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一．The French Revolution broke out in 1789. 6．What’s this passage about?C．The French Revolution． 7．Which did not happen in 1789? B．The national economy was developing rapidly. 8．Where were the political prisoners kept? D．In Bastille. 9．What does the underlined word “abolished” mean?D．Ended. 10．What was NOT the effect of the …? D．The king tried to control the national parliament．二．A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is 11．Which of the following statements…? D．Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. 12．In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means __B____. B．a first concern 13．Americans evaluate a business colleague .D．by learning about their past performance 14．This passage mainly talks about A．how Americans treasure their time 15．We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is C．appreciative三．Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. 6．Maria’s story happened D . D．when she arrived at the airport 7．You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to _C_ at the airport． C．check people’s luggage8．“Why are you so upset?” Maria said to the man．She wanted to tell him that he should not be ___C___．C．unhappy9．“Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.” This sentence means that the people around felt D．sorry for the man’s manners 10．The author mentioned Maria’s age at the beginning of the story in order to show thatA．she was young but behaved properly 四．Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as 11．For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France isD．a mixture of love and hate 12．The war in Iraq does D to the relationship between France and Britain. D．both good and harm13．The British are not so friendly to and the French are not so friendly to . A．Germany; America14． arc more interested in having holidays in . D．British people … France15．What does the