3.When the Audet family turns on the lights at Blue Farm,they are using electricity that comes from cows-cow manure (糞肥),to be specific.
Cows produce a lot of wastes.One cow can create 30gallons of wastes each day.Now imagine the output of over 1,000cows at Blue Farm.That's really a big amount.
When farmers clean their barns,they put the wastes in a big heap,and spread some of them on their fields for fertilizer(肥料).But now places like Blue Spruce Farm have a new way of using cow wastes.They use them to produce electricity.
Here's how it works:A big machine moves back and forth cleaning the barn floor."The cows aren't bothered,"says Marie Audet."They are animals of habit; they get used to it,and just lift one foot and then another to let it go by."
The machine pushes the manure into a big 600-gallon tank like a small swimming pool.The tank is called a digester (化糞池) because what happens there is just like what happens inside a cow:Bacteria(細(xì)菌) get to work and continue to digest the manure.
Methane gas (甲烷、沼氣)in the atmosphere is known as a"greenhouse"gas because it keeps heat just like a greenhouse does,causing our planet to warm up.That's an environmental concern.But the digester has a good result.Its gas is kept and used to power electric generators (發(fā)電機(jī)).
At Blue Farm,the generators make enough electricity to power 400homes.The Audet family sells the extra electricity they can't use themselves.

51.We learn from the text that the Audet family is using cow wastes toA.
A.make electricity                    
B.produce fertilizer            
C.build their farm       
D.feed the cows
52.How are the cow wastes collected into the digester at Blue Farm?B.
A.Marie Audet does the work                            
B.The job is done by machine     
C.The cows lift the cow wastes                                          
D.Bacteria get to work on them
53.According to the passage,which of the following is changed into electricity?D,
A.The power of moving water.
B.The heat of burning coal.
C.The power of sunlight.
D.The heat of the methane gas
54.The new way of using cow wastes at Blue Farm might be best descr ibed asC.
 A.reducing         B.saving        C.recycling       D.changing
55.What is the main purpose for writing the passage?A.
A.To introduce a new way of making electricity                  
B.To explain how a new energy works better
C.To show a new rebuilding plan for a big farm                  
D.To explain the reasons for green house effect.

分析 本篇文章主要介紹了"Blue Farm"農(nóng)場(chǎng)用牛的糞便來(lái)發(fā)電,既可以清潔環(huán)境,再生資源,又能節(jié)約能源.

解答 51-55  ABDCA
51.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段When the Audet family turns on the lights at Blue Farm,they are using electricity that comes from cows-cow manure (糞肥),to be specific和第三段的最后一句The Audet family sells the extra electricity they can't use themselves.可判斷農(nóng)場(chǎng)用牛的糞便來(lái)發(fā)電,故選A.
52.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段的第一句話"How's it works:A big machine moves back and forth cleaning the barn floor."可知這是它的工作原理:一個(gè)大機(jī)器來(lái)回清洗牛棚的地板.故選B.
53.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第四段后部分的描述Its gas is kept and used to power electric generators (發(fā)電機(jī)),可知沼氣的加熱可以用來(lái)發(fā)電,可判斷選D.
54.C.主旨大意題.根據(jù)When the Audet family turns on the lights at Blue Farm,they are using electricity that comes from cows-cow manure (糞肥),to be specific,可判斷這里應(yīng)該是循環(huán)利用.故選C.
55.A.推理判斷題.本篇文章主要介紹了"Blue Farm"農(nóng)場(chǎng)用牛的糞便來(lái)發(fā)電,既可以清潔環(huán)境,再生資源,又能節(jié)約能源.所以答案為選項(xiàng)A.故選A.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇科普類文章.做題時(shí)要在理解好文意的基礎(chǔ)上,與題目有機(jī)的結(jié)合,從文章中找到相關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)性的句子與選項(xiàng)細(xì)細(xì)比對(duì),進(jìn)行選擇或推理判斷,選出符合文章內(nèi)容的正確選項(xiàng).做題注意靈活,有時(shí)可采用排除法或直選法確定出最終答案.

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