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      Apples are the second most valuable fruit crop in the United States, after oranges. Autumn is a time when fresh apples are everywhere. They are __41__ native to the country. Research shows that apples came from Central Asia. But __42__ believed to have been grown in America since the early sixteen hundreds. Washington State, in the Pacific Northwest, produces the country’s biggest apple crop. New York and Michigan are also big __43__ . Among nations, China is the biggest grower, __44__ by the United States and Turkey. This year, American growers expect to __45__ nearly four thousand five hundred million kilograms of apples. That is a little less than last year’s record harvest.

文意解析：

Apples are the second most valuable fruit crop in the United States, after oranges. (蘋果在美國是位居柳橙之後最富價值的水果作物。)

Autumn is a time when fresh apples are everywhere. (秋天是新鮮蘋果的產季。)

They are __41__ native to the country. (它們對美國而言，並不是原生的水果。)

41. (A)not 不 (B)sure 肯定 (C)just 只是 (D)yet 但是

Research shows that apples came from Central Asia. (研究顯示蘋果來自中亞。)

But __42__ believed to have been grown in America since the early sixteen hundreds. (但它們被確定在十六世紀早期就已經在美國進行栽種。)

42. (A)it (B)it is (C)they (D)they are

[考文法] 前句 apples 是複數，所以後句代名詞為 they，刪除(A)(B)。

物體無法主動相信，所以是「被動語態」被確信。

Washington State, in the Pacific Northwest, produces the country’s biggest apple crop. (華盛頓州，位在太平洋西北岸，生產出美國最多的蘋果。)

New York and Michigan are also big __43__ . (紐約和密西根也是大產地。)

43. (A)crops 農作物；產量 (B)natives 原住民；當地(動)植物 (C)producers 生產者；生產地 (D)states 國家；州 

Among nations, China is the biggest grower, __44__ by the United States and Turkey. (在各國之中，中國是最大的產地，其後是美國及土耳其。)

44. (A)competed 競爭 (B)followed 跟隨 (C)ranked 排列 (D)teamed 協同合作

This year, American growers expect to __45__ nearly four thousand five hundred million kilograms of apples. (今年美國預期採收將近4500萬公斤的蘋果。)

That is a little less than last year’s record harvest. (比去年的栽種紀錄略少了些。)

45. (A)increase 增加 (B)harvest 收穫 (C)import 出口 (D)recover 恢復