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1、为深入贯彻落实党的十九大精神和习近平总书记的重要指示精神，保障人民安居乐业、社会安定有序、国家长治久安、进一步巩固党的执政基础，束城镇深入贯彻全市扫黑除恶会议精神，强化措施，深入扎实开展扫黑除恶专项斗争阅读理解BPassage1(2016广州)Itmaybehardtobelieve,buttheAmericanRevolution(革命)—thewarthatfreedtheAmericanstatesfromBritishcontrol—beganoveracupoftea.Teawasnottheonlyth
2、ingthatcausedthewar,ofcourse,butitplayedaverybigpart.TheBritishpeople'sloveofteaiswellknown.WhentheBritishwoncontrolovermuchofNorthAmericaintheearly1700s,theybroughttheirteadrinkinghabitswiththem.Teaquicklybecamethecontinent'smostpopulardrink.Asteacouldnotbegr
3、ownlocally,justasinBritain,itwasshippedintothecountry—mostlyfromIndia.Intheearly1700s,theBritishgovernmentmadeaspecialdealwiththeEastIndiaCompany,anEnglishtradingcompany.TheyagreedthatnoothercompanywasallowedtobringteatoBritainoranycountrycontrolledbyBritain,i
4、ncludingAmerica.ItwasagreatdealfortheEastIndiaCompany,sinceitmeantthatthecompanycoulddecidewhateverpriceitwantedforitsproducts.Anditalwaysdecidedonahighprice!InNorthAmerica,thelocalpeopledidnotlikehavingtopaysuchhighprices.InsteadofoverpayingforteafromtheBriti
5、sh,theyturnedtoDutchtraders,whosecretlybroughtteatothecountrythatwasjustasgood—andmuchlessexpensive.Althoughthisbrokethelaw,theAmericanpeopledidn'tcare.Theygotthesamecupofteaatamuchlowerprice.TheEastIndiaCompany,however,didn'tlikethisatall.Bythe1760s,theywerel
6、osingmillionsofpoundseachyeartoDutchtraders—ahugeamountofmoneyinatimewhen￡60ayearwasconsideredagoodincome.InsteadofreducingtheirpricestocompetewiththeDutch,thecompanyaskedtheBritishgovernmentforhelpandthegovernmentagreed.In1767,theBritishintroducednewlawsthati
7、ncreasedthepricesofallgoodswhichwerebroughtintoAmerica.TheselawshelpedmaketheEastIndiaCompanyevenricherandforcedlocalpeopletopaymuchmoreforeverything.TheAmericanleadersaskedtheBritishgovernmentnottodoso,buttheBritishrefusedtolisten.TheseunfairlawsincreasedAmer
8、icans'angeraboutBritishruleandtherest,astheysay,ishistory.1.Intheearly1700s,wheredidmostteadrunkinAmericacomefrom?A.China.B.India.C.America.D.Britain.2.Theunderlinedword“it”inParag
