Question

【题目】Read the following passage and complete it with proper sentences in the box.

【1】. Living in a modern Asian city is not very different from living in an American city.【2】.

In many different parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. But in the United States, each farm family lives on its own fields, often beyond the sight of any neighbors. Instead of traveling from a village to the fields every morning, American farmers stay on their land the whole week.【3】. Their children take buses to large schools for all the farm families living in the area.

【4】. Today there are cars, good roads, radios and television sets. And of course there are modern machines for farming. All of these have changed farm life.

For many years, however, farming in America was often a lonely way of living.【5】. They learned to try new methods, and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways.

A. They travel to the nearest town at weekends for shopping or for lunch.

B. Farmers had to do with their own problems, instead of getting help from others.

C. Of course life keeps changing for everyone, including farmers.

D. All big cities are quite similar.

E. The same cannot be said about living on farms, however

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 E

【3】 A

【4】 C

【5】 B

【解析】

本文主要讲述了美国农民的生活情况，他们喜欢居住在自己的田地中，喜欢尝试新的方法，不遵循守旧。

【1】根据下文Living in a modern Asian city is not very different from living in an American city.可知上文是All big cities are quite similar. 所有的大城市都很相似。故选D

【2】根据In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns（在世界许多地方，农民和他们的家人居住在村庄或者城镇中。）可知上文是The same cannot be said about living on farms, however然而，在农场生活也是如此。故选E。

【3】根据上文Instead of traveling from a village to the fields every morning, American farmers stay on their land the whole week.可知下文是They travel to the nearest town at weekends for shopping or for lunch. 他们周末去最近的城镇购物或午餐。故选A

【4】根据下文Today there are cars, good roads, radios and television sets. And of course there are modern machines for farming. All of these have changed farm life. 可知上文是Of course life keeps changing for everyone, including farmers当然，每个人的生活，包括农民，都在不断变化。.故选C

【5】根据下文They learned to try new methods, and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways可知上文是Farmers had to do with their own problems, instead of getting help from others.

农民必须解决自己的问题，而不是从别人那里得到帮助。故选B。