According to the passage, the first settlers used wood for their utensils and tools because it was ______.A．durableB．inexpensiveC．availableD．attractive

According to the passage, most children tend to believe that they go to school because they_____.

A. need to acquire knowledge

B. have to obey their parents

C. need to find companions

D. have to observe the law

A.The Library

B.The Computer

C.Measurement

D.Statistics and Language

According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _______.

A. owned or drove a cart

B. made things with metals

C. made kitchen tools or contains

D. built houses and furniture

According to the passage, the first winter of the colonists was hard because______.

A. they had too many enemies

B. the weather was too bad

C. they died from disease

D. they arrived too late to grow crops

According to the passage. wheat prices became unmanageable because of conditions caused by______.

A. farmers

B. supervisors

C. weather

D. war

The woman in the passage______.

A．fell in love with Christopher at first sight

B．managed a yoga studio with her husband

C．felt really uncomfortable With a smart man

D．married Christopher because of a broken heart

Wood carving refers to the art of creating or decorating objects of wood by carving with a sharp, hand-held tool. This form. of art has a history of over 1,000 years and a unique artistic style. The following is some introduction about wood carving in America.

Wood carving began as a necessity in America and developed into an art. Because of the lack of other materials, early settlers were forced to make tools and utensils out of wood. At first, these articles were whittled with a knife, but when pioneer craftsmen set up their primitive shops most of them were fashioned on a lathe--a machine which holds an object and rotates it while it is being shaped by a tool.

However, even after Massachusetts-born Thomas Blancard designed a lathe which could turn irregular shapes--an innovation that made possible mass production of gunstocks, shoe lasts, oblong and square wooden wares--craftsmen who could use knife and chisel skillfully were still in demand. Some found ready employment in shops of cabinetmakers, while others, carved decoy. Still others specialized in creating shop signs, ship figureheads, or in decorating interior woodwork. A few even accepted commissions to make busts of prominent citizens.

This passage most likely came from a longer work about early American ______.

A．arts and crafts

B．political leaders

C．logging industries

D．fashion design