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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'sMaritimeprovinc
2、es,andthecolonizationsofthesmallerislandsoftheCaribbeansuchasTrinidadandTobago,theBahamas,Barbados,andJamaica.Thesesugarplantationislands,whereslaverybecamethebasisoftheeconomy,wereatfirstBritain'smostimportantandsuccessfulcolonies.TheAmericancoloniesprovidingto
3、bacco,cotton,andriceinthesouthandnavalmaterialandfursinthenorthwerelessfinanciallysuccessful,buthadlargeareasofgoodagriculturallandandattractedfarlargernumbersofBritishimmigrants.Britain'sAmericanempirewasslowlyexpandedbywarandcolonization.TheevergrowingAmerican
4、coloniespressedwestwardinsearchofnewagriculturallands.ConflictarosewiththeDutchovertradeandempire;FirstAngloDutchWar(1652~1654);SecondAngloDutchWar(1665~1667);ThirdAngloDutchWar(1672~1674);BritaingainedcontrolofNewAmsterdam,whichwasrenamedNewYork,butcededSurinam
5、e.TheydefeatedtheFrench,firstexpandingtheirholdoverthemaritimeprovinces.ThenduringtheSevenYearsWartheBritishdefeatedtheFrenchatthePlainsofAbrahamandcapturedallofNewFrancein1760.ThisgaveBritaincontroloveralmostallofNorthAmerica.FourthAngloDutchWar(1780~1784);Angl
6、oDutchTreatyof1814;AngloDutchTreatyof1824.InthelateeighteenthandearlynineteenthcenturyaseriesoftechnologicaladvancesledtotheIndustrialRevolution.Britain'spositionastheworld'spreeminenttraderhelpedfundresearchandexperimentation.Thenationwasalsogiftedbysomeofthewo
7、rld'sgreatestreservesofcoal,themainfuelofthenewrevolution.Notes:[来源:学科网]①navaladj.海的 ②cedevt.放弃 ③treatyn.条约④preeminentadj.卓越的;优秀的长短句分析:TheAmericancoloniesprovidingtobacco,cotton,andriceinthesouthandnavalmaterialandfursinthenorthwerelessfinanciallysuccessful,buth
8、adlargeareasofgoodagriculturallandandattractedfarlargernumbersofBritishimmigrants.句法点睛:本句中,“providingtobacco,cotton,andriceinthesouthandnavalmaterialandfursinthenorth
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