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31.Which of the following is the best title for the text?A.What Makes Corpse Plants Smell So Bad?B.How Do Corpse Plants Appeal to Insects?C.When Do Corpse Plants Bloom in Full Strength?D.Why Can Flies Find Corpse Plants in the Darkness?喝the last years,the size of m machinery has been neamD机om1958 to 2020,the typical weight of a fully loaded combine harvesterforor wheaayatstie if youe how much wen hrvest inerano oeincreased nearly ten times.today and how long it woud have takeny.Some wheat harvesramp0are inn hour hinredficey nablao5perenfBut itisat,thesieece study repored that sm(土壤板结)the world's population to feed the other 95 percent.from heavy machines has reduced yieldsin some fields by as much as50 percent.If curetrends-continue,it may eventually reduce global crop production by as much as 20 percent."Healthy soi is alive A teaspoon of garden soil might holdbilion bacteriaandnetworks of air pockets Heavy farm machinery squeezes the life out of that rich soil bycompacting it at depths of a foot or more,lowering oxygen leves,and destroying the life thatcreates the basis for healthy soil.Once damaged,heavily compacted soil can take decades torecover,if it recovers at all,"says Paul Hallett,a soil physicist at the University of Aberdeen,in Scotland.Farm machinery makers have tried to limit the impact on the soil by equipping heavyvehicles with fatter tires,which distribute the load more widely and keep the vehicles fromsinking too deeply into the soil surface."But if you have a heavier load,the stress decreasesless quickly with depth,"says Paul Hallett."It is a bit like the way tall chimneys on a-powerplant spread air pollution far downwind"32.What does the author think of the heavy farm vehicles?A.They are environment-friendly.B.They will go out of style very quickly.C.They do much harm to the soil.D.They can help increase crop production.33.Which of the following is most unlikely caused by soil compaction?A.Decreased crop production.B.Soil with abundant air pockets.C.Lack of bacteria in the fields.D Lower oxygen levels in the soil.What does Paul Hallett want to show with the tall-chimney example?A.It is a very good idea to spread air pollution downwind.B.Vehicles with fatter tires will be less harmful to the soil.C Heavy farm machines with fatter tires just spread the stressD.More effective measures have to be adopted to cut pollution.What message does the author seem to convey in the text?A.We have to strike a balance between efficiency and damage.B.It's fantastic to use more and more advanced farm machinery.C.It is high time that we let the damaged soil recover slowly.D.We can't produce enough food to feed the world's population.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选Many people have secrets or things about themselves they don't want others to know.Those secrets can be something as simple as they have a new job or serious matters such as a【高三“开学考”测试卷·英语第5页（共8页）】243042Z