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1、PassageⅠAgriculturalSocietyinEighteenth-CenturyBritishAmericaP1:Throughoutthecolonialperiod,mostNortherners,especiallyNewEnglanders,dependedonthelandforalivelihood,althoughalivinghadliterallytobewrestedfromtheearth.Communitylandswereusedforgrazingandlogging(peoplecouldpetitionth
2、etownfortherighttocutwood).Agriculturewasthepredominantoccupation,andwhatindustrialandcommercialactivitytherewasrevolvedalmostentirelyaroundmaterialsextractedfromtheland,theforests,andtheocean.P2:Attheendoftheeighteenthcentury,approximately90percentofallAmericansearnedamajorport
3、ionoftheirlivingbyfarming.Generally,highratiosoflandandothernaturalresourcestolaborgeneratedexceptionallyhighlevelsofoutputperworkerinthecolonies.LocatedbetweenthePotomacandtheHudsonrivers,theMiddleColonieswere,onthewhole,fertileandreadilytillable,andthereforeenjoyedacomparative
4、advantageintheproductionofgrainsandotherfoodstuffs.MostproductionintheNewWorldwasforthecolonists’ownconsumption,butsizableproportionsofcolonialgoodsandserviceswereproducedforcommercialexchange.Intime,NewEnglandcolonistshadtappedintoasprawlingAtlantictradenetworkthatconnectedthem
5、totheEnglishhomelandaswellastheWestAfricanSlaveCoast,theCaribbean'splantationislands,andtheIberianPeninsula.1.Paragraph1mentionsallofthefollowingaseconomicactivitiesthatNewEnglanderspracticedEXCEPTAgrowingcropsBraisinganimalsCtradinggoodsDcuttingtimber1.Paragraph1andPassage2supp
6、ortallofthefollowingstatementsabouttheeconomiesincolonialperiodEXCEPTAThenortherncoloniesengagedininternationaltrade.BThemiddlecolonieshadagriculturaladvantagesthenortherncoloniesdidnot.CThenortherncolonistsearnedtheirlivingbyfarmingDThemiddlecolonieswerelessprosperousthanthenor
7、therncolonies.2.Accordingtoparagraph2,whatcanbeinferredaboutNewEnglandersattheendoftheeighteenthcentury?ATheywantedtoconnectwiththeirhomeland.BTheypreparedproductsforinternationaltrade.CTheycouldnotbeself-sufficientongrains.DTheyproducedmostofthegoodsintheNewWorld.3.Theword“siza
8、ble”inthepassageisclosetinmeaningtoAmixedBenorm