V. 閱讀理解。
(A)
All the cities are quite the same. Living in a modern Australian city is not very different from living in an American city, but there are some differences on farms. In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States, each farm family lives in their own field. Usually their neighbors live far away. It's hard for them to visit each other on weekdays. Their children take school buses to the nearest schools, which are only for the farm families in this area. In some areas, there are small schools for a few farm families, and the children walk to schools. But in Australia, it is very different. Farmers live nearby and their children can walk to schools and often go home for meals. Farmers' life keeps changing. So do farmers. Today there are cars, good roads, radios and television sets and there are modern machines for farming. All of these are changing the farm life.
根據短文內容,選擇最佳答案。
( )1. Living in a modern Australian city is almost ______ living in an American city.
A. different from B. as comfortable as
C. the same as D. as important as
( )2. In the United States, usually each farm family lives ______ their neighbors.
A. with B. far away from
C. close to D. near
( )3. How do American farmers' children go to school?
A. They can take school buses or walk to school.
B. They ride their bikes to school.
C. They only walk to school.
D. They drive to school.
( )4. The farmers in ______ can visit each other easily on weekdays.
A. the world B. Australia
C. the United States D. Canada
( )5. What about the farmers' life now?
A. Their life is poor.
B. Their life is changing.
C. They don't like their life.
D. Their life is very hard.