英语六级考试改错练习题5

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 would be sold to buy a new --71.

items in the local general store.

In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to --72.

the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still in

the country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life --73.

were not much changed from that they had been in old days. The --74.

farmer aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with --75.

his own muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, --76.

spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done --77.

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 wagon to the nearby small town or --78.

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 every day, possibly for a --79.

few miles. The school term was short so that the children could

not help on the farm. Although the whole family worked, and life --80.

was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.

71. nothing --- everything

72. because --- although

73. nineteen --- nineteenth

74. that --- what

75. aroused --- rose/got up

76. like --- as

77. complicated --- simple

78. consisted后加 of

79. that --- which

80. and --- /