原文定位：The population of the world is expected to reach nine billion by 2045. Some experts say we’ll need to double our food production to keep up with this growth

   同义替换：「increase」↔「growth」，「twice the amount of food」↔「double our food production」

6. 2 Most nongovernment-owned seed banks are bigger than Seed Savers Exchange.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：It is home to the Seed Savers Exchange, one of the largest non government-owned seed banks in the United States

   同义替换：「most nongovernment-owned seed banks are bigger than」↔「one of the largest」

7. 3 Diane Ott Whealy's grandfather taught her a lot about seed varieties.
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   • FALSE
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   答案：NOT GIVEN

8. 4 The seeds people give to the Seed Savers Exchange are stored outdoors.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：the many thousands of heirloom varieties they have donated are kept in its walk-in coolers, freezers, and root cellars

   同义替换：「stored outdoors」↔「kept in its walk-in coolers, freezers, and root cellars」，「seeds」↔「heirloom varieties」

9. 5 Diane and her husband choose which heirloom seeds to grow on Heritage Farm.
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   • FALSE
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   答案：NOT GIVEN

10. 6 The seeds are listed in alphabetical order in The Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook.
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    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NOT GIVEN

11. 7 The Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook describes how each seed was obtained.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：It is as thick as a big-city telephone directory, with page after page of exotic beans, garlic, potatoes, peppers, apples, pears, and plums-each with its own name and personal history

    同义替换：「describes how each seed was obtained」↔「personal history」

12. The food we grow and eat

    Supermarkets

    -sell fruit and vegetables that transport well

    -want fruit and vegetables to be standard in their 8_____ .

    答案：appearance

    原文定位：heirloom varieties have been squeezed out of supermarkets in favor of modern single-variety fruits and vegetables bred to ship well and have a uniform appearance

    同义替换：「standard」↔「uniform」，「transport」↔「ship」

13. Public awareness

    -while people know about plants disappearing from 9_____ very few know about the decline in fruit and vegetable varieties

    答案：rainforests

    原文定位：We’ve been hearing for some time about the loss of flora and fauna in our rainforests

    同义替换：「plants disappearing from」↔「loss of flora」，「people know about」↔「We’ve been hearing for」