I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special ( R 1) ____________ . One is a tolerance for solitude. Because we are so busy and on such a tight ( R 2) ____________ , we don ’ t ( R 3) ____________ much. During the growing season there is no time for socializing ( R 4) ___________ . Jim and Emily are ( R 5) ___________ in social activities, but they too spend most of their time at home. The other ( R 6) ____________ is energy - a lot of it. The way to make self-sufficiency work on a small ( R 7) ____________ is to resist the ( R 8) ____________ to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. ( R 9) ____________ , you do the work yourself. The only ( R 10) _______________ we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little three-horsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw. A. anyway B. generate C. Instead D. illustrated E. machinery F. supplement G. entertain H. Thus I. However J. involved K. qualities L. budget M. temptation N. requirement O. scale