Britain is now a highly industrialized country and there are only 238,000 farms in the UK. More and more farmers leave the land because they cannot earn enough money to survive. Only large farms are economic and because of this, most British farms are big. They usually grow cereals in the east of England and raise sheep and cows in the north of England and Scotland. The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists.

Farming methods in Britain have also changed. Fields used to be quite small, divided by hedges which were sometimes a thousand years old and full of wild flowers and birds. Many hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use modern machinery. Now most fields in England are large by European standards.

1.  British farmers give up working on their farms because ________.

A. they don’t want to continue to live there          B. they are forced to leave the land

C. they can’t earn their own living by farming     D. they are bored of the farm work

2.  Most British farms are big because ________.

A. most British farmers are rich B. farming is now industrialized

C. small farms are uneconomic D. there are plenty of abandoned land

3.  The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ___.

A. so as to improve their earnings                    B. to show their friendship

C. so that the tourists will return in their farm the next time

D. because they want to have more tourists to their farms

4.   Fields on British farms used to be ________.

A. large forests B. separated from each other by hedges

C. full of the tall plants D. full of flowers grown by farmers

5.  Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Many hedges are pulled down for farmers to use modern machinery.

B. Breeding farms are usually in the north of England.

C. Cereals are usually grown in the east of England and Scotland.

D. Most fields in England are now larger than they used to be.