填空题Throughout the eighteenth century, coffee houses were once forced to close because they encouraged the free speech.____

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Throughout the eighteenth century, coffee houses were once forced to close because they encouraged the free speech.____
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  • 第1题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Houses in 18th Century North America

    Seventeenth-century houses in colonial North America were simple structures that were primarily functional,carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages.During the first half of the eighteenth century,however,houses began to show a new elegance.As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.
    Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England.Inventories of colonial libraries show an astonishing number of these handbooks for builders,and the houses erected during the eighteenth century show their influence.Nevertheless,most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application of the rules laid down in these books.
    Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design,whether the material was wood,stone or brick.New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of store,but only in Pennsylvania and adjacent area was stone widely used in dwellings.An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick.
    Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.Windows were made larger and shutters removed.Large,clear panes replaced the small leaded glass of the seventeenth century.Doorways were larger and more decorative.Fireplaces became decorative features of rooms.Walls were made of plaster or wood,sometimes elaborately paneled.White paint began to take the place of blues,yellows,greens,and lead colors,which had been popular for walls in the earlier years.After about 1730,advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers.

    What does the author imply about the use of wallpaper before 1730?
    A:Wallpaper samples appeared in the architectural manuals.
    B:Wallpaper was the same color as the paints used.
    C:Patterned wallpaper was not widely used.
    D:Wallpaper was not in stone houses.

    答案：C
    解析：
    根据文章第一段中第二句“During the first half of the eighteenth century, however , houses began to show a new elegance."（然而在18世纪前半叶，房屋开始显示出新的优稚风格。），可知本文要讨论的是18世纪殖民地房屋的设计改进。故选项A为正确答案。
    根据第二段首句“Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who under-took to interpret architectural manuals imported from England."（由于建筑在殖民地还不是一项专奋门的职业，房屋设计或者由业余设计者来做，或者由那些翻译英国进口建筑手册的木匠来做），可知在18世纪的北美，木匠负责设计房屋。故正确答案为选项D。
    根据文中第三段第四、五句“An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick."（在弗吉尼亚和马里兰，人们在房屋和外屋的建造上明显越来越喜欢使用砖料，但甚至在富有的土地主建造的房屋里面，木料仍然是最流行的材料。在南北卡罗来纳州，甚至在拥挤的查理斯顿，木制房屋也比砖房要普遍），可知正确答案为选项B。
    根据第四段第一句“Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.”可以看出文章是拿18世纪的房屋和“their predecessors”相比较，但从句子意思上看，肯定是与18世纪以前建造的房屋相比较。故正确答案为选项B。
    文中最后一句话“After about 1730 , advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers."（大概1730年后，殖民地报纸上开始出现了风景画形式的壁纸风格广告），言外之意就是，在此之前这种风景画式的壁纸还没有广泛使用。故正确答案为选项C。

  • 第2题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Houses in 18th Century North America

    Seventeenth-century houses in colonial North America were simple structures that were primarily functional,carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages.During the first half of the eighteenth century,however,houses began to show a new elegance.As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.
    Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England.Inventories of colonial libraries show an astonishing number of these handbooks for builders,and the houses erected during the eighteenth century show their influence.Nevertheless,most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application of the rules laid down in these books.
    Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design,whether the material was wood,stone or brick.New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of store,but only in Pennsylvania and adjacent area was stone widely used in dwellings.An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick.
    Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.Windows were made larger and shutters removed.Large,clear panes replaced the small leaded glass of the seventeenth century.Doorways were larger and more decorative.Fireplaces became decorative features of rooms.Walls were made of plaster or wood,sometimes elaborately paneled.White paint began to take the place of blues,yellows,greens,and lead colors,which had been popular for walls in the earlier years.After about 1730,advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers.

    According to the passage,who was responsible for designing in eighteenth-century North America?
    A:Professional architects.
    B:Customers.
    C:Interior decorators.
    D:Carpenters.

    答案：D
    解析：
    根据文章第一段中第二句“During the first half of the eighteenth century, however , houses began to show a new elegance."（然而在18世纪前半叶，房屋开始显示出新的优稚风格。），可知本文要讨论的是18世纪殖民地房屋的设计改进。故选项A为正确答案。
    根据第二段首句“Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who under-took to interpret architectural manuals imported from England."（由于建筑在殖民地还不是一项专奋门的职业，房屋设计或者由业余设计者来做，或者由那些翻译英国进口建筑手册的木匠来做），可知在18世纪的北美，木匠负责设计房屋。故正确答案为选项D。
    根据文中第三段第四、五句“An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick."（在弗吉尼亚和马里兰，人们在房屋和外屋的建造上明显越来越喜欢使用砖料，但甚至在富有的土地主建造的房屋里面，木料仍然是最流行的材料。在南北卡罗来纳州，甚至在拥挤的查理斯顿，木制房屋也比砖房要普遍），可知正确答案为选项B。
    根据第四段第一句“Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.”可以看出文章是拿18世纪的房屋和“their predecessors”相比较，但从句子意思上看，肯定是与18世纪以前建造的房屋相比较。故正确答案为选项B。
    文中最后一句话“After about 1730 , advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers."（大概1730年后，殖民地报纸上开始出现了风景画形式的壁纸风格广告），言外之意就是，在此之前这种风景画式的壁纸还没有广泛使用。故正确答案为选项C。

  • 第3题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Houses in 18th Century North America

    Seventeenth-century houses in colonial North America were simple structures that were primarily functional,carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages.During the first half of the eighteenth century,however,houses began to show a new elegance.As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.
    Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England.Inventories of colonial libraries show an astonishing number of these handbooks for builders,and the houses erected during the eighteenth century show their influence.Nevertheless,most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application of the rules laid down in these books.
    Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design,whether the material was wood,stone or brick.New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of store,but only in Pennsylvania and adjacent area was stone widely used in dwellings.An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick.
    Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.Windows were made larger and shutters removed.Large,clear panes replaced the small leaded glass of the seventeenth century.Doorways were larger and more decorative.Fireplaces became decorative features of rooms.Walls were made of plaster or wood,sometimes elaborately paneled.White paint began to take the place of blues,yellows,greens,and lead colors,which had been popular for walls in the earlier years.After about 1730,advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers.

    What does the passage mainly discuss?
    A:The improved design of eighteenth-century colonial houses.
    B:A comparison of eighteenth-century houses and modern houses.
    C:The decorations used in eighteenth-century houses.
    D:The role of carpenters in building eighteenth-century houses.

    答案：A
    解析：
    根据文章第一段中第二句“During the first half of the eighteenth century, however , houses began to show a new elegance."（然而在18世纪前半叶，房屋开始显示出新的优稚风格。），可知本文要讨论的是18世纪殖民地房屋的设计改进。故选项A为正确答案。
    根据第二段首句“Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who under-took to interpret architectural manuals imported from England."（由于建筑在殖民地还不是一项专奋门的职业，房屋设计或者由业余设计者来做，或者由那些翻译英国进口建筑手册的木匠来做），可知在18世纪的北美，木匠负责设计房屋。故正确答案为选项D。
    根据文中第三段第四、五句“An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick."（在弗吉尼亚和马里兰，人们在房屋和外屋的建造上明显越来越喜欢使用砖料，但甚至在富有的土地主建造的房屋里面，木料仍然是最流行的材料。在南北卡罗来纳州，甚至在拥挤的查理斯顿，木制房屋也比砖房要普遍），可知正确答案为选项B。
    根据第四段第一句“Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.”可以看出文章是拿18世纪的房屋和“their predecessors”相比较，但从句子意思上看，肯定是与18世纪以前建造的房屋相比较。故正确答案为选项B。
    文中最后一句话“After about 1730 , advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers."（大概1730年后，殖民地报纸上开始出现了风景画形式的壁纸风格广告），言外之意就是，在此之前这种风景画式的壁纸还没有广泛使用。故正确答案为选项C。

  • 第4题：

    To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains．But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain．Its first use was as a shade against the sun．
    Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times．Probably the first to use it were the Chinese,way back in the eleventh century B.C.
    We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade．And there was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honor and authority．In the Far East in ancient times,the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
    In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade．And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece．But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
    During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared．Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century．And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority．By 1680,The umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
    By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe．Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight．It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colors.

    The umbrella was used only by royalty or those in high office__.

    A.in Europe in the eighteenth century
    B.in ancient Egypt and Babylon
    C.in the Far East in ancient times
    D.during the Middle Ages

    答案：C
    解析：
    参见句子：In the Far East in ancient times，the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office．

  • 第5题：

    共用题干
    New Foods and the New World
    In the last 500 years,nothing about people—not their clothes,ideas,or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians .The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500's .And although it was very expensive,it quickly became fashionable.In London,shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
    The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600,the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe,where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the“Potato Famine”of 1845—1846,and thou- sands more were forced to emigrate to America.
    There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee,and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries.But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400's.
    According to an Arabic legend,coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush.He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake”feeling that one-third of the world's population now starts the day with.

    Thousands of Irish people starved during the“Potato Famine”because______.
    A: they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else
    B: they were forced to emigrate to America
    C: the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato
    D:.the potato harvest was bad

    答案：D
    解析：
    细节题。第一段第一句： In the last 500 years , nothing about people—not their clothes,ideas , or languages—has changed as much as what they eat.（在过去的500年中，没有任何关于人类的东西，如他们的衣服，观点或语言，会像他们吃的食物变化那么大）同时使用比较级和否定词表示最高级，意思恰恰就是A选项的内容。


    细节题。从第一段最后两句话：London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.（在伦敦，供应巧克力饮料的店铺成为了重要的聚会地点。直到今天还存在一些这样的店铺）可以推断这里的some指的就是London shops。


    细节题。第二段第三句：Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “ Potato Famine ” of 1845～1846.（爱尔兰人非常依赖土豆，在1845年到1846年期间的土豆饥荒中成千上万的爱尔兰人由于土豆欠收而挨俄）。强调the crop failed , the crop即potato。 A项没有说明土豆欠收这个关键事实；B项是starve导致的结果，并非原因;C项文章并未提及。


    细节题。根据第三段倒数第二句：But it is native（本土的、当地的）to Ethiopia．句中it即指coffee，意思是咖啡最早产自埃塞俄比亚。A、B项和But it is native to Ethiopia矛盾；根据第三段最后一句：Arabs最早将咖啡制作为饮品。可以推断D是错误的。


    推断题。第三段最后一句：It ( coffee ) was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400's.最后一段讲述这个阿拉伯传说就是为了证明阿位伯人首先发明了咖啡这种饮品，即D选项的内容。

  • 第6题：

    Many（）shops will be forced to close if the new supermarket is built.

    Alocal

    Bbroad

    Cgeneral

    Dpublic


    A
    略

  • 第7题：

    填空题
    The houses in a good neighborhood also suffer break-ins because burglars look for the place where goods are good.____

    正确答案： D
    解析：
    由题干关键词“good neighborhood”可定位到D段。原文指出，罪犯会寻找有高档货物的小区，故匹配段落为D段。

  • 第8题：

    单选题
    To conserve energy, estate developers are encouraged to build houses that can retain heat in winter.
    A

    attain

    B

    keep

    C

    release

    D

    generate


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    句意：为了节省能源，政府鼓励房地产商建造能在冬季保暖的房屋。retain的意思是“保留，留下，保持”。attain实现，得到。release释放；排放；发行，解脱。generate产生，引发。

  • 第9题：

    单选题
    I bought this eighteenth century writing desk at a quite（）price.
    A

    reasonable

    B

    cheap

    C

    small

    D

    expensive


    正确答案： B
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第10题：

    单选题
    Which of the following is not directly related to Neo-classicism in the eighteenth century?
    A

    Reason rather than emotion is emphasized.

    B

    Most of the writings were didactic and satirical.

    C

    Lyrical poetry flourished.

    D

    Poets found closed couplet the only possible verse form for serious work.


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    新古典主义强调理性和逻辑；强调文学作品的教育功能，作品说教性强；推崇偶句诗而非无韵诗，诗歌受到特定规律的约束。故选C。

  • 第11题：

    单选题
    Thousands of Irish people starved because _____.
    A

    they depended on the potato

    B

    they were forced to move to America

    C

    the weather conditions in Ireland. were not fit for growing the potato

    D

    the potato harvest was bad


    正确答案： C
    解析：

  • 第12题：

    问答题
    Practice 3　　Tea, that most quintessential of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it was not until the mid-17th century that the beverage first appeared in England.　　The use of tea spread slowly from its Asian homeland, reaching Europe by way of Venice around 1560, although Portuguese trading ships may have made contact with the Chinese as early as 1515.　　It was the Portuguese and Dutch traders who first imported tea to Europe, with regular shipments by 1610. England was a latecomer to the tea trade, as the East India Company did not capitalize on tea’s popularity until the mid-18th century.　　Coffee Houses Curiously, it was the London coffee houses that were responsible for introducing tea to England. One of the first coffee house merchants to offer tea was Thomas Garway, who owned an establishment in Exchange Alley. He sold both liquid and dry tea to the public as early as 1657. Three years later he issued a broadsheet advertising tea at ￡6 and ￡10 per pound (ouch!), touting its virtues at “making the body active and lusty”, and “preserving perfect health until extreme old age”.　　Tea gained popularity quickly in the coffee houses, and by 1700 over 500 coffee houses sold it. This distressed the tavern owners, as tea cut their sales of ale and gin, and it was bad news for the government, who depended upon a steady stream of revenue from taxes on liquor sales. By1750 tea had become the favored drink of Britain’s lower classes.　　Taxation on Tea Charles II did his bit to counter the growth of tea, with several acts forbidding its sale in private houses. This measure was designed to counter sedition, but it was so unpopular that it was impossible to enforce it. A 1676 act taxed tea and required coffee house operators to apply for a license.　　This was just the start of government attempts to control, or at least, to profit from the popularity of tea in Britain. By the mJd-18th century the duty on tea had reached an absurd119%. This heavy taxation had the effect of creating a whole new industry-tea smuggling.　　Smuggling Tea Ships from Holland and Scandinavia brought tea to the British coast, then stood offshore while smugglers met them and unloaded the precious cargo in small vessels. The smugglers, often local fishermen, snuck the tea inland through underground passages and hidden paths to special hiding places. One of the best hiding places was in the local parish church!　　Even smuggled tea was expensive, however, and therefore extremely profitable, so many smugglers began to adulterate the tea with other substances, such as willow, licorice, and sloe leaves. Used tea leaves were also retried and added to fresh leaves.

    正确答案： 参考译文
    茶是英国最具代表性的饮品,然而,茶来到英国是比较晚的。虽然饮茶的习俗可以追溯到公元前2000多年前的中国,但直到17世纪中叶茶才第一次出现在英国。
    饮茶的习惯从亚洲逐渐传开,到1560年前后才从威尼斯进入欧洲——尽管葡萄牙商船可能早在1515年就与中国有了贸易往来。
    最先把茶运进欧洲的是葡萄牙和荷兰的商人,到1610年已经有船定期运茶了。在茶叶贸易方面,英国是后来者,因为直到18世纪中叶,东印度公司才开始抓住茶叶受欢迎的商机。
    咖啡馆令人不可思议的是,将茶推介给英国人的是伦敦的咖啡馆。托马斯·加威是第一批在咖啡馆里供应茶的商人之一。他在伦敦交易街开了一家咖啡馆,早在1657年就向人们出售茶水和茶叶。三年后他印制了大幅的茶广告,将茶的售价定为每磅6英镑到10英镑(哇!),并宣扬饮茶的好处在于“强身健体,滋阴壮阳”,而且“耄耋之年,旺壮矍铄”。
    茶在咖啡馆里很快风行起来。到1700年已经有500多家咖啡馆卖茶。这使餐馆老板们感到苦恼:茶减少了他们啤酒和杜松子酒的销售。对政府也不是好消息,征收酒税是政府税收的一个稳定来源。到1750年时,茶在英国的下层民众中已经是很受欢迎的饮料了。
    查尔斯二世时期颁布茶税是因为他极力想遏制茶的发展,他颁布了几道法令禁止私家咖啡馆售茶。这项措施意在打击反政府的离叛行为,但是它太不得人心,无法执行。1676年颁布的一条法案开始征收茶税,并要求咖啡馆老板申请售茶许可证。
    这只是英国政府企图对茶叶加以控制的开端,至少,也是想从风靡英国的茶中获利。到18世纪中叶,茶税已经抽到119%,真是荒谬之至。这一重税致使一个新的行业出现—茶叶走私。
    茶叶走私从荷兰和斯堪的纳维亚来的船只将茶运到英国海岸,把船停在离岸不远的地方,然后,走私者登上船只,将贵重的茶叶转卸到小船上。这些走私者常常是当地的渔民,他们通过地下通道或是秘密小道将茶叶运到特别的藏匿地点。最好的藏匿地点之一竟然是教区的教堂!
    即使是走私的茶叶也非常昂贵,因而利润也特别高。走私者们便用其他的东西往茶叶里掺假,如柳叶、甘草、黑刺李叶等。喝过的茶叶在晒干之后也掺到新鲜的茶叶之中。
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第13题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Houses in 18th Century North America

    Seventeenth-century houses in colonial North America were simple structures that were primarily functional,carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages.During the first half of the eighteenth century,however,houses began to show a new elegance.As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.
    Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England.Inventories of colonial libraries show an astonishing number of these handbooks for builders,and the houses erected during the eighteenth century show their influence.Nevertheless,most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application of the rules laid down in these books.
    Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design,whether the material was wood,stone or brick.New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of store,but only in Pennsylvania and adjacent area was stone widely used in dwellings.An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick.
    Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.Windows were made larger and shutters removed.Large,clear panes replaced the small leaded glass of the seventeenth century.Doorways were larger and more decorative.Fireplaces became decorative features of rooms.Walls were made of plaster or wood,sometimes elaborately paneled.White paint began to take the place of blues,yellows,greens,and lead colors,which had been popular for walls in the earlier years.After about 1730,advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers.

    Where were wood houses less common?
    A:Virginia.
    B:Pennsylvania.
    C:Boston.
    D:Charleston.

    答案：B
    解析：
    根据文章第一段中第二句“During the first half of the eighteenth century, however , houses began to show a new elegance."（然而在18世纪前半叶，房屋开始显示出新的优稚风格。），可知本文要讨论的是18世纪殖民地房屋的设计改进。故选项A为正确答案。
    根据第二段首句“Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who under-took to interpret architectural manuals imported from England."（由于建筑在殖民地还不是一项专奋门的职业，房屋设计或者由业余设计者来做，或者由那些翻译英国进口建筑手册的木匠来做），可知在18世纪的北美，木匠负责设计房屋。故正确答案为选项D。
    根据文中第三段第四、五句“An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick."（在弗吉尼亚和马里兰，人们在房屋和外屋的建造上明显越来越喜欢使用砖料，但甚至在富有的土地主建造的房屋里面，木料仍然是最流行的材料。在南北卡罗来纳州，甚至在拥挤的查理斯顿，木制房屋也比砖房要普遍），可知正确答案为选项B。
    根据第四段第一句“Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.”可以看出文章是拿18世纪的房屋和“their predecessors”相比较，但从句子意思上看，肯定是与18世纪以前建造的房屋相比较。故正确答案为选项B。
    文中最后一句话“After about 1730 , advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers."（大概1730年后，殖民地报纸上开始出现了风景画形式的壁纸风格广告），言外之意就是，在此之前这种风景画式的壁纸还没有广泛使用。故正确答案为选项C。

  • 第14题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Houses in 18th Century North America

    Seventeenth-century houses in colonial North America were simple structures that were primarily functional,carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages.During the first half of the eighteenth century,however,houses began to show a new elegance.As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.
    Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England.Inventories of colonial libraries show an astonishing number of these handbooks for builders,and the houses erected during the eighteenth century show their influence.Nevertheless,most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application of the rules laid down in these books.
    Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design,whether the material was wood,stone or brick.New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of store,but only in Pennsylvania and adjacent area was stone widely used in dwellings.An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick.
    Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.Windows were made larger and shutters removed.Large,clear panes replaced the small leaded glass of the seventeenth century.Doorways were larger and more decorative.Fireplaces became decorative features of rooms.Walls were made of plaster or wood,sometimes elaborately paneled.White paint began to take the place of blues,yellows,greens,and lead colors,which had been popular for walls in the earlier years.After about 1730,advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers.

    The word"predecessors"(Line 1,Para. 4)refer to______.
    A:colonists who arrived in North America in the seventeenth century
    B:houses constructed before the eighteenth-century
    C:interior improvements
    D:wooden houses in Charleston

    答案：B
    解析：
    根据文章第一段中第二句“During the first half of the eighteenth century, however , houses began to show a new elegance."（然而在18世纪前半叶，房屋开始显示出新的优稚风格。），可知本文要讨论的是18世纪殖民地房屋的设计改进。故选项A为正确答案。
    根据第二段首句“Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies,the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who under-took to interpret architectural manuals imported from England."（由于建筑在殖民地还不是一项专奋门的职业，房屋设计或者由业余设计者来做，或者由那些翻译英国进口建筑手册的木匠来做），可知在18世纪的北美，木匠负责设计房屋。故正确答案为选项D。
    根据文中第三段第四、五句“An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland,but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners.In the Carolinas,even in closely packed Charleston,wooden houses were much more common than brick."（在弗吉尼亚和马里兰，人们在房屋和外屋的建造上明显越来越喜欢使用砖料，但甚至在富有的土地主建造的房屋里面，木料仍然是最流行的材料。在南北卡罗来纳州，甚至在拥挤的查理斯顿，木制房屋也比砖房要普遍），可知正确答案为选项B。
    根据第四段第一句“Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvement over their predecessors.”可以看出文章是拿18世纪的房屋和“their predecessors”相比较，但从句子意思上看，肯定是与18世纪以前建造的房屋相比较。故正确答案为选项B。
    文中最后一句话“After about 1730 , advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers."（大概1730年后，殖民地报纸上开始出现了风景画形式的壁纸风格广告），言外之意就是，在此之前这种风景画式的壁纸还没有广泛使用。故正确答案为选项C。

  • 第15题：

    To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains．But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain．Its first use was as a shade against the sun．
    Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times．Probably the first to use it were the Chinese,way back in the eleventh century B.C.
    We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade．And there was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honor and authority．In the Far East in ancient times,the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
    In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade．And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece．But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
    During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared．Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century．And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority．By 1680,The umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
    By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe．Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight．It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colors.

    According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

    A.Women enjoy using umbrellas with various kinds of colors nowaday
    B.The inventor of the umbrella is unknow
    C.Once ordinary people had no right to use umbrell
    D.Umbrellas were popular and cheap in ancient time

    答案：D
    解析：
    参见第三段。

  • 第16题：

    It seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains.But actually the?umbrella was not invented as protection against rain.Its first use was as a shade against the sun!
    Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times.Probably?the first to use it were the Chinese,as early as the eleventh century B.C.
    We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade.And there?was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honour and authority.In the Far?East in ancient times the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
    In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.And the umbrella was?in common use in ancient Greece.But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the?umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
    During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared.Then it appeared?again in Italy in the late sixteenth century.And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority.By 1680,the umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
    By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe.Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight.It wasn′t until the twentieth century that women′s umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colours.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true about the umbrella?

    A.No one exactly knows who was the inventor of the umbrella.
    B.The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.
    C.The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.
    D.In Europe the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.

    答案：C
    解析：
    【考情点拨】事实细节题。【应试指导】文章最后一段指出，18世纪的雨伞除了重量有所减轻之外，形状的变化并不大。

  • 第17题：

    The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries（）.

    Athat were once colonies of Britain

    Bthat have a large number of British immigrants

    Cthat have close relations with Britain

    Dthat have fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars


    A
    略

  • 第18题：

    The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries（）.

    • A、that were once colonies of Britain
    • B、that have a large number of British immigrants
    • C、that have close relations with Britain
    • D、that have fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars

    正确答案:A

  • 第19题：

    单选题
    Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because _____.
    A

    they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else

    B

    they were forced to emigrate to America

    C

    the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato

    D

    the potato harvest was bad


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    细节题。Potato Famine指土豆饥荒。爱尔兰过分依赖土豆，当土豆产量下降时，人们就挨饿了。

  • 第20题：

    单选题
    Why did the flames spread quickly?
    A

    The oven became very hot.

    B

    The houses were close together.

    C

    The baker did nothing to stop it.

    D

    The baker’s house was burning quickly.


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    推理判断题。题干问“大火为什么迅速蔓延？”由文章第二段倒数第二句“…and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane.”中的“narrow lane”可推知，这是一个狭窄的小巷，房子一定挨得很紧。

  • 第21题：

    单选题
    The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries（）.
    A

    that were once colonies of Britain

    B

    that have a large number of British immigrants

    C

    that have close relations with Britain

    D

    that have fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars


    正确答案： B
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第22题：

    单选题
    When did the modern concept of “literature” emerge?
    A

    In the seventeenth century.

    B

    In the eighteenth century.

    C

    In the nineteenth century.

    D

    In the twentieth century.


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    根据第一句话did not emerge earlier than the eighteenth century可知，“literature”从十八世纪起才具有了现在的内涵。

  • 第23题：

    问答题
    Artists use caricature to distort the human face or figure for comic affect,　　 (1)____while at the same time capturing an identifiable likeness and suggests the essence　 (2)____of the personality or character beneath the surface. The humor lies in the fact　　  (3)____the caricature is recognizable, and yet exaggerated.　　From their origin in Europe as witty sketches, caricature grew through　　　　　 (4)____the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, becoming enormously popular in　　　　　    (5)____the United States early in this century. In 1920s and 1930s especially,this lively form of illustration was appeared in newspapers and　　　　　　　　　  　(6)____magazines throughout the country. The caricaturists in this era drew his　　　　　 　(7)____portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In spirit their work was　　　　(8)____close to the humor of the fast-developing comic strip and gag cartoon than to the　　(9)____string of political satire. Their subjects were more often amusing than offended　　 (10)____

    正确答案： 1.affect→effect affect是动词,这里需要一个名词。
    2.suggests→suggesting     suggest应与capturing并列,所以要改为suggesting。
    3.在fact后加that 引导同位语从句的关系词不可省略。
    4.their→its 这里需要指代caricature这个单数名词。
    5.    √
    6.去掉was appear是不及物动词,不用于被动语态。
    7.his→their 这里指代的是复数名词the caricaturists。
    8.primary→primarily 在这里primarily作状语,修饰不定式短语。
    9.close→closer 从后面的than可以看出这里是比较状语从句。
    10. amusing→amused 主语subject和amuse是逻辑动宾关系,应使用过去分词形式。
    解析： 暂无解析

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