浙江省桐庐县浙江省桐庐县 2015 高考英语一轮阅读理解选练（高考英语一轮阅读理解选练（5）及答案）及答案阅读理解阅读理解 The earths most rich resourcewater has become one of the most precious resources in the United States as rivers, lakes, and freshwater reservoirs are increasingly exploited for human use. Consequently, using precise farming techniques to refine “irrigation scheduling” is a research area of particular interest to Susan Moran, a researcher with the US department of Agriculture. She explains that in the southwest, irrigation is both difficult and expensive. There, she says, farmers have a tendency to over irrigate, spending both more time and money than necessary. “Im trying to provide new information that could be used by farmers to schedule irrigations to improve their profitability and use less water,” Moran says. “Farmers often look at weather changes and then schedule irrigation based on that information. But if they had better information, they could use scientific models to compute more precisely how much water their crop is using.”Rather than guessing their crops potential need for water based upon weather changes, farmers can use remote sensors to measure how much water their crop is actually using. This would give them a more accurate measure of how much more water it needs. Moran believes that if farmers are getting good and timely measurements of plant and air temperature, then they can program when and how much water to give each crop through an irrigation system. No more water would be used than needed, thus saving cost and conserving water. Moran introduces one study she conducted in Arizona to investigate the use of remote sensing data for scheduling cotton irrigations. Typically, those farmers irrigate ten times per growing season, but evidence showed that some of those farmers could achieve basically the same harvest with only nine irrigations. “In those cases, one less irrigation saved more than all the cost of remote sensing data， ” she states. “Both irrigation and satellite remote sensing data are expensive. But then again many farmers are used to working together as a group. They are used to sharing. Im hoping they could do the same with remote sensing datapurchase one scene over a large area to cover many farms, which would further reduce the cost.”1. What does Moran think is the problem with farmers?A. Overused reservoirs.B. Precision farming. C. Irrigation researches. D. Overirrigation.答案解析：答案为 D。 由第一段最后一句话 “ farmers have a tendency to over irrigate, spending both more time and money than necessary.” 可知，答案为 D。2. How can farmers get the new information about their crop?A. To reschedule irrigation as required.B. To watch weather changes regularly.C. To use remote sensors as researchers suggest.D. To use scientific models since computing is more reliable.答案解析：答案为 C。本题为细节题。从第三段 “farmers can use remote sensors to measure how much water their crop is actually using.” 可知答案为 C。本题容易错选 D 项。题干问的是 “农民如何得到关于庄稼的新信息？” 从第二段最后一句话 “But if they had better information, they could use scientific models to compute more precisely how much water their crop is using.” 可知，农民如果有了更好的信息可以使用 scientific models。故答案 D错误。3. What do farmers check upon when they decide how much water each crop needs?A. Profitability.B. Remote sensors.C. The cost.D. Air temperature.答案解析：答案为 D。本题为细节理解题。从第四段 “Moran believes that if farmers are getting good and timely measurements of plant and air temperature, then they can program when and how much water to give each crop through an irrigation system.”可知，农民依靠准确及时地测量植物和空气温度，来决定给每种庄稼配给相应的水分。 故答案为 D。4. Whats the purpose of Moran introducing the study she carried out in Arizona?来源:A. To investigate the use of remote sensing data.B. To support her viewpoint in the previous paragraph.C. To show how farmers can reap a harvest.D. To criticize those farmers who used too much water.答案解析：答案为 A。本题为细节题。由倒数第二段首句 “Moran introduces one study she conducted in Arizona to investigate the use of remote sensing data for scheduling cotton irrigations.”可知，答案为 A。5. What is among the best possible ways to help save farmers money?A. Changing irrigation.B. Sharing sensing data. C. Buying one computer.D. Extending the farms.答案解析：答案为 B。本题为细节题。由最后一段 “Both irrigation and satellite remote sensing data are expensive. But then again many farmers are used to working together as a group. They are used to sharing.” 可知，答案为 B。 【深圳市深圳市 2014 高考英语高考英语综合能力测试题（综合能力测试题（6） 】Virtual tourism has already appeared in the Swiss town of Basilea. Its an interesting and original form of tourism which will no doubt revolutionize real travel, and even make actual life somewhatdifferent.On the banks of the River Rin, in the city of St. Alban, you can now take a half virtual, half real tour on horseback with the help of a piece of electronic equipment, earphones, and a science-fiction style visor (面罩) which contains a small camera. This modern equipment is called Life Clipper. It is the original idea of both Swiss inventor Jan Torpus, who studied in Barcelona, and