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 England.
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 the trees. The new job has been digging out the roots of the trees. Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing stones from his land. This 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 two hundred years still keep producing more stones. That is why stone walls are used instead of fences (籬笆) in New England fields. The stone walls are not high and a man can easily climb over them. However, they keep the farmer’s cows from joining those of his neighbor’s.
【小題1】Where is New England?

A．In England. B．In North America.
C．In South America. D．In Australia.
【小題2】Why do stones keep appearing?
A．Because the farmers keep digging them out.
B．Because there are rocks below the soil and the soil is too thin.
C．Because there are no trees at all.
D．Because the wind keeps blowing.
【小題3】 Why do the farmers build stone walls instead of fences?
A. Because the stone walls are not high and a person can easily climb over them.
B. Because the stone walls can stop the cows from joining their neighbor’s.
C. Because there are too many stones.
D. Both A and B.
【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true?
A．There are almost no trees in New England.
B．Farming is difficult in New England.
C．It’s difficult for farmers to remove stones from the fields.
D．The stone walls in New England are not high.


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹新美國(guó)的北部的英格蘭農(nóng)民種田不容易，主要是土壤的問(wèn)題，文章介紹了當(dāng)?shù)氐姆N植的條件，分析了原因。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country, which is called New England.可知新英格蘭在美國(guó)的北部，選B
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：This work of removing stones never really ends, because every winter more stones appear. They come up through the thin soil from the rocks below.可知泥土下面有巖石而且泥土很薄，所以石頭總是會(huì)出現(xiàn)，選B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Even today, farms which have been worked on for two hundred years still keep producing more stones. That is why stone walls are used instead of fences (籬笆) in New England fields可知因?yàn)槭^太多，農(nóng)民們建了石墻不是籬笆，選 C
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：The first job has been cutting down the trees. 可知這里不是沒(méi)有樹(shù)，選A
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