There is nothing strange about this manufacturing work by today's standards. Highly skilled workers were unable to com pare with the new produciion techniques, as mass production allowed goods of high standard to be produced in greater num- ber than could ever be done by hand. But the skilled workers wasn't the only loser, thc common workers lost too.

　　Similar changes forced fanners a way. The increased mechanization (械化) of agriculture freed masses of workers from ploughing the land and harvesting its crops. They had little choice but to stream toward the rapidly developing industrial centers.

　　Increasingly, standards were set by machines. Workers no longer owned their own tools, their skill was no longer valued, and pride in their work was no longer possible.

　　Workers fed, looked after and repaired the machines that could work faster than humans at greatly reduced cost.

　　1. In this passage, which of the following is NOT considered as a change caused by tile use of scientific findings in the production of goods?

　　A. Other forms of energy have taken the place of human power.

　　B. The increased exploitation of workers in the 19th century.

　　C. The increased use of machines to make products in less

　　time.

　　D. The use of machines producing parts of the same stand ard.

　　答案：

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