人教版高中英语2019高考一轮总复习配套练：第一部分 必修4 课时提能练14及答案解析

人教版高中英语2019高考一轮总复习配套
练
课时提能练(十四)必修4Unit 2
Working the land
(对应学生用书第319页)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2017年青岛检测)A group of Chinese technicians can be seen working hard among the watermelon fields in the blinding sunlight of Laos(老挝)every January.Two months later，these watermelons will be sent to Xi'an，the starting point of the Silk Road.
Every autumn，these so­called“migratory birds(候鸟)”—technicians from Kouzhai village in southwestern China's Guizhou Province—fly to Laos to plant watermelons and return to China next spring to start their own farm work.
Yang Canxi，former Kouzhai Village Party Chief who is also an agricultural technician，said the village was lifted out of poverty through its strength in agricultural technology.
He said Kouzhai village was the first to promote small­sized watermelons in the country，and it introduced a new technology to grow watermelons from the newly generated vines after harvesting the old ones，thus doubling the sale to 15，000 yuan($2，190)per unit area.
In 1997，an official from Laos came to Yang for agricultural training.Twenty professionals were sent to provide watermelon planting skills services there，he said.
“At that time，much of the land in Laos was dry and bare except for that used to grow rice.The locals saw technicians plant watermelon and even gave them the nickname of Chinese watermelon princes，”he said.
Each technician earned roughly 10，000 yuan in the first year，which was increased to 40，000 yuan a year later.
“Villagers flew into my office，asking to go abroad too，”he said.
The business was soon expanded to Laos where Yang Guangyue，50，and some friends decided to begin their own business in 2013.
The local credit cooperative lent them 800，000 yuan to establish a 13­hectare watermelon base in Laos，which was expected to gain roughly two million yuan a year.
“Laotians were also hired to work in the watermelon fields and they learned planting skills from us，”he said.
Yang Canxi said now half of the income of Kouzhai village comes from this way of working.
1．Why do the technicians fly to Laos every year?
A．Because they want to enjoy the warm sunlight of Laos.
B．Because they need to transport watermelons from Laos to Xi'an.
C．Because they go to Laos to plant watermelons.
D．Because their own land was dry and bare.
2．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Both Laos and Kouzhai village benefit from planting watermelons.
B．The income of the technicians doubled the next year in Laos.
C．The technicians are called watermelon princes because they are handsome.
D．It's hard to expand the business in Laos.
3．What's the best title of the passage?
A．“Birds”fly out to work in Laos
B．Changes of Kouzhai village
C．Friendship between Kouzhai village and Laos
D．Watermelon planting in Kouzhai village
【语篇解读】本文是一篇新闻报道。

每年秋天，一批被称为“候鸟”的来自中国贵州省口寨村的农技员都会飞往老挝种植西瓜，并把种植技术教给当地的老挝人，老挝和口寨村都从西瓜种植中获益。

1．C[考查细节理解。

由第二段可知，农技员去老挝是为了种植西瓜。

故选C。

] 2．A[考查推理判断。

由最后两段可推知，老挝和口寨村都从西瓜种植中获益。

故选A。

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3．A[考查标题概括。

本文主要报道了每年贵州省口寨村的被称为“候鸟”的农技员都会去老挝种植西瓜，使村民获得丰厚利润，并且当地的老挝人和口寨村都从西瓜种植中获益。

所以A项概括了主旨，适合作标题。

故选A。

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