2013年10月自学考试《英语（二）》真题.pdfVIP

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FarmsAppearinCitiesWhenyouheartheword“farm”,you

mayimaginethecountrysidewithcowsandcrops.Butscientistssay

thefarmsofthefuturecouldbebuiltintallbuildingsinsomelarge

cities.tmaybedifficulttobelieve,butinfact,thetechnology

forgrowingcropsindoorsalreadyexists.Farminginthecityis

alreadyhappening.Somevegetablesarealreadygrownin

greenhouses.EventhescientistsattheSouthPoleresearchstation

canenjoyfreshvegetablestheygrowintheirowngreenhouse.

Expertssayindoorfarmingsolvesmanyproblems.First,traditional

farmingtakesupalotofland.Growingcropsintallbuildings—

calledverticalfarming（）—cansolvetheproblem.Also,

fruitsandvegetablesgrownindoorswouldnotfaceseriousthreats

frominsectsandweather.Thoughverticalfarmsdon’texist

yet,expertshavecreatedaplanforrecyclinginsuchfarms.The

waterfromindoorfishpondswouldbeusedtowatercrops.Gases

fromcropwastewouldbeusedtoheatthebuilding.Wastefrom

chickenorpigswouldbereusedasasourceofenergy.But

expertsbelieveverticalfarmingisnotgoingtobeeasy.Theysayit

canbedifficulttocontrolclimateconditionsindoors.Besides,Plants

differintheirweatherandlightingneeds.Forexample,someplants

likewarm,sunnyweather,butotherplantsprefercooler

temperatures.That’snottosaythesedifficultieswon’tbe

overcome—butitwilltaketime.Mostexpertssuggestitmaytake

about5to15yearsbeforethefirstverticalfarmscouldbecreated.

1题Theword“farm”maymakeyouthinkofthe

countryside.

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

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BC

FarmsAppearinCitiesWhenyouheartheword“farm”,you

mayimaginethecountrysidewithcowsandcrops.