Last year, I went WWOOFing （Willing Workers on Organic Farms) at a beautiful organic farm

Last year, I went WWOOFing (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) at a beautiful organic farm in La Réunion. With WWOOFing, volunteers exchange their time and work for food and accommodation. I slept in a cabin in the woods with hedgehogs(刺猬) digging about in the bushes, all different coloured birds singing in the morning and endless rows of palm trees offering shade from the sun.

For me, one of the best ways to get to know a new place is to work with the land, live with the locals and share meals together. This is why I absolutely love WWOOFing. It has got to be one of the best ways to travel. It is a mutually beneficial exchange where everyone involved prioritises people and environment above profit. You get the time and space to deepen a connection with local communities and nature.

There is a lot to learn and each farm has its own unique way of doing things, depending on the environment, climate and soil. At the farm in La Réunion we planted palm trees to harvest the core of the trunk which can be eaten in salads. Before staying with the farm I had only eaten heart of palm from cans which were nothing in comparison to the real thing, fresh from the ground. When potting up the very beginnings of the palm trees, I felt grateful to be a part of the start of the trees&39; cycle. I was filled with awe that something so small could grow into something so big and strong.

We also did lots of weeding, which helped me to get to know all kinds of different plants, to be able to identify which ones we could use as herbs/medicine/in salads and which were seen as uneatable. I also got to harvest pineapples and guava fruit(番石榴) to make jams which will be sold at the local market.

Of course, not everyone is able to travel far away into the field. The great thing about the skill-share philosophy behind WWOOFing is that it’s something we can all do from our own backyard. The focus shifts from money to how we can best support each other in our communities.

A fair exchange can make a big difference in the world.

WWOOFing enables volunteers to ________.

A.get food and shelter for their work

B.travel around La Réunion for free

C.tell the differences between various birds

D.have close contact with wild animals

The author found his farm life in La Réunion quite ______A.awful

B.rewarding

C.comfortable

D.difficult

The philosophy of WWOOFing is to _______A.improve local environment

B.make locals live better

C.unite different communities

D.advocate a fair exchange

The author did all of the following on the organic farm EXCEPT _______.A.removing weeds

B.planting palm trees

C.harvesting fruits

D.collecting vegetables

This passage is mainly about _____A.the development of WWOOFing

B.a local WWOOFing community

C.a charming WWOOFing experience

D.the system of WWOOFing

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听力原文：W: Excuse me, I noticed you're reading an electronics magazine. Did you know there's a big electronics exhibition in Chicago starting tomorrow?

M: Of course! That's the reason I'm going to Chicago. Hi! My name's Barney Miller. What's your name?

W: Jenny Lin. I'm a sales representative for Woofers, based in Taiwan. Are you looking forward to the exhibition?

M: Huh, I've been waiting to go to the show for more than three months. There are going to be companies from over forty different countries there.

W: I know. I'm really looking forward to seeing what new products will be on the market next year.

M: I'm more interested in the new discoveries, which are being made in the electronics industry.

W: Really? Do you mind if I ask what part of the electronics industry you're in?

M: Not at all. I work in the Research and Development Department of a company based in Los-Angeles. We specialize in designing printers.

W: What's the name of your company? Maybe I've heard of it.

M: I don't think so. We're just a little company called "Sunrise".

W: Hmm. Oh, didn't you come out with an amazingly small but strong high-tech printer at the exhibition last year in New York?

M: Yeah, that turned out to be our best seller of the year, but everyone forgets our name.

W: One of my jobs is to look for the products that will be the most successful, and then find out why. So I don't just remember the big companies.

M: I like the way you think, Jenny. Would you like to get together for dinner when we arrive in Chicago, so we can talk more about this?

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A．A magazine.

B．The city of Chicago.

C．The electronics industry.

D．Their travel.

o to college. According to a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, only 40 percent of Americans felt that colleges provided a good value for the cost. At the same time,86 percent of college graduates still felt the investment was a good one for them.

There are a number of reasons for the widespread dissatisfaction with college. First, there are plenty of problems with higher education—poor quality and out-of-control costs are two of the biggest，Second， it is true that college is not for everyone.There are plenty of rewarding and important careers that do not require college.And due to the slow economy，there may in fact be more graduates than the current job market needs.Besides，anti-college sentiment is nothing new· Today，Microsoft’s Bill Gates or Apple’s Steve Jobs—both college dropouts-is often held up as evidence of why all that time sitting in class is better spent elsewhere.

However，getting a college education is still a good idea.College graduates earn more，and are more likely to have a job in the first place.According to the statistics last year，the average weekly earnings for someone with some college but no degree were$712，compared to$1，038 for a college graduate.That is almost$17，000 over the course of a year and there is an even bigger divide for those with less education.Meanwhile，the unemployment rate was 9.2 percent for those with only some college and more than 10 percent for those with just a middle school degree，but it was 5.4 percent for college graduates.The economic gaps between college completers and those with less education are getting larger·

Although most Americans surveyed by Pew feel doubtful about the value of a college degree，an overwhelming majority of parents Pew surveyed still expect their children to go to college."It call be inferred that the increased doubt has not significantly influenced decision making." Pew’s Taylor says.“Despite the concern about rising costs and other problems，college remains a universal desire in this country.”

21.Recently many Americans question_____.

A.the value of a college degree

B.the ability of college graduates

C.the quality of college education

D.the high cost of higher education

22.The passage tells US that Bill Gates was_____.

A.a self-taught college student

B.a hardworking undergraduate

C.a successful college dropout

D.a successful college graduate

23.The writer seems to agree that_____.

A.there is no need to go to college

B.anti—college sentiment is a new thing

C.college cannot guarantee employment

D.college education remains a wise choice

24.The unemployment rate for college graduates last Year was_____.

A.5.4%

B.7.1%

C.9.2%

D.10%

25.The Pew survey implies that_____.

A.the cost of college education will decrease

B.most Americans still favor college education

C.the quality of college education will improve

D.increased doubt affects parents’decision making

Mr. Smith is walking on the street. A good-tooking young woman meets him and says. "Good evening. ' But Mr. Smith can't remember (记起) who she is. lie doesn't know her. He is much surprised (惊讶) and doesn't know what to say.

Then the woman knows that she made a mistake (出错) because it is very dark (天黑). So she says. "Oh. I'm sorry. When 1 first see you. I think you are tile father of two of my children. '

Tiffs time Mr. Smith is more surprised. He slares al (目瞪口呆地看) her when she walks on. The woman doesn't realized (意识到) that Mr. Sadth doesn't know she is a school teacher.

The young woman is a ______

A．worker

B．teacher

C．mother

Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men and animals possess, if they are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play it until their hands were burnt away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear did not, a child would burn itself again and again, because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burn it before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die out.

In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. Even in your house you are not absolutely safe: an airplane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of the beams in your roof so that the latter falls on you, or you may get cancer!

The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take. In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.

In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing onto your house. In this case, fear has given you its warning; you have examined it and decided on your course, of action, so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it.

Children would play with fire until their hands were burnt away if ______.

A．they were given no warning beforehand

B．they had never burnt themselves

C．they had no sense of pain

D．they were fearful of the fire