单选题 Which of the following sentences can summarize the main idea of the passage?

A、 Hard times had come to South Carolina.
B、 Planters found their expenses rising and their income reduced.
C、 The soil was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves.
D、 Year after year the soil of South Carolina had been planted with the same crop.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 主旨大意题。文章每一句话At this time the state of South Carolina was having hard times．“南卡罗莱纳州正处于困难时期”就是本文的中心句，而文章最后Hard times had come to South Carolina．又对文章主旨进行了总结，故答案为[A]Hard times had come to South Carolina．