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2016考研资料分享群：248600511 2007年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Section ⅠUse of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations.The roughly 20 million 1of these nations looked 2 to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian colonialism, many of the leaders of independence 3the ideals of representative government, careers 4 to talent, freedom of commerce and trade, the 5 to private property, and a belief in the individual as the basis of society. 6 there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states, large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a 7 set of laws. On the issue of 8 of religion and the position of the church, 9, there was less agreement 10 the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one 11 by the Spanish crown. 12 most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism 13 the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the 14 of other faiths. The defense of the Church became a rallying 15 for the conservative forces. The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian, valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had 16in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain抯 17colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much 18 because the new nations still needed the revenue such policies19. Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was 20 selfrule and democracy. （268 words） 1. ［A］natives［B］inhabitants［C］peoples ［D］individuals 2. ［A］confusedly ［B］cheerfully［C］worriedly ［D］hopefully 3. ［A］shared［B］forgot ［C］attained［D］rejected 4. ［A］related［B］close［C］open ［D］devoted 5. ［A］access ［B］succession［C］right［D］return