2006年英语专业八级考试全真试卷(7)

2006年英语专业八级考试全真试卷

particular the great road to Chitral.They sought to ensure the safety of these roads by threats,by forts and by subsidies.There was no objection to the last method so far as it went.But the whole of this tendency to road-making was regarded by the Pathans with profound distaste.All along the road people were expected to keep quiet,not to shoot one another,and above all not to shoot at travellers along the road.It was too much to ask,and a whole series of quarrels took their origin from this source.

请根据上面给出的内容，来回答下面的单项选择题（下列每小题备选答案中，只有一个符合题意的正确答案。每小题0分，共4题。）20. The word debts in“very few debts are left unpaid”in the first paragraph means

A ：loans

B ：accounts

C ：killings

D ：bargains

请选择答案： A:B:C:D:21. Which of the following is NOT one of the geographical facts about the Indian frontier?

A ：Melting snows.

B ：Large population.

C ：Steep hillsides

D ：Fertile valleys.

请选择答案： A:B:C:D:22. According to the passage,the Pathans welcomed

A ：the introduction of the rifle.

B ：the spread of British rule.

C ：the extension of luxuries

D ：the spread of trade.

请选择答案： A:B:C:D:23. Building roads by the British

A ：put an end to a whole series of quarrels.

B ：prevented the Pathans from carrying on feuds.

C ：lessened the subsidies paid to the Pathans.

D ：gave the Pathans a much quieter life.

请选择答案： A:B:C:D: Text D

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