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Lamxung Posted 19 years ago
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00The agricultural revolution in the 19th century involved two things: the invention of labour-saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labour-saving machinery naturally appeared first where labour was scarce.01b00"In Europe," 02b00said Thomas Jefferson01b00, "the object is to make the most of their land, labour being abundant, here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant" 02b00It was in the US, therefore, that the great advances in the 19th century agricultural machinery first came.02br
00Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said?02br
00A.Europe was changing more quickly than the US.02br
00B.Europe had greater need of farm machinery than the US did.02br
00C. The US was finally running out of good farmland.02br
00D. There was a shortage of workers on US farms.02br
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00I think D is the correct answer. But in the answer key the correct one is C. 02br
00Help me please.!02br
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0 I think the key is wrong. D makes sense, but C certainly doesn't. The paragraph talks about how abundant the farmland was.

  • 0 I think the key is wrong.
  • D makes sense, but C certainly doesn't.
  • The paragraph talks about how abundant the farmland was.
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0 I think the key is wrong. D makes sense, but C certainly doesn't. The paragraph talks about how abundant the farmland was. 0-
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I did this and my teacher said it was D. You re right Emotion: smile

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