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二、阅读理解 The French Revolution. (190 words) 11. What’s this passage about? 这篇文章主要讲了什么？ C. The French Revolution. 法国大革命 12. Which did not happen in 1789? 以下那件事不是发生在1789年？ B. The national economy was developing rapidly.国家经济快速发展。 13. Where were the political prisoners kept? 那些政治犯被关押在哪里？ D. In Bastille.巴士底狱 14. What does the underlined word “abolished ” mean? 划了下划线的“abolished ”这个词是什么意思？ D. Ended.废除。 15. What was NOT the effect of the Revolution? 以下那个不是法国大革命产生的效果？ D. The king tried to control the national parliament.国王试图控制议会。 In the United States,…… the sentence.(260 words) 16. What is the main idea of this passage?___________ 以下哪项表达了本文的中心思想？ B. The role of time in social life over the world.世界各地时间在社会生活中扮演的角色。 17. What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? ________________ 根据本文，如果你在某人睡觉时间打电话给他，意味着什么？ B. A matter of life or death.这是一件事关生死的大事 18. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend? 如果你想约你的朋友，以下哪个时间是比较恰当的？ B. at 4:00 pm 下午4点。 19. Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?根据本文，以下哪项陈述是正确的？ D. Promptness is valued highly in American life.准时在美国社会是受到高度认可的。 20. From the passage we can safely infer that ______ 从本文我们可以得出 B. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. 世界各地的时间观念是不同的。 A foreigners first impression……business very quickly.(348 words) 21. Which of the following statements is wrong? _________ 以下哪项陈述是错误的？ D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.美国人对他们的同事不礼貌。 22. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means _________ 第四段中的“a high priority”是什么意思？ B. a first concern要首要考虑的。 23. Americans evaluate a business colleague _______ 美国人评价他们的同事是根据 D. by learning about their past performance他们过去的表现。 24. This passage mainly talks about ___________ 本文主要讲了 A. how Americans treasure their time美国人是怎样珍惜时间的。 25. We can infer from the passage that the author’s ton