1991年6月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案
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Traditionally, the American farmer has always been
independent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century
farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew
and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop 71.
would be sold to buy a few items in the local general store.
In 1860, because some of the farm population had 72.
moved to the city, yet eighty percent of the American
population was still in the country. In the late nineteen 73.
century, farm work and life were not much changed from
that they had been in the old days. The farmer aroused at 74.
dawn or before and had much work to do, with his own 75.
muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, 76.
spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking 77.
was done in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp
was the only improvement on the candle. The family's
recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the 78.
wagon to the nearby small town or village to transact some
business as well as to chat with neighbors who had also
come to town. The children attended a small elementary
school (often of just one room) to that they had to walk 79.
every day, possibly for a few miles. The school term was
short so that the children could not help on the farm. 80.
Although the whole family worked, and life was not
easy , farmers as a class were self - reliant and independent .
Traditionally, the American farmer has always been
independent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century
farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew
and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop 71.
would be sold to buy a few items in the local general store.
In 1860, because some of the farm population had 72.
moved to the city, yet eighty percent of the American
population was still in the country. In the late nineteen 73.
century, farm work and life were not much changed from
that they had been in the old days. The farmer aroused at 74.
dawn or before and had much work to do, with his own 75.
muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, 76.
spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking 77.
was done in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp
was the only improvement on the candle. The family's
recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the 78.
wagon to the nearby small town or village to transact some
business as well as to chat with neighbors who had also
come to town. The children attended a small elementary
school (often of just one room) to that they had to walk 79.
every day, possibly for a few miles. The school term was
short so that the children could not help on the farm. 80.
Although the whole family worked, and life was not
easy , farmers as a class were self - reliant and independent .