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[单项选择]In the early days of the old West in North America, life was difficult. People lived on farms far away from other families. And there were some big problems. For example, how did one family make a house
What did families do to build houses They asked for help. They invited their friends and neighbors to a work party for a few days. The women cooked together. The men worked on the building. For the children it was like a holiday. Together these people built a house or a barn (谷仓). At another time the family with the new house would help their neighbors. A work party is really cooperation. To cooperate means "to work together". Many people can work together, hen the big job becomes a small job for many workers. Working together can be fun too.
Today there isn’t much cooperation. People don’t work together very much. Some people don’t know their neighbors. Why don’t we work with other people It can be fun. Life can become easier too.
How did one family build houses
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[单项选择]The road from Mildura to Merbein, in north-west Victoria, is a sad sight. Many of its farms are covered with wine grapes, dying on the vines. Farmers planted the vines hoping to cash in on the seemingly endless boom in Australian wine. But in 2007 the boom turned to bust, forcing many farmers to walk away from grapes and land they cannot sell.
Over the past 15 years Australia’s wine industry has been one of its great success stories. Export revenues last year reached A$3 billion ($2.4 billion), four times the figure from 1997. Britain, America and Canada, among the most competitive markets for wine, are Australia’s three biggest customers. But the suffering in places like Mildura and nearby Renmark in South Australia is a sign that the industry fell victim to its own success.
Flushed with a growing demand for Australian wines, a grape shortage, and soaring grape prices, growers rushed to plant more vines in the late 1990s. In 1998 they put in a record 16,000 new hectares, dou
A. Australian winemakers look much to climate and soil of each place.
B. most Australian producers adopt the same approach as French do.
C. French winemakers combine different grapes to produce a wine.
D. the French approach is increasingly welcomed by Australian winemakers.