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 familys 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 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. 　　答案：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

　　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 familys 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 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. 　　答案：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