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大学体验英语第三册作业题 作业题一 Part I. Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: At this time the state of South Carolina was having hard times. Year after year the soil had been planted to the same crop. It was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves, and the planters knew little about soil conservation. Because the soil was beginning to wear out, crops were smaller. The younger people were not satisfied to raise cotton on the poor soil of the old South. Many of them moved westward and started cotton plantations in Alabama and Mississippi. Moreover, so much cotton had been shipped to factories in England and New England that they had as much cotton as they could use. This brought the price of cotton down. More and more slaves were needed to work on the new and larger plantations, and higher and higher prices were demanded for them. Planters found their expenses rising and their incomes from the sale of cotton reduced. Hard times had come to South Carolina. 1. The best title of this passage is ______. A) Ignorance of Planters About Farming B) Economic Rivalry in the South C) Deterioration of the Soil in South Carolina D) Economic Difficulties of South Carolina 2. Which of the following sentences can best summarize the main idea of the passage? A) Hard times had come to South Carolina planters. B) Planters found their expenses rising and their incomes from the sale of cotton reduced. C) Year after year the soil of South Carolina had been planted with the same crop. D) Because the soil was beginning to wear out, crops were smaller. 3. In discussing the economy of South Carolina, one of the authors assumptions is that the reader understands ______. A) the lack of knowledge on the part of planters and slaves B) farming methods in use at the time C) the law of supply and demand D) why more slaves were needed 4. Plantations grew in si