companies buy cacao beans at a low price and produce cocoa and chocolate products to sell at a relatively high price.
But the familiar story has a new chapter. Beginning in the 1980s, some consumers learned that cacao farmers were living difficult and uncertain lives. The farmers received money for their crops based on world markets, and the market price for cacao was sometimes so low that farmers received less for their crops than the crops had cost to produce. In response, groups of consumers in Europe and the United States developed “fair trade” organizations to guarantee that farmers of cacao, as well as coffee and tea, would receive fair and consistent prices for their crops.
Fair trade organizations benefit farmers by buying cacao beans or other products from them directly at higher-than-market prices and eliminating “middle men”Fair trade organizations also encourage farming techniques that are not to the community schools. Another, Fairtrade Labelling (FLO), guarantees that products bearing its label meet and producers.
The results of fair trade are a better some farmers and nicer ’t feel guilty about
63. The underlined word “that”
B. offer support to the farmers
D. increase the production of chocolate
C. Consumers feel guilty about buying fair trade chocolate.
D. There is probably no reason to worry about cacao farmers.
66. The passage is written to _________.
A. give tips on how to undertake fair chocolate trade
B. advise people to join in Fair trade organizations
C. encourage farmers to adopt organic farming
D. inform people of fair trade chocolate
D
On a dark night, 11-year-old Joe was playing hide-and-seek with his friends in the backyard when he thought he saw Magellan—a huge housecat. However, when the cat
suddenly jumped on his head, Joe found it turned out a young cougar. He backed away from the animal, then turned and ran inside the house.
Cougar encounters like this one are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. Most people assume that’s because cougar populations are growing, or because the big cats are coming into closer contact with the expanding web of human suburbs. But Professor Robert Wielgus at Washington State University argues that poorly designed hunting policies might be causing an increase in cougar-human conflicts.
Wielgus’s research teams have been fitting the big cats with radio collars and monitoring their movements. They find that the cougar population is actually declining rapidly and almost no male cougars are over four years of age. And a study shows that the heavily hunted area has five times as many cougar complaints as the hunted area—even though the density of cougars is about the same in both areas.
Wielgus suspects that hunting policies, which allow older males to to keep cougars to the tracking program—
With these findings, Wielgus believes without them under control, the
Wielgus’s ideas don’t sit well with “definitely does cause lots of teenage males to flow in, but I don’t trouble than older cats,”. “In many cases, the new are more likely to encounter humans are primarily responsible for all the interaction you see. We’re” according to We may not understand what makes 18-year-old males more likely than 48-year-old
men to do dangerous things, Wielgus says, but we know that the world would be a different place, if teenagers were in charge.
67. The passage begins with a story to _________.
A. lead into the topic B. describe an incident
C. show the author’s attitude D. warn of the dangers of cougars
68. The underline word “culprit” in Para.4 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. effect B. evidence C. target D. cause
69. Which of the following is true?
A. Alldredge agrees hunting results in the arrival of lots of teens.
B. Robinson doubts age is a key factor in human-cougar conflicts.
C. Alldredge believes killing older males may cause a bigger threat.
D. Robinson holds humans are to blame for the fall of older males.
70. What might Wielgus suggest to reduce cougar attacks?
A. Driving teenage cougars back into their natural habitat.
B. Getting people to move out of the areas where cougars are.
C. Forbidding children to play in the backyard by themselves.
D. Revising hunting policies to ensure a healthy cougar population.
第二节（共5小题 ；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It had been a hard week for Jack. His parents had to cancel the family’s spring vacation to Disney World. And he studied the wrong chapter for his science test. Jack pressed the play button on his CD player. As his favorite song played, Jack thought about the coming weekend. After a few minutes, he called to his sister in the next room. “Hey, how about playing basketball?”
also calm you down when you’re worried. Besides changingmake your brain work better.