题文
Nowadays, the increase in the prices of agricultural products is one of the greatest concerns of the people and the government. The government has announced a series of policies(政策) to prevent the prices from rising further. Rising housing prices is still a big concern for the people, but since farm products are needed every day, the increase in their prices has made life very difficult for them.Many people may think the increase will help farmers. But have higher prices of farm products really benefited the farmers?
Take the increase in vegetable prices in the first half of this year for example. Though natural disasters such as droughts and spring frost did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly—in fact, prices of some products did not increase at all—vegetables have become dearer by as much as 20 percent compared to that of last year. This means only a small part (or even none) of the extra money that city people have paid to buy farm products has gone to the farmers. The extra cost actually has gone to middlemen.
As the fact shows, just increasing prices of farm products will have negative influence on the entire economy. On one hand, the price increase has created some abnormal phenomena, which hurts farmers’ interests. On the other hand, resources will enter the agriculture because of the high price of farm products, which would finally create negative effect on the whole economy.
In such a case, it would be better to leave the market to decide the prices instead of raising farm products’ prices to protect the interests of farmers. Actually, such a way will be better for farmers in the long run.
小题1:What does the author mainly want to tell us by writing the passage? A．Farmers benefit a lot from the price increase. B．Price increase has not helped farmers.C．We should be sorry for farmers.D．Price increase has a bad effect on economy.小题2: Many people think the increase in the prices of farm products benefits ______ . A． nobodyB．the countryC．middlemenD．farmers小题3:The following statements are true EXCEPT ______ . A．the government has done something to prevent the prices from rising furtherB．it is better for farmers to leave the market to decide the prices in the long runC．natural disasters did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatlyD．rising housing prices has made life very difficult for people小题4:What is probably the author’s attitude to raising the farm products’ prices? A．Negative.B．Indifferent.(漠不关心的)C．Enthusiastic.D．Positive. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:A
解析
小题1:B 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段可知农产品的价格上升对于农民并没有说明好处，钱没有被农民获得，是被中央环节的人赚了，故B正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据文章第二段第一句Many people may think the increase will help farmers.说明D正确。
小题3:D 细节题。根据第一段3,4行Rising housing prices is still a big concern for the people说明房价太高对于人们来说仍然是一个严重的问题。故D的说法是错误的。
小题4:A 推理题。根据最后一段1,2行it would be better to leave the market to decide the prices instead of raising farm products’ prices to protect the interests of farmers.说明作者认为应该让市场去决定价格而表示人为地提高农产品的价格。说明他对提高农产品价格持反对意见，认为这样做是不正确的。故A正确。
点评：对于经济类阅读要抓细节和判断，同时注意作者对某种经济现象所持有的态度与观点。
考点
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政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
