大学英语b阅读理解

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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】主旨题。文章讲的正是法国革命发生的事情Whichdidnothappenin1789?B.Thenationaleconomywasdevelopingrapidly.【解析】细节判断题。文章讲的全部都是法国大革命的事，而没有涉及到法国当时的国家经济。Wherewerethepoliticalprisonerskept?DInBastille.【解析】细节判断题。

5、可以从文章第5行和第6行找到答案。Whatdoestheunderlinedword“abolished”mean?Ended【解析】词汇推理题。根据文章内容，可以判断abolish这里是“废除”的意思，相对应的含义只有D答案。A是“推迟”，B是“建立”，C是“联合”。WhatwasNOTtheeffectoftheRevolution?DThekingtriedtocontrolthenationalparliament.【解析】细节判断题。这里是国王想要控制议会，才导致了国王和议会的不和，人民的不满，才爆发了革命，因此法国大革命的结果是选项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