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1、TheFrenchRevolutionbrokeoutin1789.AtthetimeFrancewasinacrisis.Thegovernmentwasbadlyrunandpeople'slivesweremiserable.KingLouisXIVtriedtocontrolthenationalparliamentandraisemoretaxes.Buthiseffortfailed.HeorderedhistroopstoVersailles.ThepeoplethoughtthatLouisintendedtoputdowntheRevolution
2、byforce.OnJuly14,1789,theystormedandtooktheBastille,wherepoliticalprisonerswerekept.Eversincethatday,July14hasbeentheFrenchNationalDay.Louistriedtofleethecountryin1792,togetsupportfromAustriaandPrussia.However,hewascaughtandputinprison.InSeptember1792,themonarchywasabolished.Inthesamey
3、ear,Louiswasexecuted.Afewmonthslaterhiswife,Marie,alsohadherheadcutoff.TheRevolutionofFrancehadfrightenedtheotherkingsofEurope.ArmiesfromAustriaandPrussiabegantomarchagainstFrance.TheFrenchraisedrepublicanarmiestodefendthenation.TheRevolutionwentthroughaperiodofterror.Thousandsofpeople
4、losttheirlives.Intheend,powerpassedtoNapoleonBonaparte.What'sthispassageabout?CTheFrenchRevolution.【解析】主旨題。文章講的正是法國革命發(fā)生的事情Whichdidnothappenin1789?B.Thenationaleconomywasdevelopingrapidly.【解析】細節(jié)判斷題。文章講的全部都是法國大革命的事，而沒有涉及到法國當時的國家經(jīng)濟。Wherewerethepoliticalprisonerskept?DInBastille.【解析】細節(jié)判斷題。
5、可以從文章第5行和第6行找到答案。Whatdoestheunderlinedword“abolished”mean?Ended【解析】詞匯推理題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，可以判斷abolish這里是“廢除”的意思，相對應(yīng)的含義只有D答案。A是“推遲”，B是“建立”，C是“聯(lián)合”。WhatwasNOTtheeffectoftheRevolution?DThekingtriedtocontrolthenationalparliament.【解析】細節(jié)判斷題。這里是國王想要控制議會，才導(dǎo)致了國王和議會的不和，人民的不滿，才爆發(fā)了革命，因此法國大革命的結(jié)果是選項A、B、C,而不是D。
6、Howmuchpaperdoyouuseeveryyear?Probablyyoucannotanswerthatquestionquickly.In1900theworld'suseofpaperwasaboutonekilogramforeachpersonayear.Nowsomecountriesuseasmuchas50kilogramsofpaperforeachpersonayear.CountriesliketheUnitedStates,EnglandandSwedenusemorepaperthanothercountries.Paper,lik
7、emanyotherthingsthatweusetoday,wasfirstmadeinChina.InEgyptandtheWest,paperwasnotverycommonlyusedbeforetheyear1400.TheEgyptianswroteonakindofmaterialmadeofawaterplant.Europeansusedparchmentformanyhundredsofyears.Parchmentwasverystrong;itwasmadefromtheskinofcertainyounganimals.Wehavele
