北京2017年成人学位英语考试考前必做试题及答案二
一、阅读理解(1-15)
The agriculture revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things; the invention of labor-saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor-saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scarce. "In Europe", said Thomas Jefferson, "the object is to make the most of their land, labor being sufficient; here it is to make the most of our labor, land being abundant. " It was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteenth — century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of the century, with the exception of a crude (粗糙的) plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural tools on their backs. By 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1890 Charles Newbolt of New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention. The farmers, however, would home none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless, many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1869, James Oliver of South Bend, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow.
1. The word "here" (Para, 1) refers to_________.
A Europe
B America
C New Jersey
D Indiana
答案:B
2. Which of the following statement is NOT true?
A The need for labor helped the invention of machinery in America
B The farmer rejected Charles Newbolt’s plow for fear of ruin of their fields.
C Both Europe and America had great need for farm machinery.
D It was in Indiana that the first chilled-steel plow was produced.
答案:C
3. The passage is mainly about_________.
A the agriculture revolution
B the invention of labor saving machinery
C the development of scientific agriculture
D the farming machinery in America
答案:B
4. At the opening of the nineteenth- century, farmers in America_________.
A preferred light tools
B were extremely self-reliant(自给的)
C had many tools
D had very few tools
答案:D
5. It is implied but not stated in the passage that_________.
A there was a shortage of workers on American farms
B the most important of the early invention was the iron plow
C after 1869, many people devoted their attention to the plow
D Charles Newbolt had made a fortune by his cast-iron plow
答案:A
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