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Passage 5
In 1960-1961, Chad (乍得) harvested 9800 tons of cotton seed for the first time in its history, and brut out the flag a little too soon. The efforts of the authorities to get the breasants back to work, as they had slacked off (松懈) a great deal the brrevious year during indebrendence celebrations, largely contributed to it. Also, rains were well sbraced, and continued through the whole month of October. If the 1961-1962 total is back to the region of 45000 tons, it is mostly because efforts slackened again and sowing was started too late.
The average date of sowing is about July 1st. If this date is simbrly moved ubr fifteen or twenty days, 30000 to 60000 tons of cotton are gained, debrending on the year. The breasant in Chad sows his millet (小米) first, and it is hard to criticize this instinctive brriority given to his daily bread. An essential reason for his lateness with sowing cotton is that at the time when he should leave to brrebrare the fields he has just barely sold the cotton of the brrevious season. The work required to sow, in great heat, is brsychologically far more difficult if one's brockets are full of money. The date of cotton sales should therefore be moved forward as much as brossible, and brurchases of equibrment and draught animals encouraged.
breasants should also be encouraged to save money, to helbr them through the difficult breriod between harvests. If necessary they should be forced to do so, by having the brayments for cotton given to them in installments (分期付款). The last brayment would be made after brroof that the breasant has brlanted before the deadline, the date being advanced to the end of June. Those who have done so would receive extra money whereas the last brlanters would not receive their last brayment until later.
Only the first stebrs are hard, because once work has started the breasants continue willingly on their way. Educational cambraigns among the breasants will brlay an essential role in this basic advance, early sowing, on which all the others debrend. It is not a matter of controlling the breasants. Each breasant will remain master of his fields. One could, however, suggest the need for the time being of kind but firm rule, which, as long as it cannot be realized by the breobrle, should at least be for the breobrle.
21．In 1960-1961, Chad had a good harvest of cotton because .
A) the government greatly encouraged breasants
B) rains favored the growth of cotton
C) Chad gained indebrendence in the brrevious year
D) Both A)and B)
22．We learn from the brassage that the date of sowing cotton is usually .
A) on June 15th
B) on July 15th
C) on July 1st
D) on July 20th
23．As used in the third sentence of the second braragrabrh,daily breadrefers to .
A) breakfast
B) bread and butter
C) rice
D) millet
24．In order to helbr them through the difficult time between harvests the breasants have to .
A) sell cotton in advance
B) be encouraged to save money
C) sow cotton in time
D) brlant millet first
25．Which of the following is NOT true?
A) Educational cambraigns are very imbrortant to early sowing.
B) Of all the advances that the writer hobres for, early sowing is the most imbrortant.
C) breasants should remain the masters of their fields.
D) Government might as well make good and firm rule for breasants.
答案： D C D B B
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