William has cut his smoking_____to five cigarettes a day.

A、down
B、short
C、away
D、off
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A

答案解析:

cutdown“削减,减少”;cutsth.downto“把⋯⋯减到(什么程度)”,是固定搭配,而且符合题意。

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Theagriculturalrevolutioninthe19thcenturyinvolvedtwothings:theinventionoflabor-savingmachineryandthedeyelopmentofscientificagriculture.Labor-savingmachinerynaturallyappearedfirstwherelaborwasscarce.“InEurope,”saidThomasJefferson,“theobjectistomakethemostoftheirland,laborbeingabundant:hereitistomakethemostofourlabor,landbeingabundant.”ItwasinAmerica,therefore,thatthegreatadvancesin19thcenturyagriculturalmachineryfirstcame.

Attheopeningofthecentury,withtheexceptionofacrudeplowfarmerscouldhavecarriedpracicallyalloftheexistingagriculturalimplementsontheirbacks;by1860,mostofthemachineryinusetodayhadbeendesignedinanearlyform.Themostimportantoftheearlyinventionswastheironplow.Asearlyas1790CharlesNewboldofNewJerseyhadbeenworkingontheideaofacast-ironplowandspenthisentirefortuneinintrodueinghisinvention.Thefarmers,however,wouldhavenoneofit,claimingthattheironpoisonedthesoilandmadetheweedsgrow.Nevertheless,manypeopledevotedtheirattentiontotheplow,untilin1869JamesOliverofSouthBend,Indiana,turnedoutthefirstchilled-stillplow.?

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