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1、.PassageⅠAgriculturalSocietyinEighteenth-CenturyBritishAmericaP1:Throughoutthecolonialperiod,mostNortherners,especiallyNewEnglanders,dependedonthelandforalivelihood,althoughalivinghadliterallytobewrestedfromtheearth.Communitylandswereusedforgrazingandlogging(peoplecouldpetitionthetownfortherightto
2、cutwood).Agriculturewasthepredominantoccupation,andwhatindustrialandcommercialactivitytherewasrevolvedalmostentirelyaroundmaterialsextractedfromtheland,theforests,andtheocean.P2:Attheendoftheeighteenthcentury,approximately90percentofallAmericansearnedamajorportionoftheirlivingbyfarming.Generally,h
3、ighratiosoflandandothernaturalresourcestolaborgeneratedexceptionallyhighlevelsofoutputperworkerinthecolonies.LocatedbetweenthePotomacandtheHudsonrivers,theMiddleColonieswere,onthewhole,fertileandreadilytillable,andthereforeenjoyedacomparativeadvantageintheproductionofgrainsandotherfoodstuffs.Mostp
4、roductionintheNewWorldwasforthecolonists’ownconsumption,butsizableproportionsofcolonialgoodsandserviceswereproducedforcommercialexchange.Intime,NewEnglandcolonistshadtappedintoasprawlingAtlantictradenetworkthatconnectedthemtotheEnglishhomelandaswellastheWestAfricanSlaveCoast,theCaribbean'splantati
5、onislands,andtheIberianPeninsula.1.Paragraph1mentionsallofthefollowingaseconomicactivitiesthatNewEnglanderspracticedEXCEPTAgrowingcropsBraisinganimalsCtradinggoodsDcuttingtimber..1.Paragraph1andPassage2supportallofthefollowingstatementsabouttheeconomiesincolonialperiodEXCEPTAThenortherncolonieseng
6、agedininternationaltrade.BThemiddlecolonieshadagriculturaladvantagesthenortherncoloniesdidnot.CThenortherncolonistsearnedtheirlivingbyfarmingDThemiddlecolonieswerelessprosperousthanthenortherncolonies.2.Accordingtoparagraph2,whatcanbeinferredaboutNewEnglandersattheendoftheeighteenthcentury?ATheywa
7、ntedtoconnectwiththeirhomeland.BTheypreparedproductsforinternationaltrade.CTheycouldnotbeself-sufficientongrains.DTheyproducedmostofthegoodsintheNewWorld.3.Theword“sizable”inthepassageisclosetinmeaningtoAmixedBen
