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选择性必修第一册 Unit 5 Working the Land
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A(★)
A Day out at the City Farm
Come and join us for a day of fun! Get in touch with nature and learn about the importance of
growing our own food.Bring back your own mini garden to start your urban farming journey!
Date：28 May 2023 (Sunday) Time：8 a．m.to 5 p．m. Venue：City Farm
GUIDED TOUR 9 a．m.or 3 p．m.
Free registration (registration ends 5 minutes before tour starts)
Our friendly guide will share interesting facts about some common local plants and their
uses.You will have an opportunity to touch，smell and taste some of the vegetables and fruits.Our
guide will also highlight some farming methods that are environmentally friendly.
WORKSHOPS
My Miniature Garden 10 a．m.and 1 p．m.
Tickets(payment at site)：Children $15 per person Adult $25 per person
Learn to make an easy herb or vegetable garden in a recycled box.Bring it home and be
excited as you watch your plants come up.Cook a meal after harvesting them.
How To Make A Seed Ball 11 a．m.and 2 p．m.
Free entry(first come，first served)
Each seed ball is made by wrapping seeds with compost(堆肥) and clay，which provide
nutrients for seeds to grow and act as a carrier to spread the seeds.They also prevent the seeds from
being eaten by birds and animals.Our seed balls are wrapped in craft paper and make great gifts for
your family and friends.
1．What can a visitor enjoy during the guided tour?
A．Trying out new farming methods.
B．Tasting some vegetables and fruits.
C．Visiting the farm without registration.
D．Sharing knowledge of plants with the locals.
2．How much need a couple with one child pay for My Miniature Garden?
A．$40. B．$55. C．$65. D．$80.
3．What is the main purpose of the event?
A．To instruct visitors to prepare gifts.
B．To advocate the protection of the farm plants.
C．To publicize the sale of organic produce.D．To encourage people to grow their own food.
B
Ken Campbell had last attempted running at high school.When his wife，Susan，injured her
foot，she needed support to rejoin her running group，so Campbell went along to keep her
company and share in the recovery.“We were just walking at the beginning，” he says.“And I
was heavy.I weighed over 90kg.” But as the weeks and months passed，the weight fell away，
Susan recovered—and Campbell’s abilities grew.At the age of 63，he ran 50km，and at 70，he
ran through the night to complete a 100km ultramarathon.
So how does someone with no sporting precedent (先例) become an ultra-distance runner in
his 60s and 70s? Susan had run marathons before her injury.But for Campbell，the turning point
came when Susan’s Fleet Feet running group took to the trails in the Sierra Nevada foothills near
their home in Citrus Heights，California.
Campbell went out to visit Susan’s group，and “the trails were a terrible mess.It had been
raining.And I was running in my road shoes.Slipping and sliding and falling.And I was struggling.I
thought，well，I like this a lot but I could do better.”
What he liked above all was the feeling of “being enveloped by the trail，being embraced
by the closeness of the vegetation and the nearness of the river.I was walking where Native people
had walked for thousands of years and where miners had walked on their way to gold.”
Running the 100km ultramarathon took Campbell 16 hours.When Campbell crossed the finish
line at 3 am，Susan handed him a 100km sticker to display on the back of his truck.He already had
a 50km one on there.“It is a public declaration that you are part of this community，” he
says.“Wherever we park，I see a line of vehicles with their various stickers and I feel that we are
a tribe (大家庭)．”
Campbell suffered arthritis(关节炎) before he started running，and is “a candidate for knee
replacement”．But for now，he is holding off on surgery.It could put an end to the running—but
the “sense of wellbeing and accomplishment will carry me on forever”，he says.“If I can’t
run，I will walk.”
4．What enabled Campbell to take up running again?
A．He lost weight. B．He trained overnight.
C．His wife accompanied him. D．His wife shared her experience.
5．What did Campbell discover while keeping his wife company on a tail run?
A．The joy of being out in the wild. B．The hardships of Native people.
C．The pleasure of gold mining. D．The mysteries of nature.
6．What did the stickers on the back of Campbell’s truck bring him?
A．A discount on parking. B．A sense of belonging.
C．An enormous income. D．An honour to his wife.
7．What can we learn about Campbell from the text?A．He’s a determined man. B．He’s a people-pleaser.
C．He is easy to content. D．He is hard to cope with.
C(★)
Singapore cannot afford to have large plots of land dedicated to growing crops—it is just too
small.However，farming，or more precisely，urban farming，is now a buzz(流行的)word
here.Instead of looking at the grounds，Singapore has decided to look skyward，towards rooftops!
In 2020，Singapore announced plans to convert the roofs of nine multi-storey car parks in
public housing areas into spaces for commercially farmed vegetables and other crops.This is part of
Singapore’s strategy to meet the country’s 30 by 30 goal，which is to produce 30% of its
nutritional needs locally by 2030 up from 10% in 2020.
Several companies have taken on the task of cultivating the urban farming scene in
Singapore.Citiponics has made a name for itself，building water-efficient organic “growing
towers” that can be used to grow anything from butterhead lettuce to sweet basil.Edible Garden
City (EGC) has more than 200 farms across the island and works closely with restaurants to ensure
sustainable supply and demand.
Singapore is not alone in its efforts to go beyond the confines of conventional agriculture.All
over the world，cities are seeking to feed their communities with local produce.At Thammasat
University located just outside of Bangkok，a formerly disused rooftop has been transformed into
a 7,000-square-meter space for organic farming，the largest in Asia.
Urban farming is not restricted to eatable plants such as leafy greens and vegetables.Rooftop
Honey，which has over 130 hives throughout various locations in Greater Melbourne specializes
in bees.The urban beekeeping operation，founded in 2010，serves two purposes：producing
creamy and delicious honey for the city’s residents while also allowing the bees to pollinate(授
粉) flowers in the surrounding areas.
There are several benefits to have the farms so close to home.Through community gardens or
access to commercial-scale farm produce，the public have an opportunity to understand how food
is grown.As the produce is pesticide-free，there is also comfort in knowing where the food comes
from and its impact on the environment.
8．Why is the limited land resource in Singapore mentioned in paragraph 1?
A．To explain benefits of urban farming.
B．To show the function of urban farming.
C．To introduce the result of urban farming.
D．To emphasize the necessity of urban farming.
9．What does the underlined word “confines” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A．Strengths. B．Restrictions. C．Principles. D．Profits.
10．What can we learn about urban farming from the text?
A．It simply means growing vegetables and fruits.B．It is a solution to farming where land is lacking.
C．It helps to increase the crop production greatly.
D．It has never been commercialized in Singapore.
11．Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A．A New Plan Launched in Singapore
B．Singapore，the Birthplace of Urban Farming
C．Urban Farming，a Novel Pattern of Farming
D．Strengths and Weaknesses of Urban Farming
Ⅱ.七选五
(2024·福建福州期中联考)
You’ve probably heard of a hybrid(杂交物种)in films or books.The centaurs in the Harry
Potter films are hybrids of human and horse. 1
Hybridization occurs in both plants and animals. 2 What’s more，many plants that
people eat，from strawberries to carrots，corn and potatoes，have been created by hybridization.
Cross-breeding(杂交) sometimes occurs when animals’ normal territory overlaps(部分重
叠)． 3 The grolar bear is a hybrid that happens when grizzly and polar bears mate.As the
environment warms，grizzlies in Alaska and Canada wander further north，bringing them into
contact with polar bears.
Artificial mixing often happens in zoos，where different species that don’t normally meet in
the wild can be introduced to each other.Ligers(lion and tiger hybrids) are unlikely to occur in
nature，because the only place that their habitats overlap is the Gir Forest in India. 4 Mixed
species are more likely to be born with health issues than other animals.Most hybrids born in zoos
are infertile，which means they are unable to have babies.However，many cross-breeds born in
the wild，like the grolar bear，can have their own babies.
5 “It’s part of the evolutionary process，” he says.Fertile hybrids can lead to the
creation of a new species and increase the variety of living things.
A．Wildlife conservation is of significance.
B．Did you know hybridization is a biological process?
C．That’s due to habitat destruction or changing climate.
D．Did you know that hybrids appear in the natural world，too?
E．Jimmy believes species hybridization in nature is a good thing.
F．Many conservationists think that creating hybrids is a bad thing.
G．Living things，especially plants，will naturally hybridize in the wild.
