湖南省雅礼中学2014届高三上学期第三次月考英语试题试卷(4)

   C. Famous international beauty contests       D. The success of beauty contests
57. Where was the first beauty contest in the world held?
   A. In Belgium         B. In America        C. In England       D. In Argentina
58. According to the passage, the beauty contest in New Jersey in 1921 was held to ________.
   A. find out who was the most beautiful girl     B. promote local tourism development
   C. attract tourists to settle in Atlantic City      D. spread the idea of Miss America
59. The underlined phrase “popping up” in the fourth paragraph probably means _________.
   A. succeeding          B. holding         C. appearing        D. forming
60. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
   A. Argument about beauty contests          B. Changes in women’s clothes
   C. What women compete for               D. How women are judged

B
Hidden Valley and a handful of other "culture camps" serving families with children from overseas reflect the huge rise in the number of foreign adoptions, from 7,093 in 1990 to 15,774 last year. After cutting through many troublesome procedures, due to different customs and cultures, parents often come home to find a new dilemma(进退两难的窘境). "At first you think, 'I need a child'," says Sandy Lachter of Washington, D.C., who with her husband, Steve, adopted Amelia, 5, from China in 1995. "Then you think, 'What does the child need?'"
The culture camps give families a place to find answers to those kinds of questions. Most grew out of local support groups; Hidden Valley was started last year by the Boston chapter of Families with Children from China, which includes 650 families. While parents address weighty issues like how to raise kids in a mixed-race family, their children just have fun riding horses, singing Chinese songs or making scallion pancakes.
The camp is a continuation of language and dance classes many of the kids attend during the year. "When we rented out a theater for 'Mulan,' it was packed," says Stephen Chen of Boston, whose adopted daughter Lindsay is 4. Classes in Chinese language, art and calligraphy are taught by experts, like Renne Lu of the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Center. "Our mission is to preserve the heritage," Lu says.
Kids who are veteran（经验丰富的） campers say the experience helps them understand their complex heritage. Sixteen-year-old Alex was born in India and adopted by Kathy and David Brinton of Boulder, Colo., when he was 7. "I went through a stage where I hated India, hated everything about it," he says. "You just couldn't mention India to me." But after six sessions at the East India Colorado Heritage Camp, held at Snow Mountain Ranch in Estes Park, Colo., he hopes to travel to India after he graduates from high school next year.
Camp can be a learning experience for the whole family. Whitney Ning, 23, a counselor for four years, says the Korea Heritage Camp helped her become closer to her parents. "They were hesitant at first," she says, "but when they saw how much it meant to me, they became very supportive." Sometimes the most direct route around the world is across a campfire.
61. Why do American parents come to Hidden Valley？
  A. It has a large gathering of adopted children.
  B. Parents want to find a place to exchange their ideas.
  C. It can ensure the adopted kids as well as their parents a learning experience.
  D. It is a very good place for relaxation.
62. Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the culture camp?
  A. It well reflects the increasing foreign adoptions.
  B. Parents can find the answers to their questions in raising the adopted children.
  C. Children can learn a lot in culture camp.
  D. It helps the adopted children have a better understanding of their complex heritage.
63. What is Alex's attitude toward India now?
  A. Strong disapproval.  B. Much interest.   C. Slight dislike.  D. Enthusiastic support.
64. The underlined sentence of the last paragraph most probably means _________.
  A. Through this camp the adopted kids knew better about American culture .
  B. If the adopted kids want to travel around the world, camping is the best choice.
  C. Through the camp the adopted kids can know better about Chinese culture.
  D. The camp helped adopted kids know more about their original culture, thus making the mixed-race family closer.  
65. What can we infer from the passage?
  A. Foreign adoption is a common phenomenon in America.
  B. Children can do whatever they want to do in the culture camp.
  C. Both parents and their adopted children can benefit from the culture camp.
  D. Children can receive best education in the culture camp.

C
Agricultural scientists are working to develop crop plants that use less water than those now grown. Almost sixty percent of the world's freshwater withdrawals from rivers, lakes and other water resources go towards irrigating fields. Scientists are using biotechnology as well as traditional breeding（繁殖）methods to develop water-saving crops to feed a growing world.
Thomas Tommy Carter is a plant scientist in North Carolina working for the Agricultural Research Service in the United States Department of Agriculture. He leads Team Drought, a group of researchers at five universities. They have been using conventional breeding methods to develop soybeans that can grow well under dry conditions. Tommy started working on drought- resistant soybeans in 1981.His research has taken him as far as China, where soybeans have been grown for thousands of years.