填空题Proofread the passage as required. Each indicated line contains a maximum of
one error. Correct the passage in the following way: for a correct line, put the
sign "√" in the corresponding blank; for a wrong word, underline the wrong word
and write the correct one in the blank; for a missing word, mark the position of
the missing word with the sign "∧" and write the word you believe to be missing
in the blank; for an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with the sign
"" and put the word with the sign "" in the blank. Remember to write the
answers on the answer sheet. Traditionally,
the American farmer has always been independent and hard-working. In the
eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew
and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop
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items in the local general store. In 1860, because some of the
farm population had moved to the city,
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American population was still in the country. In the late nineteen century,
farm work and life were not much changed
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been in the old days. The farmer arose at dawn or
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had much work to do, with his own muscles like his chief
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{{/U}} source of power. He used axes, spades and other complicated tools.
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{{/U}} {{/U}} In his house cooking was done in wood-burning stoves, and
the kerosene lamp was the only improvement on the candle. The
family's recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to
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{{/U}} nearby small town or 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 (often of just one room) to that they had to
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{{/U}} walk every day, possibly for a few miles. The school term was short
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{{/U}} Although the whole family worked, and life was not easy,
farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.