00015英语(二)试题和答案.docxVIP

2018 年 4 月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语（二）试卷 (课程代码 00015) 第一部分、阅读判断（第 1? 10 题，每瓸 1 分，共 10 分） Life on the Farm Life on a farm is always changing. New technologies and a rising interest in healthier and organic eating have had a huge impact on how farms do business. At the same time, a growing population has put more demands on farmers. They need to find ways to increase their production levels. The small family farms that used to produce most of the products have been largely replaced by factory farms. Small family farms that are still operating are struggling to keep up. Technology has made most aspects offarm life easier than it has ever been before. Bigger andmost efficient equipment makes work such as plowing up fields and sowing the seeds easier. Such taskused to take two or three times as long. These advances have allowed farmers to work faster and more efficiently than ever before. In addition to newer technology, factory farms produce more products for less money than traditional farming would require. Modern farm life, despite the introduction of new technologies, has not changed much from what it has always been. Farmers still wake up early, and spend their days doing hard work. There are still animals to feed, cows to be milked, and fields to be plowed. Farm life still requires a lot of hard work and sacrifice. The main change in modem farm life is in the way farms are run. It is common for even small farms to have several hired workers and even an animal manager. Family-run farms are becoming rarer. Factory farms, with other larger farm corporations, are becoming the norm . Although there are still many traditional family farms, they are quickly dying as modernpractices changefarm life forever. 1. Factory farms now produce most of the products. A. True B. False C. Not Given 2. Farmersprefer to grow healthy and organic food. A. True B. False C. Not Given 3. Small family farms find it hard to survive. A. True B. False C. Not Given 4. Plowing and sowing by machinesare