2014高考英语一轮习自选训练 阅读理解13.docVIP

2014届高考英语一轮复习自选训练 阅读理解13 维A1 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分) 选材相似度：★★★★ 设题相似度：★★★ 难度系数：★★★★ The modern British Empire first took shape in the early 17th century，with the British settlement of the eastern colonies of North America，which would later become the original United States，as well as Canadas Maritime provinces，and the colonizations of the smaller islands of the Caribbean such as Trinidad and Tobago，the Bahamas，Barbados，and Jamaica. These sugar plantation islands，where slavery became the basis of the economy，were at first Britains most important and successful colonies.The American colonies providing