1. Who does the man want to talk with?
| A．Mr. White | B．Jim | C．Mr Smith |
| A．He is in his office. | B．Nobody knows | C．He went home. |
| A．77231059 | B．77231058 | C．77221069 |
| A．In a long line. | B．In a post office. | C．In a book shop. |
| A．In a restaurant. | B．In a bank. | C．In a shop. |
| A．At a gas station. | B．In a garage. | C．At a car factory |
| A．She likes it. | B．She has nothing else to do. | C．She wants to study English. |
| A．He wants to have more parties. |
| B．He wants to have better parties. |
| C．He wants to have a party as large as possible. |
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8 . Looking out of the window of his truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees dying forests and empty farmland. Fitzgerald says the land has been in his family since the 17th century. “I can show you land around here that people grew tomatoes on when I was a little boy. And now it’s gone.”
Climate change is making things worse. As sea levels rise, salt water is entering rivers and other waterways. As a result, the land is becoming too salty for crops to grow on. Hundreds of millions of people will be forced to move inland because of rising waters.
Kate Tully, a researcher in the University of Maryland, wants to keep coastal farmers in business as the seas rise. She has seen the forests filled with pine trees killed by the increasingly salty soil. The United States Department of Agriculture gave Tully and other researchers $1.1 million to study the problem. She and her team hope to give farmers ways to stay on their land.
They are testing different crops on pieces of land around the Eastern Shore. “Sorghum (高粱) is my new favorite crop because it can grow without rain and it can grow with lots of rain.” The grain (谷物) crop may be a good choice to feed the nearly 600 million chickens kept in the area each year. As farmers know, chickens can deal with salt, dry weather conditions and heavy rains. Yet just being able to grow a crop is not enough. The crop has to bring in money.
Some people believe the land should be given back to nature. They say the fields should be turned into wetlands, which are popular with duck hunters. “There’s money in duck hunting,” Tully said. “Hunting organizations will pay farmers for hunting on their land. Farmers could make a lot of money from duck hunting.”
Tully and her team are just getting started. It will be a few years before they really understand how to save the farms.
1. What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?| A．To lead to the main topic. | B．To describe the farm scenery. |
| C．To illustrate a memorable experience. | D．To provide the background information. |
| A．To help farmers stay on their land. | B．To study new crops for coastal farmers. |
| C．To study climate change in recent years. | D．To help farmers start their own business. |
| A．Concerned. | B．Doubtful. | C．Positive. | D．Negative. |
| A．Climate Change Making Things Worse. | B．Rising Seas Forcing Changes on Farms. |
| C．Coastal Farmers Saving Their Homeland. | D．Scientists Teaching Farmers to Plant Crops. |
1. When will the man go to the restaurant?
| A．On Tuesday. | B．On Wednesday. | C．On Thursday. |
| A．His workmates. | B．His family. | C．His friends. |
| A．It has a non-smoking section. |
| B．Smoking is forbidden totally. |
| C．Smoking is allowed everywhere. |
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