帕尔墨和科尔顿在《近现代世界史》中说：“对英国劳动人民来说，工业革命是一次难以忍受的经历。但是……劳动人民在城市和工厂里集中起来，这就为改善他们的处境开辟了道路。”作者的主旨是( )
A．强调工业革命是造成劳动人民苦难的根源
B．农村人口向城市集中是经济发展的必然结果
C．劳动人民团结起来革命是改善处境的主要方法
D．工业化和城市化有利于劳动人民改善处境
答案：D
从材料信息可知，尽管工业革命会给人们带来难以忍受的冲击，但随着“城市和工厂”的发展，他们的处境将会大大改善。即工业化和城市化有利于劳动人民改善处境。故选D项。A项与材料信息相左。B、C与材料主旨不符。
Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. 小题1: ___The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. __小题2: The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well. Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. 小题3: We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. 小题4: ___ There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path. 小题5: After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.
F. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. G. The people of Australia are very hard-working. |