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Farmer’s market

Charlotte Hollins knows she faces a battle. The 23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save the farm from developers that their father worked on since he was 14. ___(1)___.

“You don’t often get a day off. Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers to keep prices down. With fewer people working on farms it can be isolating,” she said. “There is a high rate of suicide and farming will never make you rich!”

Oliver Robinson,25,grew up on a farm in Yorkshire. __(2)___. “I’m sure dad hoped I’d stay,”he said.“I guess it’s a nice, straightforward life, but it doesn’t appeal. For young, ambitious people, farm life would be a hard world.”For Robinson, farming doesn’t offer much“in terms of money or lifestyle.” Hollins agrees that economics stops people from pursuing farming rewards: “providing for a vital human need, while working outdoors with nature.”

Farming is a big political issue in the UK.___(3)___. The 2001 foot and mouth crisis closed thousands of farms, stopped meat exports, and raised public consciousness of troubles in UK farming.

Jamie Oliver’s 2005 campaign to get children to eat healthily also highlighted the issue. This national concern spells(帶來)hope for farmers competing with powerful supermarkets. ___(4)___.

“I started going to Farmers’ Markets in direct defiance(蔑視)of the big supermarkets. ___(5)___. It’s terrible,”said Londoner Michael Samson.

A.But he never considered staying on his father and grandfather’s land

B.While most people buy food from the big supermarkets, hundreds of independent Farmers’ Markets are becoming popular.

C.While confident they will succeed, she lists farming’s many challenges:

D.Young people prefer to live in cities

E.I seriously objected to the super-sizing of everything – what exactly DO they put on our apples to make so big and red?

F.“Buy British” campaigns urge(鼓勵)consumers not to buy cheaper imported foods.

參考答案：

1. C. 解析：空格前句子的時態(tài)為現(xiàn)在時態(tài)(現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時)， 根據(jù)“句群的基調(diào)時態(tài)一致：句群中的句子通常同為過去時或同為過去時態(tài)(例外情況：如果句群中的某個句子中帶有時間狀語結(jié)構(gòu)， 則該句子的時態(tài)可以不與句群的基調(diào)時態(tài)保持一致， 而是由這個時間狀語決定)， 判斷只有B， C， D和F可能出現(xiàn)在空格中。 空格前句中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)she,因此推測she是該段主題詞，被選項C中出現(xiàn)了she， 而且被選項C中的代詞they在空格前句中有呼應(yīng)內(nèi)容：指代空格前句中的 “23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben(23歲的英國農(nóng)民和他21歲的兄弟Ben)”， 因此選項C有三處結(jié)構(gòu)與空格前句呼應(yīng)：they呼應(yīng) “23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben”， she與空格前句中的she呼應(yīng); 時態(tài)上也呼應(yīng)， 因此答案很可能就是C。(提示：如果被選項中有2處及2處以上的結(jié)構(gòu)與空格所在的上下文詞匯/時態(tài)形成呼應(yīng)， 則該選項成為答案的可能性很大)選項C說“雖然相信他們將會成功， 但是她還是列出了農(nóng)田耕作所面臨的挑戰(zhàn)”。 接下來的句子說“You don’t often get a day off(你沒有放假的時間). Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers to keep prices down(超市給農(nóng)民施加了很多的壓力， 要求他們把價格降下去).”， 顯然這些句子是對選項C的內(nèi)容進(jìn)行解釋。選項C與空格后句之間的邏輯關(guān)系是“概括 + 分析論述”。

2. A. 解析：空格前后句都是過去時態(tài)， 由此推斷空格處很可能出現(xiàn)過去時態(tài)的句子， 因此首先關(guān)注被選項A和E。選項A中的代詞he與空格后句中的主語he直接呼應(yīng)， 同時也在空格前句中有呼應(yīng)的內(nèi)容 -- Oliver Robinson， 因此A可能是答案(A在時態(tài)上， 在用詞上均與上下文形成呼應(yīng))。 實際上， 選項A說“但是他從沒有考慮過待在他父親和祖父的農(nóng)場上”， 空格前句說“Oliver Robinson， 25歲，在約克郡的一個農(nóng)場上長大”， 顯然選項A的內(nèi)容正好與空格前句內(nèi)容形成邏輯上的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

考點：上下文之間的意義關(guān)系(轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系)

提示：

被選項中如果出現(xiàn)了“but, however, nevertheless, moreover, furthermore, what’s more, on the other hand, on the one hand, on the contrary, also, too, as well”等邏輯連詞/邏輯副詞(結(jié)構(gòu))， 則該被選項成為答案的可能性較大。

3. F. 解析：空格前句時態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時，空格后句為一般過去時(句子中含有標(biāo)志過去的時間詞2001)， 因此推斷空格所在句群的基調(diào)時態(tài)可能為現(xiàn)在時，由此推斷答案可能來自B， D和F。 從詞語的使用來看， 選項B中的farmers能與空格前句中的詞語形成呼應(yīng)：farmers – farming;也能與空格后句中的詞語形成呼應(yīng)：farmer – farms – farming， 因此B成為答案的可能性較大。 但實際上把B放入空格中句意不通順：空格前句說“在英國農(nóng)耕是一個很大的政治問題”， 空格后句說“2001年那場危機(jī)關(guān)閉了數(shù)以千