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一、阅读理解本（题共20题，每题1.0分，共20分。）

Theagriculturerevolutioninthenineteenthcenturyinvolvedtwothings;theinventionof

labor-savingmachineryandthedevelopmentofscientificagriculture.Labor-saving

machinerynaturallyappearedfirstwherelaborwasscarce.InEurope,saidThomas

Jefferson,theobectistomakethemostoftheirland,laborbeingsufficient;hereitisto

makethemostofourlabor,landbeingabundant.ItwasinAmerica,therefore,thatthe

greatadvancesinthenineteenthcenturyagriculturalmachineryfirstcame.Atthe

openingofthecentury,withtheexceptionofacrude粗（糙的）plow,farmerscouldhave

carriedpracticallyalloftheexistingagriculturaltoolsontheirbacks.By1860,mostof

themachineryinusetodayhadbeendesignedinanearlyform.Themostimportantof

theearlyinventionswastheironplow.Asearlyas1890CharlesNewboltofNewJersey

hadbeenworkingontheideaofacast-ironplowandspenthisentirefortunein

introducinghisinvention.Thefarmers,however,wouldhomenoneofit,claimingthat

theironpoisonedthesoilandmadetheweedsgrow.Nevertheless,manypeopledevoted

theirattentiontotheplow,untilin1869,JamesOliverofSouthBend,Indiana,turnedout

thefirstchilled-steelplow.

1、ThewordhereinLine4refersto.

A、Europe

B、America

C、NewJersey

D、Indiana

标准答案B

知识点解析根据上下文，这里的“here”指的是美国。

2、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A^TheneedforlaborhelpedtheinventionofmachineryinAmerica.

B、ThefannerreectedCharlesNcwbolfsplowforfearofruinoftheirfields.

C、BothEuropeandAmericahadgreatneedforfarmmachinery.

D、It