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In some parts of the United States, farming is easy. But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country, which is called New England.
New England has many trees and thin, rocky soil. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard. The first job has been cutting down trees. The next job has been digging stumps of the trees out of the soil. Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing stones from his land.
The work of removing stones 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 New England fields. The stone walls are not high; a man can easily climb over them. But they keep the farmer’s cows from joining his neighbor’s cows.
36. New England is an area _____________________.
A. in the United Kingdom of the Great Britain
B. which has been newly discovered by the Englishmen
C. which lies between Australia and New Zealand
D. which lies in the northeastern corner of the United States
37. This passage explains ____________.
A. how to make a stone wall in New England
B. why there are so many stone walls in New England
C. which parts of New England first used stone walls
D. why the fields in New England are so thin and rocky
38. According to the passage, farming is difficult in New England because ____________.
A. the winter is very long there B. the farms are very cold
C. the soil is rocky and thin D. there is not enough machinery for farming
39. This passage says that the work of removing stones _______________.
A. must be done again and again
B. is usually done during the winter
C. is an interesting job children enjoy doing
D. was more difficult before machines were used
40. In New England, stone walls are used _____________.
A. to keep dangerous beasts our
B. to keep the farmer’s cows from wandering away
C. to protect the farmer’s fields from thieves
D. to provide comfortable living conditions for the farmer’s family