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全国职称英语等级考试全真题及答案 　　第一部分 阅读理解 (75分) 　　Passage 1 　　The 16th century, known as the Age of Genius, was a plicated (复杂) and difficult time to live. Many countries fought for the power and riches of the newly discovered Americas. Men introduced new ideas which demanded great changes in older ideas. Despite these problems and possibly because of them, wonderful things were done by the greatest of men. 　　It is indeed difficult to know why in some periods you find many men of genius while in others you may find few. The Age of Genius, however, produced some of the greatest thinkers, painters, autho