文档介绍：2007 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 1 2007 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) By1830 the former Spanish and P ortuguese colonies had e indepen dent nations. The roughly 20 million __1__of these nations looked __2__ to the future. B orn in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism, many of the leaders of independence __3__ the ideals of representative government, careers __4__ to talent, freedom merce and trade, the __5__ to private property, and a belief in the individual as the basis of society. __6__ there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states, large enough tobe economically viable and integrated bya__7__ set of laws. On the issue of__8__ of religion and the position of the church, __9__ , there was less agreement __10__ the leadership. R oman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one __11__ by the Spanish crown. __12__ most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism __13__ the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the __14__ of other faiths. The defense of the Church became a rallying __15__ for the conservative forces. The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian , valuing equality of everything. B olivar had received aid from Haiti and had __16__ in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain ’s__17__ colonies . Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much __18__ because the new nations still needed the revenue such policies __19__ . Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was __20__ self-rule and democracy. 1. [A] natives [B] inhabitants [C] peoples [D] individuals 2. [A] confusedly [B] cheerfully [C] worriedly [D] hopefully 3. [A] shared 2007 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 2 [B] fo