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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) 7 }0 J, y' ?0 e+ N" d
"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!"
" d; _; \- S/ l; m 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."
0 l# Q. t' g7 g3 Z* g1 V% x 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. 1 T$ h/ n* p3 Q9 N0 S
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)
& P* N$ c0 H. W# b; X( E "I started going to Farmers’ Markets in direct defiance(蔑视) of the big supermarkets.____(50) It’s terrible ," said Londoner Michael Samson.
/ n+ j8 Z8 _7 Q7 ?) w; t; j A But he never considered staying on his father and grandfather’s land. : s* o5 d+ H' @; R
B While most people buy food from the big supermarkets, hundreds of independent Farmers’ Markets are becoming popular. 1 Q3 I: [, H5 D5 B) \- }
C While confident they will succeed,she lists farming’s many challenges:
! `5 ^1 ~ x( U$ ] D Young people prefer to live in cities.
# e1 U8 s* T% I- u1 Z( s% j! r 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? & Q( c) m: }& z3 I# ^
F "Buy British" campaigns urge(鼓励) consumers not to buy cheaper imported foods. & J+ K4 T8 d8 B) y l7 M$ Y
参考答案：C A F B E
: t: R3 l% m2 o1 u) N0 [0 s46 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)0 z' ^1 Z1 l* z2 ?2 l- X% B
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。 * d/ l/ d9 Z. j8 g4 k$ {
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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