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1、专业、班级姓名学号------------------------------密-----------------------------封---------------------------线------------------------试卷︵A︶第1页︵共7页︶河南科技大学教务处河南科技大学2009至2010学年第二学期试卷课程大学英语A(2)年级、专业全校各专业学生题号一二三四五六七八九十总分得分PartIReadingComprehensionDirections:Thereareseveralpa
2、ssagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.PassageOneQuestions1to5
3、arebasedonthefollowingpassage:TheobviousdisagreementsbetweenEnglandandAmericabeganin1763,morethanacenturyandahalfafterthefirstpermanentsettlementhadbeenfoundedatJamestown,Virginia.Thecolonieshadgrownvastlyineconomicstrengthandculturalattainmentandvirtuallyal
4、lhadlongyearsofself-governmentbehindthem.Theircombinedpopulationnowexceeded1,500,000---asixfold(六倍的)increasesince1700.TotightenitscontroloverAmerica,theBritishimposedheavydutiesonAmericanpeople.Whenthe“StampAct”wasissued,whichprovidedthatrevenuestampsbeaffix
5、ed(粘贴)toallnewspapers,broadsides,pamphlets,licenses,leases,orotherlegaldocuments,organizedresistancestartedtoappear.OnMarch5,1770,18monthsaftertheBritishsenttrooptoBoston,hatredbetweencitizensandsoldierybecamestrongerthaneverbefore.Whatbeganasaharmlesssnowba
6、llingoftheredcoatsdegenerated(恶化)intoamobattack.Someonegavetheordertofire,threeBostonianslaydeadinthesnow.AtthesuggestionoftheVirginiaCongress,colonialrepresentativeswerecalledontomeetinPhiladelphiaonSeptember5,1774,“toconsultuponthepresentunhappystateoftheC
7、olonies.”Delegates(代表)tothismeeting,knownasthefirstContinentalCongress,werechosenbyprovincialcongressesorpopularconventions.EverycolonyexceptGeorgiasentatleastonedelegate,andthetotalnumberof55waslargeenoughfordiversityofopinionbutsmallenoughforgenuinedebatea
8、ndeffectiveaction.1.ThefirstpermanentsettlementinNorthAmericawasfoundedmostprobablyin________.A)1510C)1613B)1610D)16152.BeforetheIndependenceWar,________.A)allthecolonieswereundercontroloftheBri
