2024届高三英语二轮复习阅读理解天天练（Agriculture 农业& Innovation 创新 ）选自China Daily（含答案）
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高三十月天天练（Agriculture 农业& Innovation 创新 ）选自China Daily
Over the past 23 years, Xiaopo, a village in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, has been transformed from one of the country's most poverty-stricken places into a modern production base for winter jujube fruit.
The village, in Dali county, Weinan city, is located on the west bank of the Yellow River. Between 1966 and 1968, floodwaters from the river turned Xiapo's 1,000 hectares of fertile land into saline-alkali soil.
In the three decades that followed, people struggled with the farmland but the harvests were poor. A popular description in the 1990s noted: "The field looks like the surface of water from afar, but take a closer look and one will find the surface is actually alkali. Nothing grows out of it and the people are so poor."
From 1995 to 1997, the average per capita income in the village was just 480 yuan a year, according to official statistics.
However, in 1998, Xue Anquan, was elected chief of the village branch of the Communist Party of China at the age of 43.
Initially, no one took up the offer, so 23 CPC members in the village each took responsibility to plant jujube seedlings on 0.67 hectares of land, while Xue took on more than 13.3 hectares. With much care, most of the seedlings survived.
The key was finding sufficient water to lower the level of alkalinity in the soil, Xue said. So, to ensure that the seedlings could drink "sweet water" rather than the "brinish water" underground, he used 10 tricycles a day to transport the liquid from a source 3 kilometers away.
In 2004, the village invested more than 3 million yuan to build more than 20 km of canals, diverting water from the nearby river to feed the fields and solve the watering problem for good.
However, as the jujube trees bore fruit four years later, Xue found that selling the produce at 0.6 yuan per kilogram meant they sold for just 20 percent of the price of winter jujube, which also tasted much better. In the following years, he sought to boost sales by grafting winter jujube onto the original trees and building greenhouses to shelter the ripening fruit from frequent September storms that caused the crops to rot.
Since 2008, jujube planting in Xiaopo has expanded at a rate of 66.7 hectares per year, while the villagers have continued to keep pace with the times to maintain improved yields and sales.
Within a year of opening, and with an investment of 40 million yuan, the project, which covers 666.7 hectares, had produced five new roads totaling 9 km, 66.7 hectares of interconnected greenhouses, a training center and a winter jujube cultural corridor.
In 2014, Xiaopo obtained an additional investment of 13 million yuan, building a winter jujube trading market and logistics center covering 2.67 hectares within the park. The center draws winter jujube merchants from all over the country, looking to buy local produce.
In 2015, Xiaopo built an e-commerce center to sell the fruit directly to customers nationwide. Now, the cultivation area for winter jujube in the village has been expanded to 1,000 hectares, with annual output value of 120 million yuan ($16.4 million), according to official statistics.
The village has also developed a range of related tourism projects such as gardens for fruit picking, cultural corridors, sightseeing minitrains, cultural exhibition parks and amusement parks for children.
The complete winter jujube industry chain has also prompted a growing number of young people who had previously worked outside the village to return home.
1. What initially caused the poor harvests in Xiaopo village
A. Lack of fertile land
B. Alkaline soil from floods
C. Limited water supply
D. Inadequate farming equipment
Correct answer: B. Alkaline soil from floods
2. What did Xue Anquan do to lower the alkalinity in the soil
A. Used advanced farming equipment
B. Transported water from a distant source
C. Planted different crop varieties
D. Built canals for irrigation
Correct answer: B. Transported water from a distant source
3. How did Xiaopo boost the sales of its jujube produce
A. Lowered the prices significantly
B. Built more greenhouses for cultivation
C. Improved the taste of the jujube
D. Created an e-commerce center
Correct answer: D. Created an e-commerce center
4. What was the annual output value of the winter jujube industry in Xiaopo village
A. $10 million
B. $12.5 million
C. $16.4 million
D. $20 million
Correct answer: C. $16.4 million
5. What impact did the complete winter jujube industry chain have on Xiaopo village
A. Increased migration to urban areas
B. Decline in overall economic activity
C. Encouraged young people to return
D. Shifted the focus to other crops
Correct answer: C. Encouraged young people to return
The Shenzhou XVI crew members gave their first science lecture on Thursday afternoon from the orbiting Tiangong space station to students around the globe.
In the first part of the 48-minute lecture, livestreamed worldwide by China Media Group — mission commander Major General Jing Haipeng, spaceflight engineer Colonel Zhu Yangzhu, and the mission's science payload specialist Professor Gui Haichao — greeted the students and showed them the living and work quarters as well as the cutting-edge scientific apparatus inside the Mengtian science module. They also shared their experiences in space.
The crew then conducted several experiments to show physical phenomena in the unique environment inside the space station.
In one experiment, Zhu and Gui used ping-pong bats and water balls to display the effect of liquid surface tension in orbit. During another experiment, the two astronauts lit a candle to show how a flame takes shape in a microgravity environment.
The astronauts invited students to conduct similar experiments on the ground to observe the differences to those undertaken in space.
They also answered questions from the students on topics including space debris, the impact of weightlessness on astronauts, and scientific payloads onboard the massive orbital outpost.
Tens of millions of students across China watched the televised event hosted by the China Manned Space Agency, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology and other government departments.
Thousands of invited students in Beijing, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Zhejiang, Anhui and Shaanxi provinces took part in the lecture at "ground class venues".
The main ground venue was a gymnasium inside Beihang University in Beijing, formerly called Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Gui taught spacecraft systems at the university's School of Astronautics before he was picked by the Astronaut Center of China for the Shenzhou XVI flight
More than 2,400 teachers and students from the university and several primary and middle schools attended the gymnasium venue.
The activity marked the fourth lecture of the Tiangong Class series, China's first extraterrestrial lecture series that aims to popularize space science. It was also the first time the Shenzhou XVI crew has given a lecture.
The Shenzhou XVI trio arrived at the Chinese space station on May 30 to take over the orbital outpost from their Shenzhou XV peers who had stayed there for six months.
Their journey is the maiden flight of China's third generation of astronauts, which includes Zhu and Gui. It is also the first time a Chinese civilian has traveled to space, with Gui the nation's first nonmilitary astronaut.
As of Thursday afternoon, Jing's team had worked in orbit 114 days in orbit and were in good condition. They are scheduled to live inside the space station for around five months and return to Earth in November, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
1. What was the purpose of the Shenzhou XVI crew's lecture from the Tiangong space station
A. To demonstrate space station experiments
B. To discuss the impact of weightlessness
C. To share their experiences in space
D. To answer questions from students
Correct answer: C. To share their experiences in space
2. Where was the main ground venue for the lecture held
A. Shanghai
B. Beijing
C. Guangzhou
D. Chongqing
Correct answer: B. Beijing
3. How long had Jing's team been in orbit as of Thursday afternoon
A. 114 hours
B. 114 weeks
C. 114 months
D. 114 days
Correct answer: D. 114 days
4. What is the Tiangong Class series aimed at
A. Promoting space tourism
B. Conducting extraterrestrial experiments
C. Popularizing space science
D. Training future astronauts
Correct answer: C. Popularizing space science
5. Who was the first Chinese civilian to travel to space
A. Major General Jing Haipeng
B. Colonel Zhu Yangzhu
C. Professor Gui Haichao
D. None of the above
Correct answer: C. Professor Gui Haichao
Over the past 23 years, Xiaopo, a village in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, has been transformed from one of the country's most poverty-stricken places into a modern production base for winter jujube fruit.
The village, in Dali county, Weinan city, is located on the west bank of the Yellow River. Between 1966 and 1968, floodwaters from the river turned Xiapo's 1,000 hectares of fertile land into saline-alkali soil.
In the three decades that followed, people struggled with the farmland but the harvests were poor. A popular description in the 1990s noted: "The field looks like the surface of water from afar, but take a closer look and one will find the surface is actually alkali. Nothing grows out of it and the people are so poor."
From 1995 to 1997, the average per capita income in the village was just 480 yuan a year, according to official statistics.
However, in 1998, Xue Anquan, was elected chief of the village branch of the Communist Party of China at the age of 43.
Initially, no one took up the offer, so 23 CPC members in the village each took responsibility to plant jujube seedlings on 0.67 hectares of land, while Xue took on more than 13.3 hectares. With much care, most of the seedlings survived.
The key was finding sufficient water to lower the level of alkalinity in the soil, Xue said. So, to ensure that the seedlings could drink "sweet water" rather than the "brinish water" underground, he used 10 tricycles a day to transport the liquid from a source 3 kilometers away.
In 2004, the village invested more than 3 million yuan to build more than 20 km of canals, diverting water from the nearby river to feed the fields and solve the watering problem for good.
However, as the jujube trees bore fruit four years later, Xue found that selling the produce at 0.6 yuan per kilogram meant they sold for just 20 percent of the price of winter jujube, which also tasted much better. In the following years, he sought to boost sales by grafting winter jujube onto the original trees and building greenhouses to shelter the ripening fruit from frequent September storms that caused the crops to rot.
Since 2008, jujube planting in Xiaopo has expanded at a rate of 66.7 hectares per year, while the villagers have continued to keep pace with the times to maintain improved yields and sales.
Within a year of opening, and with an investment of 40 million yuan, the project, which covers 666.7 hectares, had produced five new roads totaling 9 km, 66.7 hectares of interconnected greenhouses, a training center and a winter jujube cultural corridor.
In 2014, Xiaopo obtained an additional investment of 13 million yuan, building a winter jujube trading market and logistics center covering 2.67 hectares within the park. The center draws winter jujube merchants from all over the country, looking to buy local produce.
In 2015, Xiaopo built an e-commerce center to sell the fruit directly to customers nationwide. Now, the cultivation area for winter jujube in the village has been expanded to 1,000 hectares, with annual output value of 120 million yuan ($16.4 million), according to official statistics.
The village has also developed a range of related tourism projects such as gardens for fruit picking, cultural corridors, sightseeing minitrains, cultural exhibition parks and amusement parks for children.
The complete winter jujube industry chain has also prompted a growing number of young people who had previously worked outside the village to return home.
1. What initially caused the poor harvests in Xiaopo village
A. Lack of fertile land
B. Alkaline soil from floods
C. Limited water supply
D. Inadequate farming equipment
Correct answer: B. Alkaline soil from floods
2. What did Xue Anquan do to lower the alkalinity in the soil
A. Used advanced farming equipment
B. Transported water from a distant source
C. Planted different crop varieties
D. Built canals for irrigation
Correct answer: B. Transported water from a distant source
3. How did Xiaopo boost the sales of its jujube produce
A. Lowered the prices significantly
B. Built more greenhouses for cultivation
C. Improved the taste of the jujube
D. Created an e-commerce center
Correct answer: D. Created an e-commerce center
4. What was the annual output value of the winter jujube industry in Xiaopo village
A. $10 million
B. $12.5 million
C. $16.4 million
D. $20 million
Correct answer: C. $16.4 million
5. What impact did the complete winter jujube industry chain have on Xiaopo village
A. Increased migration to urban areas
B. Decline in overall economic activity
C. Encouraged young people to return
D. Shifted the focus to other crops
Correct answer: C. Encouraged young people to return
The Shenzhou XVI crew members gave their first science lecture on Thursday afternoon from the orbiting Tiangong space station to students around the globe.
In the first part of the 48-minute lecture, livestreamed worldwide by China Media Group — mission commander Major General Jing Haipeng, spaceflight engineer Colonel Zhu Yangzhu, and the mission's science payload specialist Professor Gui Haichao — greeted the students and showed them the living and work quarters as well as the cutting-edge scientific apparatus inside the Mengtian science module. They also shared their experiences in space.
The crew then conducted several experiments to show physical phenomena in the unique environment inside the space station.
In one experiment, Zhu and Gui used ping-pong bats and water balls to display the effect of liquid surface tension in orbit. During another experiment, the two astronauts lit a candle to show how a flame takes shape in a microgravity environment.
The astronauts invited students to conduct similar experiments on the ground to observe the differences to those undertaken in space.
They also answered questions from the students on topics including space debris, the impact of weightlessness on astronauts, and scientific payloads onboard the massive orbital outpost.
Tens of millions of students across China watched the televised event hosted by the China Manned Space Agency, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology and other government departments.
Thousands of invited students in Beijing, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Zhejiang, Anhui and Shaanxi provinces took part in the lecture at "ground class venues".
The main ground venue was a gymnasium inside Beihang University in Beijing, formerly called Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Gui taught spacecraft systems at the university's School of Astronautics before he was picked by the Astronaut Center of China for the Shenzhou XVI flight
More than 2,400 teachers and students from the university and several primary and middle schools attended the gymnasium venue.
The activity marked the fourth lecture of the Tiangong Class series, China's first extraterrestrial lecture series that aims to popularize space science. It was also the first time the Shenzhou XVI crew has given a lecture.
The Shenzhou XVI trio arrived at the Chinese space station on May 30 to take over the orbital outpost from their Shenzhou XV peers who had stayed there for six months.
Their journey is the maiden flight of China's third generation of astronauts, which includes Zhu and Gui. It is also the first time a Chinese civilian has traveled to space, with Gui the nation's first nonmilitary astronaut.
As of Thursday afternoon, Jing's team had worked in orbit 114 days in orbit and were in good condition. They are scheduled to live inside the space station for around five months and return to Earth in November, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
1. What was the purpose of the Shenzhou XVI crew's lecture from the Tiangong space station
A. To demonstrate space station experiments
B. To discuss the impact of weightlessness
C. To share their experiences in space
D. To answer questions from students
Correct answer: C. To share their experiences in space
2. Where was the main ground venue for the lecture held
A. Shanghai
B. Beijing
C. Guangzhou
D. Chongqing
Correct answer: B. Beijing
3. How long had Jing's team been in orbit as of Thursday afternoon
A. 114 hours
B. 114 weeks
C. 114 months
D. 114 days
Correct answer: D. 114 days
4. What is the Tiangong Class series aimed at
A. Promoting space tourism
B. Conducting extraterrestrial experiments
C. Popularizing space science
D. Training future astronauts
Correct answer: C. Popularizing space science
5. Who was the first Chinese civilian to travel to space
A. Major General Jing Haipeng
B. Colonel Zhu Yangzhu
C. Professor Gui Haichao
D. None of the above
Correct answer: C. Professor Gui Haichao