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ago.
【答案解析】语法题，have one's temperature taken意为“量体温”，其他选项：B take，C took和D taking均不符合被动语态的用法。句意：不过，与人有所不同的是，植物的体温可以从3，000英尺以外的高空测到。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】语意搭配题。adopt意为“采纳，收养，接受”，如：adopt a method/suggestions，该处需要一个现在分词与宾语the infrared scanning technology搭配作为句子的状语，故选项B adopting正确。选项C adapt意为“使适应，改编”，常与介词to/for连用，例如：adapt oneself to hot weather，与句意不符。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】语意搭配题。come up with意为“想出(计划，答案，回答)”，如：He couldn't come up with an answer when I asked him why he was late．原句需要与宾语a quick way搭配的短语动词，故选项C came up with正确。选项A put up with意为“忍耐，忍受”；选项B come up to意为“达到标准，等于”；选项D stand up to意为“勇敢地抵抗”。
【答案解析】语意搭配题。precisely意为“准确地，精确地”，根据下文：target pesticide spraying... rain poison on a whole field可知，利用红外扫描技术是给“患病”庄稼定位，从而有利于定点施治，故选择表方式的副词，即选项A precisely正确。选项B extraordinary意为“格外地”；选项C exceedingly意为“非常地；极度地”；选项D extremely意为“极端地”；均属程度副词。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】语篇衔接题。rather than意为“而不是”，根据句意，其目的是为了让农民准确地定点喷洒农药，从而与在整块田上洒农药做对比，选择前者，放弃后者，故选项C rather than正确。其他选项：A more than，B less than指量的多少；D other than=except, anything but均与句意不符。
【答案解析】语篇衔接。otherwise=differently；in the other way意为“不同地，用别的方法”，如：I hate him and I won't pretend otherwise．我恨他，而且我也不假装。根据原文，定点喷洒农药是采用其他方法所耗农药的50%～70%，所以选项A otherwise正确。其他选项：B still；C thus；D therefore均不符合题意。句意：这样，农民针对病害定点喷洒所耗的农药是采用其他方法所需农药的50%～70%。
【答案解析】语意搭配题。to find不定式，表结果，be+adj.+to do为固定搭配，主动形式表示被动。原句意为：长期的支持者难于找到，故选项C to find正确。选项A to find out意为“找到(抽象的结果)”；选项B to be found不定式的被动形式，此处没必要用此形式；选项D to be found on无此搭配。句意：农民们抗拒这种新技术，长期的支持者很难找到。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】语意搭配题。根据上文，佩利公司关门了，但是随着对农产品残留农药的重新关注及红外线扫描技术的改良，佩利自然想重操旧业，因此选项D get back正确。选项A get off意为“下车，出发”；选项B get out意为“出去，秘密泄漏”；选项C get away意为“离开”。句意：不过，随着对农产品残留农药的重新关注，以及远红外扫描技术的改良，佩利希望重操旧业。
【答案解析】语篇衔接，根据文章内容，佩利想重操旧业，遥感技术也得到了专家的认同，但佩利还须取得别人经济上的资助才能实现他的想法，故选项C only if符合题意。选项A even if意为“即使”，引导让步状语从句；选项B if only省略主句的条件句，表示期望和愿望，例如：If only he were with us!如果他和我们在一起该多好呀!选项D though意为“但是”，表示转折关系。