According to the article the trend toward early marriages ____________.

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• 1What does "it" refer to in the sentence "...it goes a long way toward explaining the coming of the Industrial Revolution." in the lust paragraph bill one、

  A.This consumer demand

  B.The consequences

  C.Luxuries

  D.The Industrial Revolution

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• 2It can be inferred from the passage that the author would most probably agree with which of the following statements about the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and the demand for luxury goods and services in eighteenth-century England"

  A.The growing demand for luxury goods and services was a major factor in the coming of the Industrial Revolution.

  B.The Industrial Revolution exploited the already existing demand for luxury goods and services.

  C.Although the demand for luxury goods may have helped bring about the Industrial Revolution, the demand for luxury services did not.

  D.There is no reason to believe that the Industrial Revolution was directly driven by a growing demand for luxury goods and services.

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• 3According to the passage, eighteenth-century England and the contemporary world of the passage's readers are _____________.

  A.dissimilar in the extent to which luxury consumerism could be said to be widespread among the social classes

  B.dissimilar in the extent to which luxury goods could be said to be a stimulant of industrial development

  C.similar in their strong demand for a variety of goods and services

  D.similar in the extent to which a middle class could be identified as imitating the habits of a wealthier class

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• 4According to the passage, Thompson attributes to laboring people in eighteenth-century England which of the following attitudes toward capitalist consumerism、

  A.Enthusiasm

  B.Curiosity

  C.Ambivalence

  D.Hostility

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• 5In the first paragraph, the author mentions McKendrick and Plumb most probably in order to____________.

  A.contrast their views on the subject of luxury consumerism in eighteenth-century England.

  B.indicate the inadequacy of historiographical approaches to eighteenth-century English history.

  C.give examples of historians who have helped to establish the fact of growing consumerism ineighteenth-century Englan

  D.D.support the contention that key questions about eighteenth-century consumerism remain to be answered.

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• 6According to the article, successful marriages are determined by the emotional maturity of the partners and not by ____________.

  A.financial considerations

  B.parental consent

  C.educational background

  D.chronological age

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• 7The author suggests that many of today's early marriages are a result of____________.

  A.escapism

  B.theological dictum

  C.lack of formal education

  D.convenience

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• 8The author states that the home as an institution is _____________.

  A.unworthy of worship

  B.overrated

  C.probably not capable of being what many young people expect it to be

  D.incapable of being the basic unit of society

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• 9Which of the following statements would the author not agree with、

  A.All early marriages are not bad.

  B.Bad marriages can he made from sixteen to sixty.

  C.Satisfactory marriages are determined by chronology.

  D.All later marriages are not good.

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