Question

The website FarmersOnly.com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.
As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.
So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You don’t have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly.com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of America’s Heartland.” 
You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.
Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than 1,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.
【小題1】Jerry Miller started singlesinag.org in order to     .

A．help farmers	B．support traditions
C．understand farmers	D．represent farmers

【小題2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate?

A．She dislikes city lifestyle.

B．She prefers late night coffee.

C．Country life isn’t well understood.

D．It’s tiring to get up early.

【小題3】Which of the following is true of singlesinag.org?

A．Its services are free.

B．It provides dating services.

C．Only farmers can become its members.

D．Farmers in France can’t benefit from it.

【小題4】The author of the text intends to     .

A．advertise for the two websites

B．introduce two websites

C．encourage social activities

D．urge readers to help farmers

【小題5】It can be inferred from the text that     .

A．all farmers desire marriage

B．farmers are easy to meet new people

C．more farmers get divorced in the USA

D．the Internet helps improve farmers’ social life

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：
【小題1】A 推理題。根據第一段He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.說明他是想幫助那些農民有機會遇見一些別的人。故A正確。
【小題2】C 推理題。根據本句But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.別人在她第二天五點多久要開始工作的時候還要在前一天的晚上邀請她去喝咖啡。說明別人對于她的生活并不了解。故C正確。
【小題3】A 細節題。根據最后一段1,2行Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986.可知這是一個非盈利的組織，故是免費的。A正確。
【小題4】B 主旨大意題。文章1,2,3段介紹了FarmersOnly.com這個網站，第四段介紹了singlesinag.org本文實際上是介紹了兩個網站。故B正確。
【小題5】D 推理題。根據倒數第二段最后一句Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.說明這個網站幫助了很多農民找到了另一半。故D
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點評：本文實際上是介紹了FarmersOnly.com和singlesinag.org兩個網站，介紹了這兩個網站對農民的幫助。以推理題的考查為主，要求考生能根據上下文的語義串聯來理解全文，并作出合理的判讀和推理。