Traditionally, the American farmer has always been independentand hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmers were quiteself-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almost nothing itneeded. The surplus crop would be sold to buy a new __1__items in the local general store.
In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to__2__ the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still in the country. In the latenineteen century, farm work and life __3__ were not much changed from that they had been inold days. The __4__ farmer aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with __5__ hisown muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, __6__ spades and other complicatedtools. In his house cooking was done __7__ in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp wasthe only improvement on the candle. The family's recreation and social life chiefly consisted adrive in the wagon to the nearby small town or __8__ village to transact some business as well asto chat with neighbors who had also come to town.
The children attended a small elementary school (often of just one room) to that they had to walkevery day, possibly for a __9__ few miles. The school term was short so that the children couldnot help on the farm. Although the whole family worked, and life __10__ was not easy, farmers asa class were self-reliant and independent.
參考答案及解析:
1. nothing --- everything 據(jù)上下文，農(nóng)民們是自給自足，故應(yīng)為everything
2. because --- although 下文中有yet，為讓步狀語從句，故用although
3. nineteen --- nineteenth 多少世紀(jì)用序數(shù)詞表示
4. that --- what 賓語從句，用what引導(dǎo)
5. aroused --- rose/got up 此處意為“起床”，arouse一般做及物動(dòng)詞，為“喚醒”之意
6. like --- as as意為 “把……作為…….”
7. complicated --- simple 據(jù)上下文，農(nóng)民們只有“簡(jiǎn)單的”工具
8. consisted后加 of be consisted of 為固定搭配，意為“由……組成”
9. that --- which 定語從句，前面有to，只能用which，不能用that
10. and --- / although為轉(zhuǎn)折詞，不能用and，但是后面也不能加but