Question 9 is based on the passage you have just heard.

Passage One

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    There’s a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California (9) that seems unusual. The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only one 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. (9) It’s an approach not dictated by the confines of conventional, large-scale agriculture led by international corporations.

    (10) While farming is often difficult for both the body and mind, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by a desire to set a new standard for agriculture. Many of them are employing a multitude of technologies, some new and some… not so new. (11) Recently, Sanchez bought a hand-operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosens soil. It actually dates back to at least 1701. It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez’s other gadget: a gas-powered 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.

9. What do we learn about Leo Sanchez’s farm?

解析：C。录音开始时说，桑切斯和他的农场不同寻常，接着说出了不同之处：农场平均面积为400英亩，桑切斯的农场只有1英亩；农民的平均年龄为58，而他只有26岁。之后还提到，桑切斯的实验方法不受传统大规模农业的限制。由此可知，桑切斯的农场与常规的相比面积很小，而且是非传统的，C项表述符合此内容，因此选C。录音中未提及该农场是否盈利、位置好或是多产，故排除其余三项。