人教版（2019）選擇性必修第一冊(cè)《Unit 5 Working the Land》2022年同步練習(xí)卷（教材串講課后提升）

Ⅰ閱讀理解

• 1．In a long-sleeved shirt and jeans，Dieudonne Twahirwa looks nothing like the traditional African farmer.The 30-year-old owner of Gashora Farm knows what a difference that makes.
     "You need more role models，" he said，standing among knee-high rows of chilli（辣椒） plants."If you have young farmers，having land and driving to the farm，others may think，'Why can't I do that？'"
     Mr.Twahirwa，a university graduate，bought a friend's tomato farm six years ago for ﹩150.He made ﹩1，500 back in two months."You have to link farming with entrepreneurship and real numbers，" he said.
     Many young Africans are abandoning areas in the countryside，choosing not to work hard and for a long time in the fields—a job made tougher by climate change.
     But Twahirwa is one of the growing band of successful farmers working to make agriculture's image on the continent more attractive.Some 1，000 farmers now produce chillies for him.He is starting a fourth farm of his own，and exports fresh and dried chillies and oil to Britain，the United States，India，and Kenya.
     Africa has the world's youngest population and 65 percent of its uncultivated arable land （耕地后備資源）.Yet accessing land and loans is difficult，and African productivity is low with crop yields just 56 percent of the international average.
     "Agriculture is mainly associated with suffering and no young person wants to suffer，" said Tamara Kaunda.She believes African agriculture needs a change to get rid of its old-fashioned image of very hard and tiring work with a hoe."Show young people tractors，green fields，nice irrigation systems and smartphones，" she said.
     Getting young people involved in agriculture does not mean they have to work on a farm.For example，in coffee production，the beans go from the farm to the washing station，then to be separated from the husks （外殼）.
  
  （1）What does "Why can't I do that？" in paragraph 2 mean？

  
  A．Why can't I drive to the farm？
  B．Why can't they farm？
  C．They follow the example of those farmers.
  D．They bought a friend's tomato farm.
  （2）What makes it harder for farmers to work？

  
  A．Poor land.
  B．Climate change.
  C．Low income.
  D．Long working hours.
  （3）What can we learn about Twahirwa according to paragraph 5？

  
  A．He made a fortune by growing chillies.
  B．His chillies are superb in the world.
  C．Farmers working for him live a simple life.
  D．The locals aren't willing to buy his chillies.
  （4）When it comes to agriculture in Africa，what do people think about it？

  
  A．Loans are difficult.
  B．Most land is uncultivated.
  C．Crop yields are rather low.
  D．Farming methods are out of date.
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Ⅱ.七選五

• 3．Are people less or more happy when they get older？A study in 2018 found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age 50.In fact，it found that by the age of 85，people are happier with their life than they were at 18.
     Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study.His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25.（1）

  
     Happiness was the highest among the youngest adults and those in their early 70s.But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their 70s and 80s.The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older.（2）

  
     The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children，being unemployed or being single.But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and wellbeing related to age.
     （3）

  One theory is that，as people get older，they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions.They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
     （4）

  In another study，people in their 80s reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep.The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems.（5）

  But except for that，people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.
  
  A.So why will happiness increase with age？
  B.Researchers surveyed more than 150，000 American adults.
  C.At that time，the people were between the ages of 18 and 85.
  D.Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their 50s.
  E.Happiness is not the only thing that apparently improves with age.
  F.The survey did find an increase during middle age，especially in women.
  G.However，women at all ages reported more sadness，stress and worry than men.
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Ⅲ.語(yǔ)法填空

• 4．Li Chunru，a 72-year-old retired doctor in a village in Jiangxi Province，has been voluntarily taking care of migratory birds at Poyang Lake Nature Reserve for thirty（1）

  （year）．To protect birds from （2）

  （harm）human activities，he has been walking along the Poyang Lake （3）

  （regular）and has got over 50，000 wounded wild birds out of danger．Poyang Lake，（4）

  is China's largest freshwater lake，is （5）

  winter shelter for over half a million migratory birds every year．There are also some （6）

  （endanger）bird species living here．
      Li's action was not （7）

  （understand）by the villagers and his family at first．But Li never gave up．Instead，he kept （8）

  （persuade）villagers with the knowledge of the law for environmental protection．What he had done finally paid off．More and more villagers including his family started to accent Li's faith （9）

  voluntarily worked with him．Furthermore，they called on more volunteers （10）

  （join）their team．
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