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Traditionally, the American farmer has always been

　　independent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmers

　　were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almost

　　nothing it needed. The surplus crop would be sold to buy a new --71.

　　items in the local general store.

　　In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to --72.

　　the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still in

　　the country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life --73.

　　were not much changed from that they had been in old days. The --74.

　　farmer aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with --75.

　　his own muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, --76.

　　spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done --77.

　　in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the only

　　improvement on the candle. The family's recreation and social life

　　chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or --78.

　　village to transact some business as well as to chat with neighbors

　　who had also come to town.

　　The children attended a small elementary school (often of

　　just one room) to that they had to walk every day, possibly for a --79.

　　few miles. The school term was short so that the children could

　　not help on the farm. Although the whole family worked, and life --80.

　　was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.

　　71. nothing --- everything

　　72. because --- although

　　73. nineteen --- nineteenth

　　74. that --- what

　　75. aroused --- rose/got up

　　76. like --- as

　　77. complicated --- simple

　　78. consisted后加 of

　　79. that --- which

　　80. and --- /