听力原文：
Passage One

There's a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California. That seems unusual. The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only lone acre. The average age of farmers hovers around 58 years old, but he is just 26. And Sanchez constantly attempts to improve everything from seeding techniques out in the field to the promotion and sale of his produce online. This is evidence of an experimental approach. It's an approach not dictated by the confines of conventional large scale agriculture led by international corporations. While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine. Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.
Many of them are employing a multitude of technologies, some new and some not so new. Recently, Sanchez bought a hand operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosen soil. It actually dates back to at least 1701. It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez as other gadget, a gas power to flame weed killer invented in 1997. He simply doesn't discriminate when it comes to the newness of tools. If it works, it works. Farmers have a long history of invention, and it's no different, today. Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology. To find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools, they collaborate and innovate. Sometimes the old stuff just works better or more efficiently.

Q9：What do we learn about Leo Sanchez's farm?

题目问的是我们得知了有关利奥·桑切斯的农场的什么信息。文章第一句话就说关于利奥·桑切斯及其在加利福尼亚州萨利纳斯的农场，有很多事情似乎都不太寻常，之后介绍了利奥的农场具体的不同寻常之处：与全国农场的平均面积有很大不同，他的农场面积很小；他不断尝试改良技术和在线销售等；他的方法不受国际公司领导的常规大规模农业的限制所束缚。由此可知，选项C正是对该部分内容的总结概括，为正确选项。其他三项原文并未提到，故均可排除。

听力原文：
Passage One

There's a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California. That seems unusual. The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only lone acre. The average age of farmers hovers around 58 years old, but he is just 26. And Sanchez constantly attempts to improve everything from seeding techniques out in the field to the promotion and sale of his produce online. This is evidence of an experimental approach. It's an approach not dictated by the confines of conventional large scale agriculture led by international corporations. While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine. Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.
Many of them are employing a multitude of technologies, some new and some not so new. Recently, Sanchez bought a hand operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosen soil. It actually dates back to at least 1701. It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez as other gadget, a gas power to flame weed killer invented in 1997. He simply doesn't discriminate when it comes to the newness of tools. If it works, it works. Farmers have a long history of invention, and it's no different, today. Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology. To find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools, they collaborate and innovate. Sometimes the old stuff just works better or more efficiently.

Q10：What has motivated Leo Sanchez and his fellow young farmers to engage in farming?

题目问的是，是什么激励利奥·桑切斯和他年轻的农民伙伴们从事农业。文章中间部分提到： 桑切斯说，尽管农耕常常是对身心的双重考验，但是制定出一套新的农业标准的愿望激励着他和他的许多年轻的农民伙伴们。题干中的his fellow young farmers和motivated都是原文内容的复现，由此可知，选项D正是对该部分内容的同义转述，为正确选项。其他三项原文并未提到，故均排除。

听力原文：
Passage One

There's a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California. That seems unusual. The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only lone acre. The average age of farmers hovers around 58 years old, but he is just 26. And Sanchez constantly attempts to improve everything from seeding techniques out in the field to the promotion and sale of his produce online. This is evidence of an experimental approach. It's an approach not dictated by the confines of conventional large scale agriculture led by international corporations. While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine. Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.
Many of them are employing a multitude of technologies, some new and some not so new. Recently, Sanchez bought a hand operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosen soil. It actually dates back to at least 1701. It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez as other gadget, a gas power to flame weed killer invented in 1997. He simply doesn't discriminate when it comes to the newness of tools. If it works, it works. Farmers have a long history of invention, and it's no different, today. Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology. To find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools, they collaborate and innovate. Sometimes the old stuff just works better or more efficiently.

Q11：Why did Leo Sanchez buy a hand operated weeding tool?

题目问的是利奥·桑切斯为什么购买了一个手动除草工具。文章中间部分提及利奥·桑切斯近期购买了一个手动除草工具（a hand-operated tool），并介绍说这个工具在拔除杂草的同时还可以疏松土壤。选项D 中的loosens soil在该部分原文中有复现，weeding是对该部分原文中的pulls out weeds的同义转述，因此选项D正是对该部分内容的同义转述，为正确选项。原文并未提及该手动除草工具省电、不需要维修和不污染环境的特点，因此排除选项A 、B和C。