说明。但农业在美国受到了特别重视。选A。 【42题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. regulations规则；B. virtues美德；C. obligations义务；D. requirements要求。在这个国家的早期，农民被视为努力工作、坚持不懈和自给自足等经济美德的典范。故选B。 【43题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. shortcut捷径；B. implication牵连；C. reward报酬；D. substitute代用品。许多美国人，尤其是那些可能从未在自己国家拥有任何土地的移民，发现拥有农场是进入美国经济体系的捷径。故选A。 【44题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. maintained维持；B. margined为……付保证金；C. depressed降低；D. refunded偿还。根据上文“the agricultural industry has suffered …”可知，农业部门遭受了周期性的生产过剩的爆发，从而压低了价格。故选C。 【45题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。A. take over接管；B. cover up for包庇；C. come up with提出；D. smooth out缓解；消除。政府不得不介入并平息这些最糟糕的事件。故选D。 【46题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. varied各种各样；B. favorable良好的；C. extreme极端的；D. visible可见的。农民在良好的自然环境下工作。故选B。 【47题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. moderate适当的；B. predictable可预测的；C. timely及时的；D. acid酸的。全国大部分地区降雨量适中。故选A。 【48题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. labor劳动力；B. investment投资；C. chemical化学物；D. landscape风景。越来越多地使用高质量的劳动力也为美国农业的成功做出了贡献。故选A。 【49题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. complicated复杂的；B. flexible灵活的；C. accessible可得到的；D. executive行政的。今天的农民使用复杂的犁或收割机并不罕见。故选A。 【50题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. criticize指责；B. recall召回；C. evaluate评估；D. identify
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鉴定。化肥和杀虫剂被广泛使用，尽管一些环保主义者指责它。故选A。 【51题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. medical体格检查；B. mobile活动物体；C. space空间；D. process过程。计算机跟踪农场运作，甚至利用空间技术来寻找种植和给作物施肥的最佳地点。故选C。 【52题详解】
考查副词及短语词义辨析。A. for example例如；B. in all总而言之；C. however然而；D. additionally此外。然而，农民们仍然在与他们无法控制的力量作斗争。根据句意可知，这里表示转折。故选C。 【53题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。A. subject to让步于……；B. unrelated to与……无关；C. reduced to减少到；D. applied to把……应用到。天气的变化赋予农业自身的经济周期，通常与一般经济无关。故选B。 【54题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. vague模糊的；B. desperate绝望的；C. isolated孤立的；D. feasible可行的。根据上文“the Great Depression combined to push farmers over the edge into…”可知，在20世纪30年代，恶劣的天气和大萧条将农民推向了绝望的境地。故选B。 【55题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. struggling努力的；B. traditional传统的；C. sweeping彻底的；大范围的；D. permanent永久的。政府以全面的农业改革作为回应。故选C。
【点睛】完形填空主要考查学生对语篇的全面理解，要求学生在做题时能够做到“身临其境，感同身受”准确把握作者写作意图，同时“瞻前顾后，左顾右盼”，充分考虑前后文的逻辑关系，仔细推敲，最后还原整体和细节。例如小题4所选的depressed这个词根据上文“the agricultural industry has suffered …”可知，农业部门遭受了周期性的生产过剩的爆发，从而压低了价格，故选择出正确的答案。
Section B(24分)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
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(A)
After some blood tests, Dr Stubs stood before me, a tall man, but short on personality and sporting a cold expression. You have systemic lupus. he said matter-of-factly.\immune disease and ….” I remember certain details but mostly I remember him talking about children. “Children are no harm. But childbirth would jumpstart additional symptoms that could be life threatening. You already have two kids anyway.”
As I got up to leave, shaken and drained, he said his parting words, “I would discourage any further research. There is no cure and nothing can prevent its progression.”
Still, I did research lupus and its symptoms tiredness and joint pain—were both consistent with what I was experiencing. And eventually some major organs could be affected, causing shutdown and possibly death.
I studied and found out that echinacea had a record in making immune system stronger. I decided that along with the plant I would strengthen my mindset by immersing myself in my family with my one-year-old son and three-year-old daughter.
After another visit, I decided never to go back to Dr. Stubs. How could one endure repeatedly hear desperately words coming from an emotionless mouth even though they were truth? The years passed. When I would feel tired and achy I pulled support from my children and their laughter.
Finally, after eight years, I went to Dr. Kirstein who was recommended by a friend. She stood there holding my hand and looking into my eyes warmly.
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Instantly my defenses were down. Before I knew it, she had me running on and on about my children, my husband, my life and dreams. I told her about all the meaningful activities I was involved in, those things I might have never done without the disease.
After several follow-up tests, and greater research into my family history, Dr. Kirstein came to conclusive answer. I did not have systemic lupus. There must be something wrong with the initial tests 8 years before.
I didn't know whether I should jump for joy or scream because I had been living
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the last eight years in fear of a fatal disease. But then I realized that I had been living every day, not so much in fear, but happiness Even day was a gift and I knew it.
56. Dr. Strubs warned the author against having more children because _____. A. The process of giving birth put her life in danger. B. Taking care of children will gradually worsen her disease. C. Her disease will threaten the health of her children. D. She already has enough children.
57. Why did the author stop seeing doctor Strubs after two visits? . A. Because she not qualified to treat her disease. B. Because he recommended Dr.Kirkstein to her. C. Because his cold attitude upset the author.
D. Because she suspected his diagnosis about her disease. 58. How did the author deal with the disease? A. She calmly waited for major organs to shut down.
B. she took effective medicine regularly to fight the disease. C. She turned to Dr. Kirstein to get cure for the disease
D. She tried to strengthen immune system and drew strength from family. 59. Why did the author think every day in the past 8 years was a gift? A. Because systemic lupus was no longer a deadly disease. B. Because she made every day valuable in spite of disease C. Because she received a gift every day from her family D. Because she only occasionally felt pain and tiredness. 【答案】56. A 57. C 58. D 59. B 【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者虽然在过去的八年被认为是有疾病，但是她使每一天都过的有意义。 【56题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段I remember certain details but mostly I remember him talking about children. “Children are no harm. But childbirth would jumpstart additional
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