In some parts of the United States, farmin

题目内容：

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

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 farming66. 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

最佳答案：

64-67 DCAB

答案解析：

略

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