2013年高考英语一轮复习课时作业17：Unit 2 Working the land（新人教版必修4广东专用）.docVIP

PAGE  课时作业(十七)　[必修4　Unit 2　Working the land] [限时：45分钟] 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 Seventy－four－year－olds are 1.________ most contented people in the world, according to a new research. 2．________(few) responsibilities, financial worries and more free time lead to contentment previously unknown in earlier life. According to the research, happiness 3.________(decline) from the teenage years to 40. It levels off until 46 and then starts to increase until peaking at 74. Scientists from Germany and America regularly questioned 21,000 men and women 4.________ happy they were with their lives, providing a scale from one to seven: seven indicated complete contentment. Teenagers in their late teens marked themselves at around 5.5 which fell 5.________ around 5 by age 40. At 74, happiness averaged at 5.9. The report, 6.________(publish) in the journal Social Indicators Research, said this could be due to older people being more appreciative. It concluded，“Compared to younger individuals, older people tend to place a greater emphasis 7.________ emotional aspects of social interactions and are likely to remember the emotional content of their experiences.” Bringing up a family, buying a house and 8.________(create) a career add to the stresses experienced by those in 9.________ twenties and thirties. The change in happiness is apparently most obvious among British people. The men and women 10.________ live in Germany have relatively stable levels of satisfaction throughout their lives. Ⅱ.阅读理解 A Norman Borlaug, who is making a difference, is known around the world. He is often described as the man who has saved more lives than any other person in history. Norman Borlaug is considered the father of what has been called the Green Revolution. His ideas about agriculture increased crop production and ended hunger in many nations. Mr Borlaug continues to be a leader among agricultural researchers. Norman Borlaug was born in 1914 on a farm in the American state of Iowa. In the