职称英语在线答题

每日一练：职称英语考试理工类每日一练(2017/9/8)
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CharlotteHollins knows she faces a battle. The 23-year-old British farmer and her21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save the farm from developers thattheir father worked on since he was 14._____(46)

"Youdon't often get a day off. Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers tokeep price down. With fewer people working on farms it can be isolating,"she said. "There is a high rate of suicide and farming will never make yourich!"

OliverRobinson,25, grew up on a farm in Yorkshire.____(47)"I'm sure dad hopedI'd stay," he said. "I guess it's a nice ,straightforward life, butit doesn't appeal. For young, ambitious people, farm life would be a hardworld." For Robinson, farming doesn't offer much "in terms of moneyor lifestyle." Hollins agrees that economics stops people from pursuingfarming rewards:"providing for a vital human need,while working outdoorswith nature."

Farmingis a big political issue in the UK.____(48) The 2001 foot and mouth crisisclosed thousands of farms, stopped meat exports,and raised public consciousnessof troubles in UK farming.

JamieOliver's 2005 campaign to get children to eat healthily also highlighted theissue. This national concern spells(带来) hope forfarmers competing with powerful supermarkets.____(49)

"Istarted going to Farmers' Markets in direct defiance(蔑视)of the big supermarkets.____(50) It's terrible ," said Londoner MichaelSamson.

ABut he never considered staying on his father and grandfather's land.

BWhile most people buy food from the big supermarkets, hundreds of independentFarmers' Markets are becoming popular.

CWhile confident they will succeed,she lists farming's many challenges:

DYoung people prefer to live in cities.

EI seriously objected to the super-sizing of everything --what exactly DO theyput on our apples to make them so big and red?

F"Buy British" campaigns urge(鼓励) consumersnot to buy cheaper imported foods.