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 agriculture revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things; the invention of labor-saving machinery and the develo
The agriculture revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things; the invention of labor-saving machinery and the develo
admin
2012-09-11
68
问题
The agriculture 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 scarce. " In Europe", said Thomas Jefferson, "the object is to make the most of their land, labor being sufficient; here it is to make the most of our labor, land being abundant. " It was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteenth-century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of the century, with the exception of a crude (粗糙的) plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural tools on their backs. By 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1890 Charles Newbolt of New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention. The farmers, however, would have none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless, many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1896, James Oliver of South Bend, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow.
The passage is mainly about_____.
选项
A、the agriculture revolution
B、the invention of labor-saving machinery
C、the development of scientific agriculture
D、the farming machinery in America
答案
B
解析
本题考查考生对整篇短文主要内容的理解。由第一部分开始,文章总体结构围绕节省劳动力的机械发明展开,文章的中心思想应当是节省劳动力的机器发明。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/toDO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
Smoking,whichmaybeapleasureforsomepeople,isaserioussourceofdiscomfortfortheirfellows.Further,medicalauthorit
Untilthe16thcenturytheearth______tobeflat.
JeanWanger’smostenduringcontributiontothestudyofAfro-Americanpoetryishisinsistencethatit______inareligious,as
Onlyrecently______torealizethedangerscaffeine(咖啡因)mightbringtoourhealth.
Onlythoroughlyunpleasantpeopleleavethe______oftheirpicnicstospoiltheappearanceofthecountryside.
Ithasbecomenecessarytodevelopnewandbettertoolsofmarketresearchinorderto______saleswithgreatercertaintybecause
CliffordShaw,anAmericansociologist,reachedtheconclusionthattheindustrialurbanenvironment______themoralfiber(品质,意
Withthepossibleexceptionofequalrights,perhapsthemost【C1】______issueacrosstheUnitedStatestodayisthedeathpenalt
Withthepossibleexceptionofequalrights,perhapsthemost【C1】______issueacrosstheUnitedStatestodayisthedeathpenalt
AuniquelaboratoryattheUniversityofChicagoisbusyonlyatnight.Itisadream【C1】______whereresearchersareatworkstu
随机试题
女性,58岁,有慢性便秘多年,近来发现站立时阴囊部位出现肿块。体检诊断为腹股沟斜疝医生行疝修补术后拆线时间宜选择()
焊条直径大小的选择和()无关。
怎样正确认识和处理追求理想过程中的问题?
先兆流产治疗中正确的是
本题为案例分析题,要求分析合理,结论正确;有计算要求的,应简要写出计算过程。1.某房屋建筑工程项目,建设单位与施工单位按照《建设工程施工合同(示范文本)》签订了施工承包合同。施工合同中规定:(1)设备由建设单位采购,施工单位安装;(2)
下列选项中,不属于设立普通合伙企业应当具备的条件是()。
南戏:
美国生理和心理学家格赛尔首次将成熟概念移用到教育研究之中。他认为,人的机体的成熟程度制约着身心发展的程度。成熟与教学的效果是契合的,一种技能的发展由成熟支配时,没必要超前加以训练。这一结论来自他曾做过著名的()。
土地朴康平我在黄河的摇篮中长大,那浑黄的土地铸就了我金子一样的情思。我记着:“黑眼睛黑头发黄皮肤,永远是龙的传人。”……而当我穿过
A、 B、 C、 C句子是询问为什么电话占线的Why疑问句。
最新回复
(
0
)