[中学联盟]江西省横峰中学2016-2017学年高二下学期第13周周练英语试题

横峰中学2016-2017学年度下学期 高二英语第14周周练试卷 命题人:危 英 第一部分 阅读理解(共10小题,每题2.5分,满分20分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项 A Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature, wetness, air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high-rise or a sprawling complex (综合楼) in the Saudi desert. It may be an answer to the world’s food problems. The world is already having trouble feeding itself. Half the people on Earth live in cities, and nearly half of those-about 3 billion-are hungry or ill-fed. Food prices, currently increasing, are buffeted by dryness, floods and the cost of energy required to plant, harvest and transport. And prices will only get more unstable. Climate change makes long-term crop planning uncertain. Farmers in many parts of the world are already using water available to the last drop. And the world is getting mor