《2015-2016学年高一英语上册课时作业17》.docVIP

模块检测卷 (时间：100分钟；满分：120分)Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分满分30分)A Europe is now the biggest market for organic food in the world，having grown by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years.Denmarks agriculture minister is herself an organic farmer.The UK market for organic food grew by 55 percent in 2000，while the food market as a whole grew by only one percent.Yet only seven percent of British shoppers account for nearly 60 percent of organic sales.However popular the idea of organic farming may be，it is still an interest for only a few people. So what makes the idea of organic farming popular? Organic farming means farming with natural materials，rather than with man－made fertilizers or pesticides(杀虫剂)．Organic farmers rely on many methods — such as crop rotation (农作物的轮作) and the use of resistant(有抵抗力的)varietiesnecessary for organic farmers to compensate_for the shortage of man－made chemicals.er of years，science continues to be against this opinion.The House of Commons committee on agriculture stated that，even with complete research work，it would fail to find any scientific evidence to prove “that any of claims made for organic farming is always true”．1．The underlined words “compensate for” in the second paragraph probably mean “________”．　　　　　　　B．care for 2．What can we know about organic farming? A．It refers to farming with natural materials，instead of chemical fertilizers. B．It refers to farming with chemical fertilizers rather than natural fertilizers. C．It refers to farming with soil rather than any other thing. D．It refers to growing crops with man－made fertilizers and pesticides.3．According to the third paragraph，________．House of Commons committee D．organic farming is preferred to traditional farming B While my dad has been a great influence on me throughout my life，it was a few simple words of encouragement that have stayed in my mind for thirty－five years and guided me at crucial moments along the way.et.Dad and I had seats along the side of the balcony close to the stag