who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial support which he failed to obtain 10years ago.
12. Plants will give out an increased amount of heat when they are .
A. facing an infrared scanner
B. sprayed with pesticides
C. exposed to extreme sun rays
D. in poor physical condition
13. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to .
A. draw a color﹣coded map
B. evaluate the damage to the crops
C. locate the problem area
D. measure the size of the affected area
14. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties
of .
A. the lack of official support
B. its high cost
C. the lack of financial support
D. its failure to help increase production
15. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of .
A. full support from agricultural experts
B. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
C. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
D. growing concern about the over use of pesticides on crops
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. C 15. D
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述的是植物生病以后温度也会升高,我们可以利用这一点来确定生病植物的具体地点。
【12题详解】
推理题。根据文章第一段第一句Even plant can run a fever, especially when they're under attack by
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