Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news.

Sulkhan treads carefully past shacks where goats are busy digesting the next batch of eco-friendly fertilizer. A group of around 40 young men is gathered down the path, at the entrance of a green-house. They wear muddy rubber boots，which clash somewhat with their tattoos, long silver chains and body piercings.

The boys, aged 15 to 22，are attending a five-month program at the Learning Farm to become organic farmers. But Jiway Tung, the group’s director，explains the program goes beyond learning a new trade. He says his school is a school of life.

(28) Susanto，a gruff and balky 17-year-old，has had a lot to learn. At 14，he says he could no longer tolerate his parents’ beatings，so he fled and joined a group of street kids in the city of Jogjakarta. He says he did everything people do when they live on the streets—stole, used drugs. Susanto says he liked street life，where no one could tell him what to do. But Susanto discovered that life held many dangers. After a two-month stint in jail, he took the advice of a graduate from the Learning Farm and decided to join the program.

Organic produce sells at a higher price than conventionally farmed vegetables. And Jiway says, since organic farming does not require costly fertilizers or pesticides，it can generate a better income for farmers. (29) Although the Indonesian market for organic produce is still small, there are opportunities； the Learning Farm is talking with a large supermarket chain about selling its produce.

This type of project motivates the students, like Sofian. (30) He says that he did not stand a chance to improve his life in the city： he lacked the money and the education to make it in Jakarta. He says here at the farm he feels at home and he can grab the chance to live a better life. Now，he could become a businessman farmer.

 

题目

News 8

Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the news.

28. Susanto is_______-year-old.

A. 14 B. 15 C. 17 D. 22

29. Which statement about Learning Farm is INCORRECT?

A. Learning Farm teaches people how to become organic farmer.

B. Susanto joins the Learning Farm’s program.

C. Sofian feels at home at the Learning Farm.

D. Learning Farm is in India.

30. What does the news want to tell us?

A. Learning Farm has a organic farmer program.

B. Boys join Learning Farm’s program. 

C. Street life has many dangers.

D. Indonesian street kids find they can change their life through Learning Farm.

 

答案解析

News 8

28.  C细节题。苏桑托今年17岁，因此选C。

29. D细节题。“学习农场”在印尼而不是在印度，因此选D。

30. D大意题。特稿开始通过苏桑托的事例说明了印尼街头混混的生活充满危险，出 狱后希望从“学习农场”里找到改善生活的办法，之后简要介绍了有机农产品的商 业价值和商机，最后介绍了索方希望通过“学习农场”改变生活，因此选D。