“大多数英国政治家对自由贸易的信念坚信不疑……长期指导英国政策的帕尔默森勋爵称自由贸易是‘一项伟大的、永恒不变的自然法则’。”下列历史时期与帕尔默森勋爵的话最相对应的是（）
A.17世纪中期
B.18世纪中期
C.19世纪中期
D.20世纪30年代
参考答案：C
解析：依据材料突出西方自由主义经济思想，在资本主义经济发展中的作用，自由主义经济思想出现在第一次工业革命以后，所以与之相对应的时期为19世纪中期，所以选C考点：走向世界的资本主义市场·蒸汽的力量·影响
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| Mary and Donald Smith lived in the same building. Donald 1 a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary. the 4-year-old girl. a new toy. She played with it and said. "This is fun! A few weeks later Donald gave her 2 toy. She played with it and then said."I'm not 3 in this toy. It doesn't work." For years Donald gave Mary new toys. and she gave him very good 4 about the toys. When Mary was 13 years old. Donald showed her a new ball. Mary wanted to 5 the ball with small stones to make it 6 .The company made this change. Mary's idea was a great success! The company sold thousands of the balls. That Christmas. Donald gave Mary an 7 gift. He made her vice-president (副总裁) of the toy company. She made $200,000 a year. Her job was to see 8 the new toys were fun. She worked 9 three or four hours a day at her job, then she had to do her homework. Today Mary works at a college. The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their 10 . | ||||
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