Life on the FarmLife on the farm is always changing. New technologies and a rising interest in healthier and organic eating have a huge impact on how farms do business. At the same time, a growing population has put more demands on farmers. They need to find ways to increase their production levels. The small family farms that used to produce most of the products have been largely replaced by factory farms. Small family farms that are still operating are struggling to keep up.Technology has made most aspects of farm life easier than it has ever been before. Bigger and more efficient equipment makes work such as plowing up fields and sowing the seeds easier. Such tasks used to take two or three times as long. These advances have allowed farmers to work faster and more efficiently than ever before.In addition to newer technology, factory farms produce more products for less money than traditional farming would require,Modern farm life, despite the introduction of new technologies, has not changed much from what it has always been. Farmers still wake up early, and spend their days doing hard work. There are still animals to feed, cows to milked, and fields to be plowed. Farm life still requires a lot of work and sacrifice.The main change in modern farm is in the way farmers are run. It is common for even small farmers to have several hired workers and even an animal manager. Family-run farms are becoming rarer. Factory farms, with other larger farm corporations, are becoming the norm. Although there are still many traditional family farms, they are quickly dying as modern practices change farm life forever.
Plowing and sowing by machines are advances in modern farming.
A、True
B、False
C、Not Given
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：根据题干定位词“plowing and sowing”定位到第二段第二句话“Bigger and more efficient equipment makes work such as plowing up fields and sowing the seeds easier. ”更大型和更有效率的设备使耕种和播种的工作更为简单。”Such tasks used to take two or three times as long”以前这样的工作需要花费2到3倍的时间。可见机器耕种播种提高了农场工作效率。而且后面一句“These advances have allowed farmers to work faster and more efficiently than ever before. ”直接出现了“These advances”更加说明这是一种进步。答案选A.
