当前位置:考试网  > 试卷库  > 学历类  > 自考  > 自考专业(英语)  > 综合英语(一)  > Theagriculturalrevolutioninthe19thcenturyinvolvedtwothings:theinventionoflabor-savingmachineryandthedeyelopmentofscientificagriculture.Labor-savingmachinerynaturallyappearedfirstwherelaborwasscarce.“InEurope,”saidThomasJefferson,“theobjectistomakethemostoftheirland,laborbeingabundant:hereitistomakethemostofourlabor,landbeingabundant.”ItwasinAmerica,therefore,thatthegreatadvancesin19thcenturyagriculturalmachineryfirstcame. Attheopeningofthecentury,withtheexceptionofacrudeplowfarmerscouldhavecarriedpracicallyalloftheexistingagriculturalimplementsontheirbacks;by1860,mostofthemachineryinusetodayhadbeendesignedinanearlyform.Themostimportantoftheearlyinventionswastheironplow.Asearlyas1790CharlesNewboldofNewJerseyhadbeenworkingontheideaofacast-ironplowandspenthisentirefortuneinintrodueinghisinvention.Thefarmers,however,wouldhavenoneofit,claimingthattheironpoisonedthesoilandmadetheweedsgrow.Nevertheless,manypeopledevotedtheirattentiontotheplow,untilin1869JamesOliverofSouthBend,Indiana,turnedoutthefirstchilled-stillplow.? 1.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage? a.Theneedforagriculturaladvancestohelpfeedagrowingpopulation. b.Thedevelopmentofsafermachinesdemandedbythelabormovement. c.Machinerythatcontributedtotheagriculturalrevolution. d.NewJerseyasaleaderintheagriculturalrevolution. 2.Theexpression“makethemostof”inLine4isclosestinmeaningtowhichofthefollowing? a.getthebestyieldfrom b.raisethepriceof c.makefulluseof d.earnalivingon 3.WhichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromwhatThomasJeffersonsaid? a.EuropewaschangingmorequicklythanAmerica. b.EuropehadgreaterneedoffarmmachinerythanAmericadid. c.Americawasfinallyrnningoutofgoodfarmland. d.TherewasashortageofworkersonAmericanfarm. 4.Itcanbeinferredthatthewaord“here”inLine4refersto_____.a.Europe b.America c.NewJersey d.Indiana 5.Whatpointistheautormakingbystatingthatfarmerscouldcarrynearlyalltheirtoolsontheirbacks? a.Farmershadfewtoolsbeforetheagriculturalrevolution b.Americansweretraditionallyself-reliant. c.Lifeonthefarmwasextremelydifficult. d.Newtoolsweredesignedtobeportable.
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Theagriculturalrevolutioninthe19thcenturyinvolvedtwothings:theinventionoflabor-savingmachineryandthedeyelopmentofscientificagriculture.Labor-savingmachinerynaturallyappearedfirstwherelaborwasscarce.“InEurope,”saidThomasJefferson,“theobjectistomakethemostoftheirland,laborbeingabundant:hereitistomakethemostofourlabor,landbeingabundant.”ItwasinAmerica,therefore,thatthegreatadvancesin19thcenturyagriculturalmachineryfirstcame.

Attheopeningofthecentury,withtheexceptionofacrudeplowfarmerscouldhavecarriedpracicallyalloftheexistingagriculturalimplementsontheirbacks;by1860,mostofthemachineryinusetodayhadbeendesignedinanearlyform.Themostimportantoftheearlyinventionswastheironplow.Asearlyas1790CharlesNewboldofNewJerseyhadbeenworkingontheideaofacast-ironplowandspenthisentirefortuneinintrodueinghisinvention.Thefarmers,however,wouldhavenoneofit,claimingthattheironpoisonedthesoilandmadetheweedsgrow.Nevertheless,manypeopledevotedtheirattentiontotheplow,untilin1869JamesOliverofSouthBend,Indiana,turnedoutthefirstchilled-stillplow.?

1.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?

a.Theneedforagriculturaladvancestohelpfeedagrowingpopulation.

b.Thedevelopmentofsafermachinesdemandedbythelabormovement.

c.Machinerythatcontributedtotheagriculturalrevolution.

d.NewJerseyasaleaderintheagriculturalrevolution.

2.Theexpression“makethemostof”inLine4isclosestinmeaningtowhichofthefollowing?

a.getthebestyieldfrom

b.raisethepriceof

c.makefulluseof

d.earnalivingon

3.WhichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromwhatThomasJeffersonsaid?

a.EuropewaschangingmorequicklythanAmerica.

b.EuropehadgreaterneedoffarmmachinerythanAmericadid.

c.Americawasfinallyrnningoutofgoodfarmland.

d.TherewasashortageofworkersonAmericanfarm.

4.Itcanbeinferredthatthewaord“here”inLine4refersto_____.a.Europe

b.America

c.NewJersey

d.Indiana

5.Whatpointistheautormakingbystatingthatfarmerscouldcarrynearlyalltheirtoolsontheirbacks?

a.Farmershadfewtoolsbeforetheagriculturalrevolution

b.Americansweretraditionallyself-reliant.

c.Lifeonthefarmwasextremelydifficult.

d.Newtoolsweredesignedtobeportable.

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正确答案:

1.c 2.c 3.d 4.b 5.a

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