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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习自选训练阅读理解13维A1阅读理解(每题2分,满分8分)选材相似度:★★★★设题相似度:★★★难度系数:★★★★ThemodernBritishEmpirefirsttookshapeintheearly17thcentury,withtheBritishsettlementoftheeasterncoloniesofNorthAmerica,whichwouldlaterbecometheoriginalUnitedStates,aswellasCanada'sMaritimeprovinces,andthecolonizatio
2、nsofthesmallerislandsoftheCaribbeansuchasTrinidadandTobago,theBahamas,Barbados,andJamaica.Thesesugarplantationislands,whereslaverybecamethebasisoftheeconomy,wereatfirstBritain'smostimportantandsuccessfulcolonies.TheAmericancoloniesprovidingtobacco,cotton,andriceinthesouthandnavalma
3、terialandfursinthenorthwerelessfinanciallysuccessful,buthadlargeareasofgoodagriculturallandandattractedfarlargernumbersofBritishimmigrants.Britain'sAmericanempirewasslowlyexpandedbywarandcolonization.TheevergrowingAmericancoloniespressedwestwardinsearchofnewagriculturallands.Confli
4、ctarosewiththeDutchovertradeandempire;FirstAngloDutchWar(1652~1654);SecondAngloDutchWar(1665~1667);ThirdAngloDutchWar(1672~1674);BritaingainedcontrolofNewAmsterdam,whichwasrenamedNewYork,butcededSuriname.TheydefeatedtheFrench,firstexpandingtheirholdoverthemaritimeprovinces.Thenduri
5、ngtheSevenYearsWartheBritishdefeatedtheFrenchatthePlainsofAbrahamandcapturedallofNewFrancein1760.ThisgaveBritaincontroloveralmostallofNorthAmerica.FourthAngloDutchWar(1780~1784);AngloDutchTreatyof1814;AngloDutchTreatyof1824.Inthelateeighteenthandearlynineteenthcenturyaseriesoftechn
6、ologicaladvancesledtotheIndustrialRevolution.Britain'spositionastheworld'spreeminenttraderhelpedfundresearchandexperimentation.Thenationwasalsogiftedbysomeoftheworld'sgreatestreservesofcoal,themainfuelofthenewrevolution.Notes:[来源:学科网]①navaladj.海的 ②cedevt.放弃 ③treatyn.条约④preeminentad
7、j.卓越的;优秀的长短句分析:TheAmericancoloniesprovidingtobacco,cotton,andriceinthesouthandnavalmaterialandfursinthenorthwerelessfinanciallysuccessful,buthadlargeareasofgoodagriculturallandandattractedfarlargernumbersofBritishimmigrants.句法点睛:本句中,“providingtobacco,cotton,andriceinthesouthandnava
8、lmaterialandfursinthenorth
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