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59． According to the passage， how can frigatebirds fly so high？ A． By flying into a cloud． B． With the help of researchers．
C． Thanks to advanced technology． D． By following other birds into the sky．
60．In what aspect are frigatebirds different from other birds？ A． When they give birth． B． What they feed on．
C． Their body weight． D． Their wing surface area．
（8分）As experts warn of coming food crisis， the vertical fanning industry aims to create plants that offer more nutritional value and require fewer resources． In vertical farms， plants are grown indoors． Each set of plants is placed above another． Workers control the climate and closely monitor each plant's growth．
Aerofarms is one of the top indoor﹣farming companies． One of its vertical farms is in a large building near a busy road in Newark， New Jersey． It grows more than 250 kinds of greens and herbs． Farmers wear gloves， coats and coverings on their head． Their shoes must be cleaned． AeroFarms grows crops at the same rate throughout the year． The methods it uses lower soil erosion （侵蚀）．They also reduce the amount of pesticides （杀虫剂）and water needed to grow the crops． The company says carbon emissions are heavily reduced． David Rosenberg is the co﹣founder and chief executive officer of AeroFarms． \Desert or a city like Newark，\． \different typed of greens．\
Alina Zolotareva is a dietitian and nutritionist at AcroFarms． She says she wants people to eat more leafy greens like kale， one of the most nutritionally dense foods． She says if her company is to successfully encourage this kind of healthy eating， it must grow crops that taste good． \， and so for me the most exciting part is all of the different flavors that we have here． It makes eating your vegetables so much more exciting and so much more fun．\．\of people like the nutritional density of kale， but they don't like the taste． So we can make a
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sweeter kale，\． Rosenberg said， \food shortage and people must change their focus from the number of calories they consume to the nutrition levels of the foods they eat．\
Recent World Bank studies predict that an estimated global population of 9 billion in 2050 will require at least 50 percent more food． Experts say the crisis will be worsened by climate change， which they believe will reduce crop harvests by more than 25 percent during that time． They say the food crisis will have a larger effect on the world's poorest citizens than on those who live in developed countries．
61． What do we know about vertical farms？ A． They are mostly of vast size． B． They aim to plant tasty foods． C． They grow crops half the year．
D． They can control the environmental factors．
62． Which is a requirement for farmers in AeroFarms？ A． Complete confidence B． Physical strength
C． Sociability D． Tidiness
63． How are the crops in AeroFarms？ A． Muddy B． Energy﹣efficient
C． Watery D． Quick﹣growing
64． What does the last paragraph imply？ A． The necessity of new farming approaches． B． The seriousness of population problems． C． The consequence of climate change D． The popularity of vertical farming．
30．（12分）Last weekend， I was watching television with a few friends， browsing the week's
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most popular YouTube videos， when a piece in the comedy section called \caught my eye． As I was about to click the Play button， a friend warned， \， don't watch that．I saw it yesterday， and it's really sad．\
The two﹣minute video， which has been viewed more than 15 million times， begins with a couple in bed． The woman， played by the comedian and actress Charlene deGuzman， stares silently while her husband checks his smartphone． The subsequent scenes follow Ms． deGuzman through a day that is downright dystopian （反乌托邦的）；people ignore her as they stare at their phones during lunch， at a concert， while bowling and at a birthday party． The clips ends with Ms． deGuzman back in bed with her husband at the end of the day；he is still using his phone． MS．deGuzman's video makes for some disturbing viewing． It's a direct hit on our smartphone﹣ obsessed culture， showing our addiction to that little screen and suggesting that maybe life is just better led when it is lived rather than viewed．
\makes me sad that there are moments in our lives where we're not present because we're looking at a phone，\．deGuzman， who also wrote the piece， which was directed by Miles Crawford． She said that， like it or not， experiencing life through a four﹣inch screen could be the new norm． Or not ，Ms．deGuzman's video may have landed at one of those cultural moments when people start questioning if something has gone too far and start doing something about it．
Last week， the unsound music festival in Poland banned fans from recording the event， saying it did not want\documentation\distractions that might take away from the performances． In April， during a show in New York City， Karen O， the lead singer of the rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs， told audience members to put away their phones． A number of New York restaurants， including Momofuku Ko and Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare， have prohibited people from photographing their food． And， of course， many mothers and fathers who fought to keep the television out of the kitchen may see smartphones as the next threat to dinnertime civility． \（放大）by our devices，\， a researcher in human﹣computer interactions and communication at Stanford university． \， where every portion leading up to， during and after a dining experience is being carved out by particular apps．\；check in on Foursquare when they arrive
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at the restaurant；take a picture of their food to share on Instagram；post on Twitter a joke they hear during the meal；review the restaurant on Yelp；then， finally， coordinate a ride home using Uber．
\， that will mean they need to reject Silicon Valley's entire concept of how you ought to be dining，\． Crawford said． But， he added， it was possible．\， society is changing， but the iPhone is only six years old， and those changes aren't set in place．\．deGuzman's video， people are at least thinking about those changes．
Ms．deGuzman said，\， but I try to leave it in my purse． Now I find myself just living in the moment， and I don't have to post pictures on the Internet．\
65． The video\ ． A． entertain readers B． reflect a social phenomenon
C． show Ms．deGuzman's popularity D． describe a person's ordinary day
66． What did the author think of Ms．deGuzman's video？ A． It was an escape from reality． B． It was a commercial success．
C． It was ridiculous． D． It was upsetting．
67． The underlined part\﹣obsessed culture\Paragraph 3 refers to a culture in which ．
A． people become slaves to smartphones B． there is a rising market in smartphones C． people change their smartphones frequently D． smartphones are easily available to everybody
68． Examples in paragraph 5 are mentioned to show that ． A． people nowadays are more willing to share through mobile devices． B． many people are becoming aware of the problem brought by smartphones．
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