Farmers’ markets
" A$ x G; z1 A# W+ M; g 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)
4 t8 J# `( e6 t0 ]3 H "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!"
, e: l2 V N* p' ?, w: a 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." 1 P3 F. B0 ~# G! B2 a, R1 r/ J
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. - \8 t/ r' \; j
Jamie Oliver’s 2005 campaign to get children to eat healthily also highlighted the issue. This national concern spells(带来) hope for farmers competing with powerful supermarkets.____(49) + I) R' g. O) ]( \
"I started going to Farmers’ Markets in direct defiance(蔑视) of the big supermarkets.____(50) It’s terrible ," said Londoner Michael Samson. 6 _! \4 e, M) i1 N7 `
A But he never considered staying on his father and grandfather’s land. 8 A) x, O& B! x4 @
B While most people buy food from the big supermarkets, hundreds of independent Farmers’ Markets are becoming popular. & \* a" u$ B/ d% K% Q Z3 x
C While confident they will succeed,she lists farming’s many challenges: 1 E+ B, ~2 K# c; q
D Young people prefer to live in cities. * ^: Y% a V2 T2 v4 V$ {/ j
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? ) ?# n: `8 D4 K3 {0 A4 i
F "Buy British" campaigns urge(鼓励) consumers not to buy cheaper imported foods. / M+ m8 s3 w8 o% n
参考答案：C A F B E % [1 O, `( |; u! R
46 C 文章的第一段主要是讲，Charlotte和她的弟弟Ben在竭力拯救他们父亲自14岁起就开始工作的农场。第二段讲到维持一个农场的种种艰难。放在这两段句子之间最合适的句子是C。C是这么说的：虽然他们有信心他们会回到成功，但是她也列出了从事农业的许多艰难之处。 中华考试网(www．Examw。com)
& u1 F* B1 l& c7 v; G. J* G3 M 47 A A 说的是：但是他从来没有想过在他父亲和祖父的土地上待下去。Oliver Robinson讲到了一些旅游，包括“不吸引人”(it doesn’t appeal)。可见A是合适的。 : H' l' [' F. q( y
48 F 前一句话说的是：在英国种地是个很大的政治问题。这是个主题句，主题句是概述，接下来应该具体说明。F是具体说明，说的是:“买英国货”运动鼓励消费者不买进口的便宜食品。 |
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