the water，and we rescued him to safety.

　　6．I __would rather__ not tell you the truth，as you may get discouraged.

　　7．Will you leave me alone __so that__ I can think about the problem seriously？

　　8．We went out early in the morning __with the hope of__ catching the early bus to Chicago.

　　9．When we __were searching for__ our lost pet dog，I found a cat in the dark corner of a room.

　　10．Are you coming to tonight's show？__If so__，can you call me when you go to the show？

　　Ⅲ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2018·江苏卷，C篇)

　　If you want to disturb the car industry，you'd better have a few billion dollars：Mom－and－pop carmakers are unlikely to beat the biggest car companies.But in agriculture，small farmers can get the best of the major players.By connecting directly with customers，and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems (生态系统)，small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys.As the co－founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC，美国青年农会) and a family farmer myself，I have a front－row seat to the innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.

For example，take the Quick Cut Greens Harvester，a tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer，Jonathan Dysinger，in Tennessee，with a small loan from a local Slow Money group.It enables small－scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour-a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand-suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.Before the tool came out，small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.But now，with the combination of a