首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor saving machinery and the devel
The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor saving machinery and the devel
admin
2010-09-10
45
问题
The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was【S1】______."In Europe", said Thomas Jefferson, "the object is to make the【S2】______of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to make the most of our labor,【S3】______being abundant." It was in America, therefore, that the great【S4】______in nineteenth century agricultural machinery first came..
At the opening of the century, with the【S5】______of a crude plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs; by 1860, most of the【S6】______in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1790 Charles Newbold of New Jersey had been【S7】______on the idea of a cast-iron(铸铁)plow and spent his entire fortune in【S8】______his invention. The farmers,【S9】______, would have none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds【S10】______. Nevertheless, many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1869 James Oliver of South Bend, Indiana, turned out the first chilled steel(冷轧)plow.
A)introducing I)exception
B)advances J)abundant
C)however K)thus
D)working L)most
E)grow M)scarce
F)equipment N)decrease
G)land O)machinery
H)better
【S1】
选项
答案
M
解析
根据句法知识,我们可以知道该句缺少表语,一般为形容园,再看语境“节省劳力的机械首先出现在人力稀缺的地方”。据此,我们可以确定答案为[M]scarce(稀缺的)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/4687777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
NationalGeographicLiftsVeilonAirForceOneUntilFranklinD.Roosevelt,noU.S.Presidenttraveledbyairwhileinoffic
TherailroadsplayedakeyroleinthesettlementoftheWest.Theyprovidedrelativelyeasyaccesstotheregionforthefirst
TheEuropeanUnionhadapprovedanumberofgeneticallymodifiedcropsuntillate1998.Butgrowingpublicconcernoveritssupp
TheEuropeanUnionhadapprovedanumberofgeneticallymodifiedcropsuntillate1998.Butgrowingpublicconcernoveritssupp
FifteenyearsagoMasco,asmallfamilyfirm,suddenlygrewfast.Asitgrew,themanagementrealizedthatchangeswereneeded.
Technologyhascometothemarketplace.InmanyU.Sstoresthecash【C1】______hasbeenreplacedbyacomputerthatquicklyande
A、Theyusuallyplayinsmallgroups.B、Alltheboysliketogiveorders.C、Theydon’tobeytheorders.D、Boysusuallyhavealea
I______(不知道)ofwhatlayinstoreformethefirsttimeIsteppedintoMr.Zhang’sadvancedmathclass.
A、Themansupportedthewoman’sproposalthismorning.B、Thewoman’sbackhurtduringthemeeting.C、Thewoman’sproposalwasse
Afterretiringfrom30yearsofteaching,EthbellPeppercouldeasilyhavedecidedtositbackand【B1】______andenjoyapeaceful
随机试题
x86处理器采用了联想存储器的高速缓存。()
张某,男,21岁,左小腿被钝性暴力打击,形成闭合性损伤,其局部处理下列哪项是错误的
下列各项.依法按劣药论处的是
洋地黄治疗心功能不全的机理,下列哪项不正确
在借贷记账法,年末一般无余额的账户是()。
我国法律规定社会组织取得企业法人资格应当具备的条件不包括()。
遇有下列()情形的,公安机关的人民警察依照国家有关规定可以使用武器
以下经典电影反映了我国不同少数民族的文化和生活,下列对应错误的是:
下列哪些行为必须经有关国家机关履行一定的手续加以证明,才能引起法律关系的产生、变更或消灭?()
设事件A与B满足条件AB=,则()
最新回复
(
0
)