（1）

D

D

．Living in a modern Asian city is not very different from living in an American city．（2）

E

E

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In many different parts of the world，farmers and their families live in villages or towns．But in the United States，each farm family lives on its own fields，often beyond the sight of any neighbors．Instead of traveling from a village to the fields every morning，American farmers stay on their land the whole week．（3）

A

A

．Their children take buses to large schools for all the farm families living in the area．
（4）

C

C

．Today there are cars，good roads，radios and television sets．And of course there are modern machines for farming．All of these have changed farm life．
For many years，however，farming in America was often a lonely way of living．（5）

B

B

．They learned to try new methods，and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways．

A．They travel to the nearest town at weekends for shopping or for lunch． B．Farmers had to do with their own problems，instead of getting help from others． C．Of course life keeps changing for everyone，including farmers． D．All big cities are quite similar． E．The same cannot be said about living on farms，however．