本文摘自聚焦高中英语同步《阅读周计划》

　　图书高一、高二各分上、下两册，共四册，分别与上、下学期同步。该书结合学生学习中的具体情况，以周为施加单元制定阅读周期，通过每篇难度和教材的逐步调整，保证阅读数量和阅读质量。周六结合本周文章提升学习方法与应试技巧。周日通过“美文赏析”使读者在潜移默化中轻松了解英语文化---全方位保证“周周有收获”。

　　A题材:文学创作 难度:★★★★

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　　B题材:农业生产 难度:★★★

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　　A

　　Twenty Thousand Miles under the Sea is a fascinating tale of adventure with Captain Nemo ("NoName")in his submarine(海下的)ship，the Nautilus.

　　Jules Verne had been around ships and boats most of his life. But his first trip to America in 1867 was his first ocean voyage.

　　The ship which carried Jules Verne from his native France was the Great Eastern，which was used to lay the first successful Atlantic cable(电缆)linking England and America the year before.

　　Verne made the most of his opportunity. With his notebook，he followed the crew members around. What kind of submarine life had they caught? What kind of fish had they seen? What seaweeds? What shells? What did they know about the ocean s currents(洋流)? Its channels? Its depths and shallows?

　　Six weeks later Verne was home again with his notebook filled on his voyage. He went aboard his little boatswhereshe always wrote. On the desk were piles of papers on which he had attempted to de-sign(设计)submarines.

　　Surely，he thought，his next book was meant to be about life at the bottom of the sea. Life in a submarine. Not a tiny，clumsy craft like all of them so far. Not a miserable model likely to bring deathto men in it. It would be a giant undersea boat. It would have comfort yet undreamed of.

　　Twenty Thousand Miles under the Sea appeared three years later. It delighted everyone. "A splendid story," most readers said，"Utterly impossible，but exciting!"

　　1. According to this passage，the Nautilus was the ________.

　　A. first practical submarine

　　B. invention of Captain Nemo

　　C. product of Verne s imagination

　　D. imagination of Captain Nemo

　　2. Verne's questions were mainly about the crew's .

　　A. problems in laying the cable

　　B. discoveries about the sea

　　C. struggle with a sea monster(怪物)

　　D. descriptions about the submarine

　　3. What should the imaginative submarine be according to Verne?

　　A. A comfortable big undersea ship yet undreamed of.

　　B. A tiny，clumsy craft like all of them so far.

　　C. A miserable model likely to bring death to men in it.

　　D. A comfortable，small undersea boat that could move swiftly.

　　4. What do you think was probably the reason why Verne wrote this book? He wanted to .

　　A. lead to better understanding between Europe and America

　　B. encourage men to try things thought impossible

　　C. lead to discoveries in the centre of the earth

　　D. entertain people by a story that could never happen

　　B

　　Having farmed in Florida for the past 35 years，Ed Rawling is prepared for the frosts(霜冻).When temperatures drop below freezing，Ed tries to save his crop by watering his orange trees. The water freezes and forms a thin layer of ice on the trees. Strange as it may sound，this thin layer of ice actually keeps the fruit warm.

　　What happens is simple. When the trees are watered，the water loses heat and becomes ice. Thewarmth of the heat it loses is sucked in by the fruit and keeps its temperature at a safe level.

　　But Ed still faces some difficulties. The trees should be watered at the exact moment the temperature drops to the freezing point. Also, just the right quantity of water must be used. Too much water can form a thick layer of ice that will break the tree's branches. Another difficulty is that wind blows away the heat. So Ed has to worry about not only when but also how often his trees should be watered, and how much water should be used.

　　Computer technology(技术) may help Ed Rawling with some of these worries. With equipment，air and soil temperatures and wind speed can be measured. The information is fedsintosa computer which can tell when temperatures drop to freezing. The computer can correctly decide the quantity of water to be used and how frequently the trees should be watered. Ed Rawling will find looking after his orange trees a lot easier with the help of a computer.

　　5. The passage is mainly about__________ .

　　A. a farmer's professional care for his orange trees

　　B. the different uses of computers

　　C. growing oranges in Florida's changeable weather

　　D. different ways of frost prevention

　　6. How did Ed try to protect his orange trees?

　　A. He used a wind machine to drive away the cold air.

　　B. He equipped his orange trees with a computer.

　　C. He watered them with proper quantity at proper time.

　　D. He picked the fruit at the first sign of frost.

　　7. In the writer's opinion，computers_________.

　　A. are too expensive for small farms

　　B. can be valuable tools for the farmers

　　C. can be used to help orange grow bigger

　　D. can't replace(取代)farmers' experience

　　8. Which of the following statements is NOT necessary for Ed Rawling to do?

　　A. He has to water the orange trees when the temperature drops to freezing point. 

　　B. He has to decide the quantity of water used for the orange trees.

　　C. He has to judge how often he has to water his orange trees.

　　D. He has to water more water to the orange trees when temperature drops to freezing point.

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