orner of the country, which is called New England. New England has many trees and thin, rocky soil. Anyone who wants to start a farm here has had to work very hard. The first job is to cut down all the trees. The next job is to dig the stumps (树桩) of the trees out of the soil. Then the farmer has the most difficult job of all, removing stones from his land, which never really ends, because every winter more stones appear. They come up through the thin soil from the rocks below. Farmers have to keep removing stones from the fields. Even today, farms which have been worked on for 200 years keep producing more stones. That is why stone walls are used instead of fences around the new England fields. The stone walls are not high, and can easily be climbed, but they keep the farmer’s cow from joining his neighbour’ cattle.

( ) 6. New England lies _______.

A. in Englan B. in the USA C. to the northeast of England D. to the northeast of Canada

( ) 7. The word ‘remove’ means _______.

A. move again B. carry out C. take away D. bring back

( ) 8. In what order would a farmer in New England do the following things to start a new farm?

a. Removing the stones from the soil b. Building a stone wall round his fields c. Digging out the tee stumps. d. Cutting down the trees.

A. a, b, d, c B. b, c, d, a C. d, b, c, a , D. d, c, a, b

( ) 9. What is the great difficulty New England farmers have in their farming? A. The soil is as hard as rock B. There are too many stones C. Plants scarcely grow D. The soil is too thin ( ) 10. New England farmers build stone walls around their fields _________. A. to save the trouble of taking away the stones B. to keep their neighbours from breaking into C. because stone walls are stronger than fences D. because stone walls are easy to build

【试题答案】 一、听力：

A: 1. Why not go for a walk? 2. What was the weather like yesterday? 3. Hello, may I speak to Mr. Green? 4. Dad, do you feel tired? 5. I’ll return your bike as soon as possible. (BCAAB)

B:6. W: What time do you usually have lunch? M: I usually have lunch at 12:00. But today I had it at 12:30 Q: What time did the woman have lunch today? 7. W: Tom, there was a telephone call for you half an hour ago. M: Oh, who was it? W: It was your uncle. Q: Who made a telephone call half an hour ago? 8. M: Meimei, do you like pears? W: A little, and I like oranges a lot. But I don’t like bananas at all. Q: What’s Meimei’s favourite? 9. W: Do you have any meat? M: Let me see. No, there is no meat. W: OK. One kilo of meat, and we need some noodles, too. Q: What are they going to do? 10. W: Who are you going with to climb the hill tomorrow? M: Tom, Jim, Li Lei and Lin Tao. Oh, the twins too. Q: How many students are going to climb the hill tomorrow? (CCACC)

C: When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn’t any interesting things for him. Abraham wanted to go to school. But there was no school there. Abraham was sad most of the time. Mrs Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One early morning, she got up early and went to town, that was a long way and it took her a long time to get to town. She bought something there and went back. And it was late in the evening when she got home. The next morning, Mrs Lincoln said to Abraham, “Today is your birthday. We are going to have a party.” She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present. “A book.” Abraham cried. It was an old book. But he liked it. A smile came to his face. He looked at Mrs Lincoln and said, ‘Thank you, Mum.’ (CBAAB)

二、填空：

1. involved; 2. along; 3. robbed; 4. breaking; 5. review 6. appearance; 7. disturbing; 8. suggestions; valuable; 9. Wearing