考研At the start of this century, about one-third of crop workers were over the age of 35.

在本世纪初，大约三分之一的庄稼工人年龄在35岁以上。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级One acre of farmland use to for crop production can produce 1,500 pounds of tomatoes

一英亩用于农作物生产的农田可以生产1500磅西红柿

2013年6月听力原文

四级Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.Based on that timing, they indicate barley may have 34 arrived in the re

大麦是一个意外的发现：据研究人员称，这种作物是在欧亚大陆西部驯化的，直到大约2000年前才成为中国中部的主食。根据当时的时间，他们指出，大麦可能已经有34种进入了欧洲大陆

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

四级Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.

大麦是一个意外的发现：据研究人员称，大麦是在欧亚大陆西部驯化的，直到2000年前才成为中国中部的主食。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use

土地利用：在过去五十年中，改进的农业技术和技术有助于显著提高作物产量，同时增加了12%的耕地利用

2013年12月阅读原文

六级There are good reasons why crop plants do not use dryness defenses already.

有很好的理由解释为什么作物不使用干燥防御系统。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers, entrepreneurs, engineers, home health-care aides and physicists are among today's birds of passage.

农作物采摘者、小提琴手、建筑工人、企业家、工程师、家庭保健助理和物理学家都是当今的候鸟。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研As much of Mexico city shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to crop up in New York city, the southwestern United States and around the world.

随着墨西哥城的大部分地区在恐慌最严重时关闭，病例开始在纽约市、美国西南部和世界各地出现。

2010年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.

随着地下水位下降和灌溉井干涸，中国作为世界上最大的小麦作物，自1997年达到1.23亿吨的峰值以来，已经下降了8%。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级This varies dramatically depending on crop, from three calories for plant crops to 35 calories in the production of beef

这因作物而异，从植物作物的3卡路里到牛肉生产的35卡路里不等

2013年12月阅读原文

四级But Mr.Kibara says he has not received a higher price for his purple tea crop.

但奇巴拉说，他的紫茶作物没有收到更高的价格。

2016年12月听力原文

高考Diets have changed in China—and so too has its top crop.

中国的饮食结构发生了变化，顶级作物也发生了变化。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

六级It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its com crop this year.

其后果是：南非持续发生的三十年来最严重的旱灾将使今年的玉米收成至少减少四分之一。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use.

土地利用：在过去五十年中，改进的农业技术和技术有助于显著提高作物产量，同时增加了12%的耕地利用。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land

更好的灌溉可以显著提高作物产量，目前世界40%的粮食供应来自灌溉土地

2013年12月阅读原文

六级This varies dramatically depending on crop, from three calories for plant crops to 35 calories in the production of beef.

这因作物而异，从植物作物的3卡路里到牛肉生产的35卡路里。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级One acre of farmland use to for crop production can produce 1,500 pounds of tomatoes.

一英亩用于农作物生产的农田可以生产1500磅西红柿。

2013年6月听力原文

六级Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land.

更好的灌溉可以显著提高作物产量，目前世界40%的粮食供应来自灌溉土地。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级In Mexico In 1944, many experts warned of mass starvation in developing nations where populations were expanding faster than crop production.

在墨西哥

2013年6月六级考试真题（三）

六级Hoping that their kids can become the cream of the crop among others, more and more parents send their kids to various art classes to let them learn more.

越来越多的家长希望他们的孩子能成为其他人中的佼佼者，把孩子送到各种艺术班，让他们学到更多。

2009年12月英语六级真题

四级Even better, Paley’s Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye.

更好的是，佩利的远程扫描服务公司可以在作物问题肉眼可见之前检测到这些问题。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade.

最近从农业部退休的雷·杰克逊认为，到本世纪末，远程红外作物扫描可能会被采用。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级When next year’s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face; Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost (教务长) of Yale, who’ll become Oxford’s vice-chancellor—a position equivalent to university president in America.

当明年的一批高中毕业生在2009年秋天来到牛津大学时，他们将有一张新面孔加入；55岁的教务长安德鲁·汉密尔顿(教务长) 他将成为牛津大学的副校长，这个职位相当于美国的大学校长。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.

作者指出，“我们优先将作物改良工作重点放在喂养动物和汽车上，而不是放在喂养人类的作物上，这些作物是世界大部分地区粮食安全的基础。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级The result is falling water tables(地下水位) in countries with half the world’s people, including the three big grain producers——China, India and the U. S. As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China’s wheat crop, the world’s largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.

结果是地下水位下降(地下水位) 在拥有世界一半人口的国家，包括三大粮食生产国——中国、印度和美国。

2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)

考研That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels.

这很重要，因为理论表明，当目标物种的生物量约为其原始水平的50%时，渔业可以获得的最大可持续产量。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题