Tham khảo tài liệu 'kỳ thi thử đại học – cao đẳng năm 2011 môn : tiếng anh khối d ( đề 5)', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | KỲ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC - CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2011 MÔN TIẾNG Anh - KHỐI D ĐỀ 5 Thời gian làm bài 90 phút Đọc kỹ bài khóa sau và chọn phướng án đúng ứng với A hoặc B C D cho các câu từ 1 đến 5 The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things the invention of labour - saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labour - saving machinery naturally appeared first where labour was scarce. In Europe said Thomas Jefferson the object is to make the most of their land labour being abundant here it is to make the most of our labour land being abundant. it was in America therefore that the great advances in nineteen-century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of the century with the exception of a crude plow farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs by 1860 most of the machinery in use today had been design in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1790 Charles New bold 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 1869 James Oliver of South Bend Indiana turned out the first chilled-steel plow 1. Which of the following best expresses the main topic of the passage A. Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution B. The development of safer machines demanded by the labor movement C. New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution D. The need for agricultural advances to help feed a growing population 2. Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said A. Europe had greater need of farm machinery than America did B. Europe was changing more quickly than America C. America was finally running out of good farmland D. There was a shortage of .
