2024年4月1日发(作者：斐晓君)
必修4 Unit 2 Working the land 同步单元测试卷
(全卷共六大题，满分100分。请在40分钟内完成)
班级____________学号____________姓名____________得分____________
一、单词拼写 根据语境和首字母提示用本单元的单词补全句中所缺单词。(共10小题；每小题1分，
满分10分)
1. Many African children die of h__________ because of lack of food.
2. Brian feels s__________ with his achievement, but he never looks down upon the losers.
3. I don’t r__________ telling her what I thought. After all, she is a supporter of mine.
4. Bring the object into f__________ if you want a sharp photo.
5. This is the first discovery of ancient buildings in our province with exact time.
6. Prices have risen sharply in the last d__________.
7. I am still a little c__________ about what happened.
8. Money is often said to be the r__________ of all evil.
9. This food provides all the n__________ your body needs.
10. The new boots are lighter and softer, and t more comfortable to wear.
二、句子完形 根据语境选择最佳选项。(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
1. —Do you know what Jim’s ________ is?
—He is a dancer, if I remember rightly.
A. occupation B. career C. nationality D. summary
2. Though the number of students in the city is ________ rapidly, no more money is provided to build more
schools.
A. impressing B. expanding C. behaving D. surrounding
3. The story is really ________; I can’t decide whether the hero is kind or not.
A. terrifying B. confusing C. entertaining D. inspiring
4. Many of the local government officials refused to ________ the school bus accident when interviewed. In
other words, they said nothing about it.
A. crowd in B. settle down
C. comment on D. move off
5. One of the ways that teachers usually use to remind students to pay attention to them is to ________ the
mistake in red ink.
A. underline B. skim C. observe D. argue
三、单句语法 在下面句子的空格处填入一个适当的词或用所给词的正确形式填空。(共10小题；每小
题1分，满分10分)
1. Too much work and too little rest often lead __________ sickness.
2. It was thanks to your timely help __________ we achieved the task ahead of time.
3. The report focused __________ how teachers kept their students free __________ the pressure of exams.
4. The man in the forest struggled to rid __________ of his fears.
5. Organic farming also refers __________ crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers.
6. They intend to buy new camping __________ (equip) in preparation for our trip this weekend.
7. The __________ (disturb) problem makes it hard for him to sleep every night.
8. The soldiers are running a campaign to struggle for their __________ (free).
9. The doctor advised him to eat more fish, __________ is a rich source of vitamins and __________ (mine).
10. The number of people suffering from heart disease __________ (reduce) if they are persuaded to eat more
fruit and vegetables.
四、完成句子 根据语境和汉语提示完成英文句子。(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
1. _________________ (由于) the schoolmate’s help, he finally __________________(改掉了他的坏习惯).
2. Everyone present at the meeting __________________ (对他的解析感到满意).
3. Though the pressure __________________ (逐渐增强), he managed to deal with it.
4. He lived a wealthy life, __________________(但他也尊敬穷人).
5. 汤姆宁愿贫穷也不愿通过不诚实的方法获取钱财。(would rather…than…)
Tom ___________________________________________ by dishonest methods.
6. 数据显示，在过去两年里，房价比他预料中的上涨了两倍。
Statistics show that house price in the last two years ___________________________ than they had expected.
7. 无论他怎么努力，他都无法把精力集中在学习上。(no matter…)
_____________________, he couldn’t _____________________ his studies.
8. 只有你像他一样继续学习，你才会实现你的梦想。(only…)
____________________________________ will you make your dream come true.
9. 因特网已经使我们网上购物成为可能。
The Internet ________________________________________.
10. 良好的饮食和适度的锻炼使你远离感冒。(keep…free from/of)
________________________________________________________
五、完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳
选项。(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Road to Super Hybrid Rice
Born into a poor farmer’s family in 1931 and a graduate from the Southwest Agriculture Institute in 1953,
Yuan Longping began his 1 career at an agriculture school in Anjiang, Hunan Province.
He came up with an idea for hybridizing rice in the 1960s, when a series of natural 2 and
inappropriate 3 had plunged China into an unprecedented famine (空前的饥荒) that caused many deaths.
Since then, he has 4 himself to the research and development of a 5 rice breed (品种).
In 1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had obvious 6 over others. 7
encouraged, he began to study the elements of this particular 8 .
In 1973, in cooperation with others, he was able to cultivate a type of hybrid rice 9 which had great
advantages. It yielded (产出) 20% more per unit than that of 10 ones.
The next year their 11 made a breakthrough in seeding. They 12 developed a set of
technologies for producing indica rice (籼稻), putting China in the lead worldwide in rice production. For this
13 , he was called the “Father of Hybrid Rice.”
In 1979, their 14 for hybrid rice was introduced into the United States, the first 15 of
intellectual property rights transfer in the history of new China.
At present, as much as 50% of China’s total rice fields 16 Yuan Longping’s hybrid rice species, yield
60% of the rice production in China. Due to Yuan’s hard work, China’s total rice output 17 from 5.69 billion
tons in 1950 to 19.47 billion tons last year. The annual yield is enough to 18 60 million people.
A record yield of 17,055 kilograms per hectare was 19 in Yongsheng County, Yunnan Province in
1999. 20 his great achievements, Yuan is still on his way to super super Hybrid Rice.
1. A. teaching B. leading C. reading D. searching
2. A. damages B. trends C. disasters D. environments
3. A. phenomena B. policies C. places D. statistics
4. A. adjusted B. adapted C. reduced D. devoted
5. A. larger B. taller C. better D. cleverer
6. A. exports B. advantages C. imports D. disadvantages
7. A. Badly B. Rarely C. Slightly D. Greatly
8. A. type B. output C. industry D. occupation
9. A. pattern B. species C. basis D. works
10. A. regular B. chemical C. super D. common
11. A. research B. survey C. questionnaire D. personality
12. A. hopefully B. successfully C. personally D. specially
13. A. case B. failure C. achievement D. age
14. A. technique B. crop C. possibility D. production
15. A. impression B. chance C. equipment D. case
16. A. fall B. free C. grow D. contain
17. A. reduced B. rose C. maintained D. stayed
18. A. feed B. enrich C. balance D. study
19. A. recognized B. remembered C. focused D. registered
20. A. Among B. Without C. Despite D. Beside
[助读词汇]
inappropriate adj. 不合适的 element n. 元素；成分
cultivate vt. 培育 happen to 碰巧
came up with 想出 in cooperation with 和……合作
make a breakthrough 取得突破 intellectual property rights transfer 知识产权转让
六、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。(共10小题；每小
题2分，满分20分)
A
Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural revolution”. On
the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already
using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate
records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their
products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer
programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog (猪) producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and
dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of
the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer
classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers
even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine
power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.
Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired
hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that
computer-aided robots will make startling changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the
present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now
developing robots that will be able to shear (修剪) sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will
be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the special barn (畜
棚), then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished.
In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will
automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future,
but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.
1. Which sentence carries the main idea of the whole passage?
A. The first sentence of the first paragraph.
B. The first sentence of the second paragraph.
C. The first sentence of the third paragraph.
D. The last sentence of the second paragraph.
2. According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _______.
A. how much money they can earn from their products
B. whether to plant a certain kind of crop
C. what livestock to raise
D. when to sell their products
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.
B. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.
C. Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.
D. Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes for sake of today’s farms.
4. According to the engineers, _______ will be done by robots in the near future.
A. all farm work B. milking cows
D. some farm work C. most of the farm work
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Computer, Farmers’ Best Friend
C. Farmers in the Future
[助读词汇]
B. The Agricultural Revolution
D. Computers and Robots
technology n. 技术 efficiently adv. 有效率地
complex adj. 复杂的 before long 不久以后
depend on 取决于 accurate record 精确的记录
experimental stage 实验阶段
B
The United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2018, mainly because of
higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that 963 million
people did not get enough to eat.
World food prices have dropped since early 2015. Prices of major crops have decreased by more than half
from their height earlier last year. But they remain high compared to earlier years.
But FAO official Hafez Ghanem says lower prices have failed to end the food crisis in many poor countries.
“For millions in developing countries,” he says, “getting enough food every day to live an active and healthy life is
a distant dream.”
The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people’s health. Today, two-thirds of the world’s undernourished
people live in just a few countries. These are India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Pakistan, Ethiopia and so on.
A report on food insecurity warns that the current economic crisis could send even more people into hunger
and poverty.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of the people who continually go hungry fell from 34% in 2008 to 30%
in 2019. But the FAO says Ghana is the only country that has reached two sets of hunger reduction targets. These
were set by the 2006 World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals. The main reason is the growth
in agricultural production in Ghana.
The FAO says some countries in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam have made progress in hunger
reduction goals. But South Asia and Central Asia haven’t, and North Korea is still in hot water.
1. What FAO official Hafez Ghanem says implies ________.
A. it’s easy but takes long to provide people with enough food
B. enough food can make people more active and healthier
C. there is difficulty solving the food shortage in a short time
D. people in developing countries will never get enough food
2. Ghana has reached the targets of hunger reduction mainly because of ________.
A. the still high food prices B. the donation of developed countries
D. the growth in agricultural production C. the two targets of hunger reduction
3. The underlined word “undernourished” in Para. 4 probably means ________.
A. hungry and unhappy
C. not fat because of poverty
B. unhealthy for lack of food
D. undeveloped and poor
4. Which country has not made progress in hunger reduction?
A. North Korea. B. Thailand. C. Vietnam. D. Ghana.
5. What is the best title of this passage?
A. The Food Production of the World B. The Hunger Reduction Target of the FAO
C. The Food Shortage Around the World D. The Solution to the Global Food Shortage
[助读词汇]
estimate n. 估计 remain vt. 保持
crisis n. 危机 threat n. 威胁(动词是threaten)
insecurity n. 不安全 current adj. 目前的；现在的
poverty n. 贫穷 continually adv. 继续地；不断地
reduction n. 减少；减小 or so 大约
a distant dream 一个遥远的梦 food shortage 粮食短缺
in hot water 在困境中；在水深火热之中
必修4 Unit 2 Working the land 同步单元测试卷
参考答案
一、单词拼写
1. hunger 由lack of food可知，应是hunger。
2. satisfied 由but转折的内容never looks down upon the losers可知，应是“满意的”satisfied，也即固定短
语“be/feel satisfied with”。
3. regret 由After all, She is a supporter of mine，所以我不后悔告诉她我的想法，故填regret。
4. focus 由if后的内容：you want a sharp photo可知，填表示“焦点”，“中心点”focus。
5. discovery 根据空后的ancient buildings in our province with exact time可知，填表“发现”discovery。
6. decade 时间名词作状语。
7. confused 过去分词作表语，表被动。
8. root 由前面的the和后面的of可知。
9. nutrition 根据主语和其后的从句。
10. therefore 前后为因果关系，故用therefore。
二、句子完形
1. A 由回答He is a dancer可知，此处问的是“职业”，故选C。
2. B 由no more money is provided to build more schools可知，应是:“尽管学生数量快速地增长”，故选B。
3. B 由I can’t decide whether the hero is kind or not可知，应是: 故事“令人迷惑的”confusing，故选B。
4. C 由下文they said nothing about it可知，意为：被采访时拒绝对校车事故作“评论”，故选C。
5. A 由remind students to pay attention to them可知，意为：用红色笔画底线标出错误，故选A。
三、单句语法
1. to 因lead to表示“导致”。
2. that 与前面的it is构成强调结构it is…that。
3. on, from/of 第一个空因focus on表示“集中于”；第二个空因keep…free from/of表示“使……免受(影
响)。
4. himself 因rid…of表示“使……摆脱”，又因主语是the man，故是himself，意为：使他自己摆脱害
怕。
5. to 因refer to表示“指的是”。
6. equipment 作动词buy后的宾语用名词，表示“装备”。
7. disturbing 作定语要用形容词，又因problem是物，故用disturbing，表示“令人不安的问题”。
8. freedom 作介词后的宾语用名词，故填freedom。
9. which, minerals 第一个空用which引导非限制定语从句，指代前面一个句子；第二个空因and连接
两个并列名词，又因mineral是可数名词，故用复数minerals。
10. will reduce 因if引导的条件状语从句用一般现在时，主句用将来时，故填will reduce。
四、完成句子
1. Thanks to, rid himself of his bad habit
2. was satisfied with his explanation
3. built up
4. but he had/showed respect for the poor
5. would rather be poor than get money
6. has risen twice than
7. No matter how hard he worked, focus his mind on
8. Only if you carry on studying like him
9. has made it possible for us to shop online
10. A good diet and good exercise keep you free from/of cold.
五、完形填空
本文简要介绍了袁隆平和他的杂交水稻。
1. A 根据空后的at an agriculture school不难推知答案选A正确。
2. C 根据后半句plunged China into an unprecedented famine (空前的饥荒) that caused many deaths.可以
推知答案选C符合上下文意。
3. B 根据句意以及有关的历史知识可知。
4. D 根据空后的himself to可知答案选D。devote oneself to意为“致力于、献身于”。
5. C 既然花那么多精力去研究，那肯定是更好的水稻品种了。故选C合适。
6. B 根据空后的over others不难知道答案选B合适。表“比……有优势”，后面常用介词over。
7. D 此处是指受到极大的鼓励。表“极大地”用副词Greatly合适。
8. A 结合四个选项，A项最符合上下文意。此处type意为“品种”。
9. B 此题与第八题有些类似，此处species也是意为“品种”。
10. D 结合上一句，以及空前的It yielded (产出) 20% more per unit than可知，这种杂交水稻理应是比
普通品种产量更高。故答案选D合适。
11. A 结合空后的made a breakthrough可知，此处指他们的研究。故选A正确。
12. B 根据后半句putting China in the lead worldwide in rice production.可知，他们成功地开发了一套技
术。故选B。
13. C 有因必有果。就因为此成就，袁隆平被称为杂交水稻之父。自然选C合适。
14. A 根据空后的was introduced into the United States不难知道是指他们的杂交水稻技术。故选A。
15. D 由空后的intellectual property rights transfer(知识产权转让)，不难得知，此处是指新中国第一个
进行知识产权转让的案例。故选D合适。
16. C 根据整句句意不难推知答案选C正确。grow指“种植”。
17. B 根据空后的from 5.69 billion tons in 1950 to 19.47 billion tons last year不难知道是“上升”。故选B
正确。
18. A 结合四个选项可知，只有A项合适。此处feed意为“为……提供充足的食物”。
19. D 此处是指“登记的”。结合四个选项，只有D最合适。
20. C 根据上下文意以及前后逻辑，答案选C正确。此处Despite意为“尽管”。
六、阅读理解
(A) 技术改变了工业，那么农业也从机械化到计算机化，正经历着农业革命。
1. A 主旨大意题。全文讲的是未来的农业趋势是计算机化以及机器人的大量使用。
2. C 推理判断题。这里可用排除法。根据第二段的what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to
sell their products, and how much profit they can expect可知。
3. B 事实细节题。由第二段最后的While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms
depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power可知。
4. C 事实细节题。根据第三段中的farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for
them可知。
5. B 主旨大意题。全文讲的是不久的将来的农业会经历一场革命。
(B) 这是一篇经济报道，介绍由于粮食减产、粮食价格、当前的经济危机等造成了世界粮食的短缺。
1. C 推理判断题。由文章的第三段For millions in developing countries,” he says, “getting enough food
every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream.可推断出C项最符合文意。
2. D 事实细节题。在文章中的第六段可以找到答案。
3. B 猜测词义题。从前面一句The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people’s health.，后面一句国家的
特点以及文章的中心lack of food可知B项最符合文意。
4. A 推理判断题。选项B、C在倒数第二段的第一句可找到；选项D在倒数第三段提到了在hunger
reduction方面取得了进步；只有最后一句North Korea is still in hot water表明了North Korea还在“水深火热”
中，意思是仍没有解决food shortage问题。
5. C 主旨大意题。本文的中心是“全世界粮食短缺问题”。
2024年4月1日发(作者：斐晓君)
必修4 Unit 2 Working the land 同步单元测试卷
(全卷共六大题，满分100分。请在40分钟内完成)
班级____________学号____________姓名____________得分____________
一、单词拼写 根据语境和首字母提示用本单元的单词补全句中所缺单词。(共10小题；每小题1分，
满分10分)
1. Many African children die of h__________ because of lack of food.
2. Brian feels s__________ with his achievement, but he never looks down upon the losers.
3. I don’t r__________ telling her what I thought. After all, she is a supporter of mine.
4. Bring the object into f__________ if you want a sharp photo.
5. This is the first discovery of ancient buildings in our province with exact time.
6. Prices have risen sharply in the last d__________.
7. I am still a little c__________ about what happened.
8. Money is often said to be the r__________ of all evil.
9. This food provides all the n__________ your body needs.
10. The new boots are lighter and softer, and t more comfortable to wear.
二、句子完形 根据语境选择最佳选项。(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
1. —Do you know what Jim’s ________ is?
—He is a dancer, if I remember rightly.
A. occupation B. career C. nationality D. summary
2. Though the number of students in the city is ________ rapidly, no more money is provided to build more
schools.
A. impressing B. expanding C. behaving D. surrounding
3. The story is really ________; I can’t decide whether the hero is kind or not.
A. terrifying B. confusing C. entertaining D. inspiring
4. Many of the local government officials refused to ________ the school bus accident when interviewed. In
other words, they said nothing about it.
A. crowd in B. settle down
C. comment on D. move off
5. One of the ways that teachers usually use to remind students to pay attention to them is to ________ the
mistake in red ink.
A. underline B. skim C. observe D. argue
三、单句语法 在下面句子的空格处填入一个适当的词或用所给词的正确形式填空。(共10小题；每小
题1分，满分10分)
1. Too much work and too little rest often lead __________ sickness.
2. It was thanks to your timely help __________ we achieved the task ahead of time.
3. The report focused __________ how teachers kept their students free __________ the pressure of exams.
4. The man in the forest struggled to rid __________ of his fears.
5. Organic farming also refers __________ crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers.
6. They intend to buy new camping __________ (equip) in preparation for our trip this weekend.
7. The __________ (disturb) problem makes it hard for him to sleep every night.
8. The soldiers are running a campaign to struggle for their __________ (free).
9. The doctor advised him to eat more fish, __________ is a rich source of vitamins and __________ (mine).
10. The number of people suffering from heart disease __________ (reduce) if they are persuaded to eat more
fruit and vegetables.
四、完成句子 根据语境和汉语提示完成英文句子。(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
1. _________________ (由于) the schoolmate’s help, he finally __________________(改掉了他的坏习惯).
2. Everyone present at the meeting __________________ (对他的解析感到满意).
3. Though the pressure __________________ (逐渐增强), he managed to deal with it.
4. He lived a wealthy life, __________________(但他也尊敬穷人).
5. 汤姆宁愿贫穷也不愿通过不诚实的方法获取钱财。(would rather…than…)
Tom ___________________________________________ by dishonest methods.
6. 数据显示，在过去两年里，房价比他预料中的上涨了两倍。
Statistics show that house price in the last two years ___________________________ than they had expected.
7. 无论他怎么努力，他都无法把精力集中在学习上。(no matter…)
_____________________, he couldn’t _____________________ his studies.
8. 只有你像他一样继续学习，你才会实现你的梦想。(only…)
____________________________________ will you make your dream come true.
9. 因特网已经使我们网上购物成为可能。
The Internet ________________________________________.
10. 良好的饮食和适度的锻炼使你远离感冒。(keep…free from/of)
________________________________________________________
五、完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳
选项。(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Road to Super Hybrid Rice
Born into a poor farmer’s family in 1931 and a graduate from the Southwest Agriculture Institute in 1953,
Yuan Longping began his 1 career at an agriculture school in Anjiang, Hunan Province.
He came up with an idea for hybridizing rice in the 1960s, when a series of natural 2 and
inappropriate 3 had plunged China into an unprecedented famine (空前的饥荒) that caused many deaths.
Since then, he has 4 himself to the research and development of a 5 rice breed (品种).
In 1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had obvious 6 over others. 7
encouraged, he began to study the elements of this particular 8 .
In 1973, in cooperation with others, he was able to cultivate a type of hybrid rice 9 which had great
advantages. It yielded (产出) 20% more per unit than that of 10 ones.
The next year their 11 made a breakthrough in seeding. They 12 developed a set of
technologies for producing indica rice (籼稻), putting China in the lead worldwide in rice production. For this
13 , he was called the “Father of Hybrid Rice.”
In 1979, their 14 for hybrid rice was introduced into the United States, the first 15 of
intellectual property rights transfer in the history of new China.
At present, as much as 50% of China’s total rice fields 16 Yuan Longping’s hybrid rice species, yield
60% of the rice production in China. Due to Yuan’s hard work, China’s total rice output 17 from 5.69 billion
tons in 1950 to 19.47 billion tons last year. The annual yield is enough to 18 60 million people.
A record yield of 17,055 kilograms per hectare was 19 in Yongsheng County, Yunnan Province in
1999. 20 his great achievements, Yuan is still on his way to super super Hybrid Rice.
1. A. teaching B. leading C. reading D. searching
2. A. damages B. trends C. disasters D. environments
3. A. phenomena B. policies C. places D. statistics
4. A. adjusted B. adapted C. reduced D. devoted
5. A. larger B. taller C. better D. cleverer
6. A. exports B. advantages C. imports D. disadvantages
7. A. Badly B. Rarely C. Slightly D. Greatly
8. A. type B. output C. industry D. occupation
9. A. pattern B. species C. basis D. works
10. A. regular B. chemical C. super D. common
11. A. research B. survey C. questionnaire D. personality
12. A. hopefully B. successfully C. personally D. specially
13. A. case B. failure C. achievement D. age
14. A. technique B. crop C. possibility D. production
15. A. impression B. chance C. equipment D. case
16. A. fall B. free C. grow D. contain
17. A. reduced B. rose C. maintained D. stayed
18. A. feed B. enrich C. balance D. study
19. A. recognized B. remembered C. focused D. registered
20. A. Among B. Without C. Despite D. Beside
[助读词汇]
inappropriate adj. 不合适的 element n. 元素；成分
cultivate vt. 培育 happen to 碰巧
came up with 想出 in cooperation with 和……合作
make a breakthrough 取得突破 intellectual property rights transfer 知识产权转让
六、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。(共10小题；每小
题2分，满分20分)
A
Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural revolution”. On
the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already
using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate
records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their
products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer
programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog (猪) producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and
dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of
the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer
classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers
even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine
power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.
Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired
hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that
computer-aided robots will make startling changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the
present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now
developing robots that will be able to shear (修剪) sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will
be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the special barn (畜
棚), then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished.
In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will
automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future,
but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.
1. Which sentence carries the main idea of the whole passage?
A. The first sentence of the first paragraph.
B. The first sentence of the second paragraph.
C. The first sentence of the third paragraph.
D. The last sentence of the second paragraph.
2. According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _______.
A. how much money they can earn from their products
B. whether to plant a certain kind of crop
C. what livestock to raise
D. when to sell their products
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.
B. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.
C. Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.
D. Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes for sake of today’s farms.
4. According to the engineers, _______ will be done by robots in the near future.
A. all farm work B. milking cows
D. some farm work C. most of the farm work
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Computer, Farmers’ Best Friend
C. Farmers in the Future
[助读词汇]
B. The Agricultural Revolution
D. Computers and Robots
technology n. 技术 efficiently adv. 有效率地
complex adj. 复杂的 before long 不久以后
depend on 取决于 accurate record 精确的记录
experimental stage 实验阶段
B
The United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2018, mainly because of
higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that 963 million
people did not get enough to eat.
World food prices have dropped since early 2015. Prices of major crops have decreased by more than half
from their height earlier last year. But they remain high compared to earlier years.
But FAO official Hafez Ghanem says lower prices have failed to end the food crisis in many poor countries.
“For millions in developing countries,” he says, “getting enough food every day to live an active and healthy life is
a distant dream.”
The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people’s health. Today, two-thirds of the world’s undernourished
people live in just a few countries. These are India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Pakistan, Ethiopia and so on.
A report on food insecurity warns that the current economic crisis could send even more people into hunger
and poverty.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of the people who continually go hungry fell from 34% in 2008 to 30%
in 2019. But the FAO says Ghana is the only country that has reached two sets of hunger reduction targets. These
were set by the 2006 World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals. The main reason is the growth
in agricultural production in Ghana.
The FAO says some countries in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam have made progress in hunger
reduction goals. But South Asia and Central Asia haven’t, and North Korea is still in hot water.
1. What FAO official Hafez Ghanem says implies ________.
A. it’s easy but takes long to provide people with enough food
B. enough food can make people more active and healthier
C. there is difficulty solving the food shortage in a short time
D. people in developing countries will never get enough food
2. Ghana has reached the targets of hunger reduction mainly because of ________.
A. the still high food prices B. the donation of developed countries
D. the growth in agricultural production C. the two targets of hunger reduction
3. The underlined word “undernourished” in Para. 4 probably means ________.
A. hungry and unhappy
C. not fat because of poverty
B. unhealthy for lack of food
D. undeveloped and poor
4. Which country has not made progress in hunger reduction?
A. North Korea. B. Thailand. C. Vietnam. D. Ghana.
5. What is the best title of this passage?
A. The Food Production of the World B. The Hunger Reduction Target of the FAO
C. The Food Shortage Around the World D. The Solution to the Global Food Shortage
[助读词汇]
estimate n. 估计 remain vt. 保持
crisis n. 危机 threat n. 威胁(动词是threaten)
insecurity n. 不安全 current adj. 目前的；现在的
poverty n. 贫穷 continually adv. 继续地；不断地
reduction n. 减少；减小 or so 大约
a distant dream 一个遥远的梦 food shortage 粮食短缺
in hot water 在困境中；在水深火热之中
必修4 Unit 2 Working the land 同步单元测试卷
参考答案
一、单词拼写
1. hunger 由lack of food可知，应是hunger。
2. satisfied 由but转折的内容never looks down upon the losers可知，应是“满意的”satisfied，也即固定短
语“be/feel satisfied with”。
3. regret 由After all, She is a supporter of mine，所以我不后悔告诉她我的想法，故填regret。
4. focus 由if后的内容：you want a sharp photo可知，填表示“焦点”，“中心点”focus。
5. discovery 根据空后的ancient buildings in our province with exact time可知，填表“发现”discovery。
6. decade 时间名词作状语。
7. confused 过去分词作表语，表被动。
8. root 由前面的the和后面的of可知。
9. nutrition 根据主语和其后的从句。
10. therefore 前后为因果关系，故用therefore。
二、句子完形
1. A 由回答He is a dancer可知，此处问的是“职业”，故选C。
2. B 由no more money is provided to build more schools可知，应是:“尽管学生数量快速地增长”，故选B。
3. B 由I can’t decide whether the hero is kind or not可知，应是: 故事“令人迷惑的”confusing，故选B。
4. C 由下文they said nothing about it可知，意为：被采访时拒绝对校车事故作“评论”，故选C。
5. A 由remind students to pay attention to them可知，意为：用红色笔画底线标出错误，故选A。
三、单句语法
1. to 因lead to表示“导致”。
2. that 与前面的it is构成强调结构it is…that。
3. on, from/of 第一个空因focus on表示“集中于”；第二个空因keep…free from/of表示“使……免受(影
响)。
4. himself 因rid…of表示“使……摆脱”，又因主语是the man，故是himself，意为：使他自己摆脱害
怕。
5. to 因refer to表示“指的是”。
6. equipment 作动词buy后的宾语用名词，表示“装备”。
7. disturbing 作定语要用形容词，又因problem是物，故用disturbing，表示“令人不安的问题”。
8. freedom 作介词后的宾语用名词，故填freedom。
9. which, minerals 第一个空用which引导非限制定语从句，指代前面一个句子；第二个空因and连接
两个并列名词，又因mineral是可数名词，故用复数minerals。
10. will reduce 因if引导的条件状语从句用一般现在时，主句用将来时，故填will reduce。
四、完成句子
1. Thanks to, rid himself of his bad habit
2. was satisfied with his explanation
3. built up
4. but he had/showed respect for the poor
5. would rather be poor than get money
6. has risen twice than
7. No matter how hard he worked, focus his mind on
8. Only if you carry on studying like him
9. has made it possible for us to shop online
10. A good diet and good exercise keep you free from/of cold.
五、完形填空
本文简要介绍了袁隆平和他的杂交水稻。
1. A 根据空后的at an agriculture school不难推知答案选A正确。
2. C 根据后半句plunged China into an unprecedented famine (空前的饥荒) that caused many deaths.可以
推知答案选C符合上下文意。
3. B 根据句意以及有关的历史知识可知。
4. D 根据空后的himself to可知答案选D。devote oneself to意为“致力于、献身于”。
5. C 既然花那么多精力去研究，那肯定是更好的水稻品种了。故选C合适。
6. B 根据空后的over others不难知道答案选B合适。表“比……有优势”，后面常用介词over。
7. D 此处是指受到极大的鼓励。表“极大地”用副词Greatly合适。
8. A 结合四个选项，A项最符合上下文意。此处type意为“品种”。
9. B 此题与第八题有些类似，此处species也是意为“品种”。
10. D 结合上一句，以及空前的It yielded (产出) 20% more per unit than可知，这种杂交水稻理应是比
普通品种产量更高。故答案选D合适。
11. A 结合空后的made a breakthrough可知，此处指他们的研究。故选A正确。
12. B 根据后半句putting China in the lead worldwide in rice production.可知，他们成功地开发了一套技
术。故选B。
13. C 有因必有果。就因为此成就，袁隆平被称为杂交水稻之父。自然选C合适。
14. A 根据空后的was introduced into the United States不难知道是指他们的杂交水稻技术。故选A。
15. D 由空后的intellectual property rights transfer(知识产权转让)，不难得知，此处是指新中国第一个
进行知识产权转让的案例。故选D合适。
16. C 根据整句句意不难推知答案选C正确。grow指“种植”。
17. B 根据空后的from 5.69 billion tons in 1950 to 19.47 billion tons last year不难知道是“上升”。故选B
正确。
18. A 结合四个选项可知，只有A项合适。此处feed意为“为……提供充足的食物”。
19. D 此处是指“登记的”。结合四个选项，只有D最合适。
20. C 根据上下文意以及前后逻辑，答案选C正确。此处Despite意为“尽管”。
六、阅读理解
(A) 技术改变了工业，那么农业也从机械化到计算机化，正经历着农业革命。
1. A 主旨大意题。全文讲的是未来的农业趋势是计算机化以及机器人的大量使用。
2. C 推理判断题。这里可用排除法。根据第二段的what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to
sell their products, and how much profit they can expect可知。
3. B 事实细节题。由第二段最后的While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms
depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power可知。
4. C 事实细节题。根据第三段中的farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for
them可知。
5. B 主旨大意题。全文讲的是不久的将来的农业会经历一场革命。
(B) 这是一篇经济报道，介绍由于粮食减产、粮食价格、当前的经济危机等造成了世界粮食的短缺。
1. C 推理判断题。由文章的第三段For millions in developing countries,” he says, “getting enough food
every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream.可推断出C项最符合文意。
2. D 事实细节题。在文章中的第六段可以找到答案。
3. B 猜测词义题。从前面一句The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people’s health.，后面一句国家的
特点以及文章的中心lack of food可知B项最符合文意。
4. A 推理判断题。选项B、C在倒数第二段的第一句可找到；选项D在倒数第三段提到了在hunger
reduction方面取得了进步；只有最后一句North Korea is still in hot water表明了North Korea还在“水深火热”
中，意思是仍没有解决food shortage问题。
5. C 主旨大意题。本文的中心是“全世界粮食短缺问题”。