(4)

  “We’re more than halfway now; it’s only two miles farther to the hotel,” said the driver.

  “I’m glad of that!” answered the stranger. He wanted to say more but the east wind blew right down his throat if he tried to speak. The driver’s voice was something quite pleasing, and at once he spoke again.

  “You don’t feel the cold so much at twenty below zero out in the Western Country. There’s none of this coldness,” he said, adding, “and wetness.”

  “You’ll have a cold drive going back,” he said anxiously, and put up his hand for the twentieth time to see if his coat collar(衣领) was as close to the back of his neck as possible. He had wished a dozen times that he were in his warm old hunter’s clothes which he had often worn in the worst of weather in the Northwest.

  “I shall not have to go back!” said the girl in a loud voice, with eager pleasantness. “I’m on my way home now. I drove over early just to meet you at the train. We were told that someone was coming to the hotel.”

(  ) 71. How far was the driver from the train to the hotel?

    A. One mile.   B. Two miles   C. Less than four miles

D. A little over four miles

(  ) 72. The driver was _______.

    A. an old man  B. a stranger  C. a girl   D. from the Western Country.

(  ) 73. From the passage we can infer(推测) that the two speakers are in ______.

    A. the West   B. the East    C. the Northwest  D. the South

(  ) 74. According to the stranger, in the West the winters are ____.

    A. cold and dry   B. cold and wet  C. wet and warm  D. warm and dry

(  ) 75. The driver _____.

A. had to return to the train station after leaving the stranger at the hotel.

B. was going home after leaving the stranger at the hotel.

C. lived at the hotel.

D. was going away on the train.

(3)

  In Some parts of the United States, farming is easy. But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country, which is called New England.

  New England has many trees and thin, rocky soil. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm has had to work very hard. The first job has been cutting down trees. The next job has been digging the stumps(树桩) of the trees out of the soil. Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing stones from his land.

  This work of removing stones never really ends, because every winter more stones appear. They come up through the thin soil from the rocks below. Farmers have to keep removing stones from the fields. Even today, farms which have been worked on for 200 years keep producing more stones.

  That is why stone walls are used instead of fences around New England fields. The stone walls are not high; a man can easily climb over them. But they keep the farmer’s cows from joining his neighbour’s cows.

(  ) 66. The passage compares farming ___.

A. in England and in New England

B. in different parts of the U.S.

C. in England and in the U.S.

D. in different parts of England

(  ) 67. In what order does a farmer in New England do the following things to start

a new farm?

a. remove the stones from the soil  b. build a stone wall round his fields

c. dig out the tree stumps      d. cut down the trees

  A. a, b, c, d,  B. b, c, d, a,    C. d, b, c, a,   D. d, c, a, b,

(  ) 68. What is the greatest difficulty New England farmers have in their farming?

    A. The soil is hard as rock     B. There are too many stones

  C. Plants hardly grow       D. The soil is sterile(贫瘠)

(  ) 69. New England farmers build stone walls around their fields____.

A. to save the trouble of taking away stones

B. to keep their neighbour from trespassing(私自进入).

C. because stone walls are stronger than fences

D. because stone walls are easier to build

(  ) 70. From the passage alone, you know for sure at least one thing New England farmers produce on their farms. What is this?

  A. Stones   B. Grain    C. Diary products(奶产品)

  D. Trees and timber(木材)

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