问题 材料题

阅读下列材料:

材料一 1762年,约翰·威尔克斯开始发行《苏格兰人》报,其中第45期刊出一篇文章,激烈谴责政府的对外政策,并对乔治三世本人进行攻……这使乔治三世大为光火,就授意政府将其逮捕。威尔克斯本是议员,享有特权不受逮捕,但乔治三世指使下院通过决议,剥夺他的议员资格。……各阶层人们开始支持威尔克斯,“威尔克斯与自由”成了当时流行的口号。——钱乘旦、陈晓律《英国文化模式溯源》

材料二 1781年英军在约克敦的投降造成巨大的冲击波,国内舆论纷纷指责政府,指责乔治的个人干预造成了北美的巨大失策。……1782年,诺思(首相)顶不住美国革命胜利的冲击波而宣布辞职,乔治三世的个人统治实际上寿终正寝。……一个企图恢复个 * * 力的国王在议会已取得主导地位的时代想抗拒历史发展的潮流,终于造成国家的伤害、个人的悲剧。——钱乘旦、许洁明《英国通史》

材料三 正是美国的爱国者感染了英国的激进分子提出了更为民主的选举权口号,激励他们为提高英国普通被统治者的政治影响而奋斗。他们还为英国的改革分子展示了组织政治运动的方式以及如何在不引起太多内乱的前提下达到改革的目标。——[英]Н.Т.迪金森《美国革命对英国的影响》

请回答:

(1)据材料一、二,指出英国政坛出现危机的具体原因及其政治根源。

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(2)据材料三,英国激进分子所面临的政治使命是什么?由此,19世纪30年代前期兴起的政治运动是什么?这一运动有何积极影响?

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答案

(1)具体原因:乔治三世指使下院剥夺威尔克斯议员资格;北美独立战争中英国的惨败;国王个人干预造成英国在处理北美问题上的重大失策。根源:乔治三世试图突破《权利法案》对国王权力的限制。

(2)使命:扩大选举权;进行议会改革。运动:1832年议会改革。影响:扩大了工商业资产阶级的政治权利;推动了代议制的发展;保证了英国资本主义的迅速发展。

单项选择题 A1/A2型题
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Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco, California, visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In one area of the rainforest, he watched a bird flying through the trees. The beautiful sight left quite an impression on him. But weeks later, back home, Rhett Butler got the news that trees had been cut down in the area he visited.

To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer, cameras and sometimes diving equipment. He often calls on experts for information. For example, he interviewed Alison Jolly, a top experts on lemurs(狐猴). He interviewed Rodney Jackson, a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.

Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers, students and teachers. In April, Time.Com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.

小题1: What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Rhett Butler and his website.

B.Rainforest on Malaysian Borneo.

C.How Rhett Butler protected rare animals.

D.How Rhett Butler made his website popular.小题2:Rhett Butler didn’t publish his book about rainforests because _______.

A.making websites earns more money than writing books

B.he didn’t want to become a writer

C.the book was not about rainforest protection

D.he wanted to use the information to create a website小题3:Which of the followings is NOT true about the Mongabay. Com?

A.It was set up in 1999.

B.It attracted many advertisers.

C.At least two related websites grew from it.

D.Rhett Butler made a lot of money from it.小题4:To keep his website going, Rhett Butler ________.

A.kept visiting the rainforest

B.traveled around and interviewed experts

C.raised rare snow leopards

D.made a great number of advertisements小题5:We can learn from the passage that _________.

A.Mongabay.Com was loved by researchers as well as students

B.kids. Mongabay.Com. has many stories written by kids

C.WildMadagascar.org is better known than Mongabay.Com

D.Rodney Jackson was once a businessman