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Farming in the USA today is very different from that 100 years ago. In those days, farmers did not have many machines to help them. They had animals. 小题1:____This meant that farms were smaller than they are now. Farmers also worked in a different way in the past. In those days, farmers grew fruits and vegetables and kept cows, pigs and chickens to feed their families. 小题2:______.Farmers have a very special life in many ways. First of all, they can’t leave the job at the end of the day. They live on the farm and there is always work to do. Second, a lot of farm work is outdoors, so the weather is very important for farmers.小题3:A lot of bad weather means farmers will lose money. Finally, farmers work with plants and animals. They understand nature better than other people do.Farm work changes with the seasons. Spring is a time for planting. Farmers are busy getting the fields ready and then planting the seeds(种子). In summer, farmers must take good care of the plants. Some may need water. Other plants may have problems with insects or diseases. Then in eady for picking. 小题4:_____. Winter is a time for rest or for work on the farm machines.

A．It is also important for the success of their farms

B．So all the farmers are happy to get them

C．Today farmers grow things on the farms, so they can sell them for money

D．But animals work slowly compared to machines

E. That is a very busy time for farmers

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 Engla nd.
New England has many trees and thin, rocky soil. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard. The first job has been cutting down trees. The next job has been digging stumps (树桩) of the trees out of the soil. Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing stones from his land.
The 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.
64. New England is an area ______.
in the northeastern part of Britain
which has been newly discovered by the Englishmen
which lies between Australia and New Zealand
which lies in the northeastern part of the USA
65. According to the passage, farming is difficult in New England because ______.

A．the winter is very long there	B．the farms are very old
C．the soil is rocky and thin	D．there are not enough machines for farming

66. From this passage, we know the removing of stones ______.
must be done again and again
is usually done during the winter
is an interesting job children enjoy doing
was more difficult before machines were used
67. In New England, stone walls are used to ______.
keep dangerous beasts out
keep the farmer’s cows from wandering away
protect the farmers fields from thieves
provide comfortable living conditions for the farmer’s family

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