Country singer and songwriter Adrienne Young brings together music and agricultural activities．She even included seeds in the album cover of her first CD．
Adrienne Young wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming．She offers information about agricultural issues on her Web site．And now part of the moneyfrom her third and newest release, “Room to Grow”，will be donated to help support community gardens．
Adrienne Young’s family has lived in Florida for seven generations．Her ancestors helped develop the agriculture industry there．The state of Florida is the nation’s second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, 'after California．
Adrienne Young has said that her interest in nature was shaped by the fact that she did not grow up on a farm．She grew up in a house her grandfather build on what had been farmland two generations ago．But the land was developed and was now part of a highway．
Adrienne Young has teamed up with two organizations that support local farming and gardening efforts．One is the American Community Gardening Association．The other is FoodRoutes，a group she has represented for several years．
FoodRoutes says buying locally grown food is not only about taste and freshness．The group says buying locally also helps to strengthen local economies and protect the environment．Exports say food in the United States travels all average of more than three thousand kilometers from farm to store．
1.The aim to write the passage is to _________ ．
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A．tell us a singer aims to grow interest in local farming |
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B．show Adrienne Young promotes her third CD album |
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C．praise Adrienne Young for her contributions to agriculture |
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D．call on singers to learn from Adrienne Young |
2.Adrienne Young supports to increase local farming in _______ ways．
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3.It can be learned from the passage that ________ ．
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A．Adrienne Young’s parents used to be farmers |
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B．Adrienne Young grew up on a farm |
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C．Florida is good for farming |
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D．no old houses existing on the farm belongs to Adrienne Young |
4. Buying locally grown food has many advantages EXCEPT _________ ．
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A．it is fresh |
B．it’s tasty |
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C．it’s environmental protection |
D．it raises local production |
The simplest way to say it is this：I believe in my mother．My 31 began when 1 was just a kid . I 32 be coming a doctor．
My mother was a domestic．Through her work，she observed that 33 people spent a lot more time reading than they 34 watching television．She announced that my brother and I 35 watch two to three pre—selected TV programs during the week． With our free time，we each had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and 36 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights．Years later we realized her marks were a 37 ．My mother was a domestic
When I entered high school I was a(n) 38 ，but not for long．I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to 39 the guys．I went from being an A -student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from 40 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said ,“Okay，I’ll give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms， and you can buy 41 food and pay the bills．With everything 42 ，you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want．”I was very 43 with that arrangement，but once I got through allocating money，there was 44 left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to 45 our heads and any kind of food on the table， 46 buy clothes．I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation．I went back to my 47 and became an A-student again，and eventually I 48 my dream and became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 49 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job 50 than parenting．This I believe .
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---- Do you think you should need a camera while going camping ?.
----- Yes, of course, _______ I also need a music player so that we can sing or dance ____ it.
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Kong Xiangdong became a great pianist in ___1980s when he was only in _____teens .
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The speaker spoke at the meeting for 2 hours without _____ his notes.
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The well-known performer our Chinese fans often referred ______ at our school yesterday.
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