Question

All big cities are quite similar. Living in a modern Asian city isn’t very different from living in an American city. 1.______

In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States, however, each farm family lives on its own fields, often beyond (在……之外) the sight of any neighbors. Instead of traveling from the village to the fields every morning, American farmers stay on their land the whole week. 2.______ Their children ride on buses to large schools for all the farm families living in the area. In some areas, there are small schools serving a few farm families, and the children walk to school. Of course life keeps changing for everyone, including farmers. 3.______ And there are also modern machines for farming. All of these have changed the farm life.

4.______ Farmers usually had to deal with their own problems, instead of getting help from others. They learned to try new ways, and to trust their own ideas rather than (而不) followed the old ways.

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A. Today there are cars, good roads, radios and television sets.

B. The same can not be said about living on farms, however.

C. Many years ago, however, farming in America was often a lonely way of living.

D. They travel to the nearest town on Saturdays for shopping or on Sundays for church.

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Life in the world also keeps changing.

B. Life in the United States keeps changing.

C. American farmers like their old ways.

D. American farmers have changed their lives.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了美國農民的生活情況，他們喜歡居住在自己的田地中，喜歡嘗試新的方法，不遵循守舊。

1.細節理解題。根據In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns（在世界許多地方，農民和他們的家人居住在村莊或者城鎮中。）可知，本題選B。

2.細節理解題。根據each farm family lives on its own fields（每個農民家庭居住在他們自己的土地上）可知，本題選D。

3.細節理解題。根據And there are also modern machines for farming（為農業也有現代化的機械）可知，本題選A。

4.細節理解題。根據Farmers usually had to deal with their own problems, instead of getting help from others（農民通常必須自己處理他們自己的問題，來代替從其他人那里得到幫助）可知，本題選C。

5.細節理解題。根據They learned to try new ways, and to trust their own ideas rather than followed the old ways（他們學習嘗試新的方法，去相信他們自己的主意，而不是遵循就的方式）可知，本題選C。

考點：社會現象類短文閱讀。