Unit 2 Healthy Lifestyle 单元限时小卷-【高中必刷题】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第三册同步课件（人教版2019）

03 单元限时小卷 建议用时：55分钟 1 [江苏宿迁2023高二期中] A tiny school in western New South Wales is eyeing the skies hoping for dry weather so it can harvest its first wheat crop. Seven students from kindergarten to year six attend Hermidale Public School, more than 600 kilometres west of Sydney. Each day they spend part of their school time outside tending the 85-hectare crop. The land was donated by a former student. Fifty years ago young Craig Grimmond often looked out of the school window at a bare paddock （小围场） that neighboured the school. Now he owns the land and kindly donated it to the students for their project. “People asked, ‘Why would you donate that whole block to them?’” he said. “I hardly use it and it's going to be better for me in the long run because it'll be cleaned up and will save me a job down the track.” Principal Skye Dedman said the school community felt very lucky. They took this opportunity for the students. The students' crop is a reality that seemed almost impossible three years ago. Ms Dedman said there were days when students were forced to stay indoors because of huge dust storms. Their school and their community really felt the threat of the drought. 刷阅读理解 2 The students have had the use of the land for three years. During the three years, the tiny community has dealt with a mouse plague （鼠疫）, the pandemic and flooding. The whole community has thrown its support behind the project, including farmer and parent Darren Mudford. “We've sown wheat this year and it would be nice if we got two or two-and-a-half tonne to the hectare, which is not a bad effort,” he said. “It's much better than a cake sale.” The students' wheat crop is expected to raise up to $50,000. The money will then be used to send the students on trips around the country. They are hoping to go to Newcastle later this year to see their wheat being loaded at the port. 【语篇导读】本文是一篇新闻报道。新南威尔士州西部的一所小学校正翘首盼望干燥的天气，这样就可以收获第一批小麦了。这些麦田由学校的学生照料，所获得的收入将用于支付学生的旅行费用。 刷阅读理