17
AItiscompletelyflat
BIthasfewrivers
CIthasmanylargelakes
DItishilly

18
AThesoilhasbeenoverworked
BTheclimateiscold
CTheweatheristoodry
DThesoilissandy

19
AByraisingcattle
BByworkingonfarms
CByworkinginfactories
DByraisingsheep

20
AAtschool
BFromtheirparents
CFrombooks
DInfactories

原文
NewEnglandisanareaofmountains, valleys, andrivers. ItissaidthatinNewEnglandoneisalwaysclimbinghills. AlargepartofNewEnglandisalsomadeupoffarmsandfarminglands. YetNewEnglandisnotreallyafarmingarea. Thefarmsaresmall. Generally, theyareonlylargeenoughtosupportonefamily. IsalsohappensthatthesoilofNewEnglandisnotgood. Thissoilhasbeenworkedandplantedforsomanyyearsthatithaslostitsvalue.
MostNewEnglanderstodayworksinfactoriesorsmallbusiness. Inthesefactoriestheymakewatchesandclocks, shoes, clothing, specialtoolsforindustry, leathergoods,etc. NewEnglandworkmenarefamousfortheirskillinmarkingmanyofthesethings. Thisskillisoftenpasseddowninfamiliesfromfathertoson.

Question
17 WhatisthemainfeatureofNewEngland
18 WhyisNewEnglandnotgoodforfarming
19 HowdomostpeopleinNewEnglandmakealiving
20 WheredoNewEnglanderslearnmanyoftheirskills

参考答案与分析
17 D这一题的考点是开头这句ItissaidthatinNewEnglandoneisalwaysclimbinghills. “Itissaidthat……”这种事非常典型的提示考点的句型。一定要引起重视。 hills和选项D的hilly几乎是原词复现。
18 A这题的考点是第一段最后一句Thissoilhasbeenworkedandplantedforsomanyyearsthatithaslostitsvalue. “So…… that……” 也是一个很重要的提示考点的句型。这里的土地已经被利用和种植太多年了以至于已经失去了价值。其实这句话也就是A选项说的overworked，过度开发，过度利用的概念。是一个近义复现
19 C这题的考点是第二段第一句MostNewEnglanderstodayworksinfactoriesorsmallbusiness. “Most” “today” 都是很重要的提示词。Factories和C选项是原词复现。
20 B这题的考点是最后一句：Thisskillisoftenpasseddowninfamiliesfromfathertoson. passeddown遗传，传承。这种技能通常是在家庭里传承的，由父亲传给儿子。 那么反过来说就是大多数人都是父母那里学来这些技能的，选B