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Modern Farms of America Today

　　On the old-time farms in America there were chickens and turkeys (火雞). There were also cows, pigs and other livestocks(家畜). But there were very few machines. Most of the work was done by the entire farm family with the help of a “hired man” . Sometimes extra labourers were needed in busy seasons. Horses provided 79 percent of the power used, labour 15 percent and machines only 6 percent.

　　Today all that has changed. On many modem farms machines now provide 96 percent of the power, human labour 3 percent, and horses 1 percent. Modern farms are enterprising (企業(yè)性的)business which keep only livestocks that can pay its way(支付費(fèi)用). The children go to school by bus every morning, the parents work on the farm or in the house, and hired help is seldom needed. Their work has been replaced by a whole army of machines.

　　Farms in the machine age also use the new fertilizer, new feeds (飼料), new hybrid (雜交) seeds, and other helps developed by farm sciences. As a result the farmers are able to produce more food with less labour. This means fewer but larger farms, and fewer but more prosperous farmers.

1．On the old-time farms in America most of work was done by ________.

[　　]

A．very few machines

B．the entire farm family

C．extra labourers and hired men

D．a(chǎn)ll kinds of animals

2．On the old-time farms most power was provided by ________.

[　　]

A．chickens and turkeys

B．human labour

C．horses

D．machines

3．On the modem farms almost all the work is done by ________ .

[　　]

A．even more hired men and extra help

B．the entire farm family

C．horses and a few more machines

D．a(chǎn) whole army of machines

4．The children of the farm family ________.

[　　]

A．go to school by bus every morning.

B．work on the farm or in the house.

C．drive cars to go to school .

D．have to keep livestock for money.

5．In the machine age farmers ________.

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)re able to produce more food with less labour

B．a(chǎn)re able to make farm machines

C．a(chǎn)re more prosperous

D．both A and C

答案：B;C;D;A;D
解析：

　　1．B　導(dǎo)解：從第一段第四句可知．

　　2．C　導(dǎo)解：從第一段最后一句可知．

　　3．D　導(dǎo)解：該項符合第二段第一句的內(nèi)容．

　　4．A　導(dǎo)解：從文中第二段倒數(shù)第二句可知．B項主語該為parents；C項應(yīng)將cars改為buses；D項與第二段倒數(shù)第三句不符．

　　5．D　導(dǎo)解：該項與文中最后兩句相吻合．


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