【正文】 en set up in what was a waste land ten years ago. Ⅰ .課文理解 1． The text is mainly about . A． Yuan Longping’ s achievements in farming B． Yuan Longping’ s daily life C． the world’ s hunger problem D． the world’ s rice problem 答案 A 2． If Yuan Longping works with other farmers in the field， it is hard to tell him from others because . A． he regards himself as a farmer B． he is really like other farmers C． he wears simple clothes like other farmers D． people don’ t know who Yuan Longping is 答案 B 3． Which of the following is NOT the hobbies of ? A． Playing mah jong. B． Swimming. C． Listening to violin music. D． Listening to rock and roll. 答案 D 4． The main idea of the last paragraph is that . A． Yuan Longping always has a lot of dreams when sleeping B． dreams can help people achieve greater achievements C． Yuan Longping’ s another dream is to export his rice D． Yuan Longping proves that one dream is not always enough 答案 B 5． From the text， we can know that . A． Yuan Longping found a way to increase rice harvests by expanding the area of fields B． Yuan Longping is satisfied with his life because he is famous and rich C． in the 1950s， many parts of the countryside were short of food D． his way of increasing rice harvests only works in some Asian countries 答案 C Ⅱ .課文縮寫 Famous scientist he is， Yuan Longping considers himself grows is called super hybrid a young man， Yuan Longping saw the great need for increasing the rice that time， hunger was a (disturb) problem in wanted to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the 1973， a special strain of rice made possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same his research， the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of (hungry)． Using his hybrid rice， farmers are producing harvests twice as (large) as is now circulating his rice knowledge in less developed countries increase (increase) their rice harvests and he wants to export his rice so that it can be grown around the he has struggled for the past five decades， Dr Yuan is quite satisfied his his spare time， he enjoys listening to violin music， playing mah jong， swimming and reading. Ⅲ .閱讀理解 A Two things I really believe in— saving money and saving the pla， and it’ s even better when I can do something that acplishes both at the same time. Rainwater harvesting is just such a the near future， rainwater harvesting will be as mon as twelve year old girls carrying cell phones. Many countries already rely heavily on Bermuda， for example， every building on the small island collects the rainwater from its roof and stores it for later ， America is just slightly behind the curve. There are many ways you can begin harvesting rainwater and most of them are easy and example， use rain barrels to collect the water that would ordinarily run off of your ’ d be surprised how fast a fifty gallon barrel will fill with free， usable building construction offers some good ways to gather rainwater， and the cost of installation(安裝 ) is usually offset(抵消 ) by reduced usage very drains can be piped into underground tanks， where a pump can draw it up as needed. The rainwater can even be treated to make it drinkable！ If that rainwater were not collected，but allowed to run over your lawn， into the street and eventually to a stormwater treatment facility，it would pick up all sorts of pollutants(污染物 ) on its journey— fertilizers and pesticides from the grass， motor oil， antifreeze and such from the roads， and who knows what else. Depending on where you live， the stormwater may be piped to a treatment plant or it may run in natural channels to allow nature to remove the way， the treatment of stormwater is you reduce the amount of stormwater run off from your home or office， you reduce the need for treatment. Water is rapidly being one of our most precious resources and it i