2013—2014第2学期阅读词汇大赛Unit2.docVIP

2013-2014第2学期 阅读词汇大赛 Unit Two （第5周） 阅读版 Part One Reading Comprehension (75%) Directions: There are 10 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. As supplier of most of the food we eat and of raw materials for many industrial processes, agriculture is clearly an important area of the economy. But the industrial performance of agriculture is even more important than this. For in nations where the productivity of farmers is low, most of the working population is needed to raise food and few people are available for production of investment goods or for other activities required for economic growth. Indeed, one of the factors related most closely to the per capital income (人均收入) of a nation is the fraction of its population engaged in farming. In the poorest nations of the world more than half of the population lives on farms. This compares sharply with less than 10 per cent in Western Europe and less than 4 per cent in the United States. In short, the course of economic development in general depends in a fundamental way on the performance of farmers. This performance in turn, depends on how agriculture is organized and on the economic environment, or market structure, within which it functions. In the following pages the performance of American agriculture is examined. It is appropriate to begin with a conversation of its market structure. 1. This passage is most probably ________. A) a news item B) part of an introduction of a book C) part of a lecture D) an advertisement 2. What is most important to agriculture is ________. A) the amount of food it produces B) the per capital income of farmers C) its industrial performance D) the production of in