Question

The British royal family is about to be slimmed down. The queen plans to reduce the number of real royals, as was recently announced. However, there seems little sign of the monarchy (君主) disappearing completely．

Up till the 17th century, the British king or queen was believed to rule by “divine (神的) right”, which was the idea that God chose the king or queen to rule and that he or she was therefore above the law. However, this idea ended with the English Revolution, in which King Charles I was imprisoned and then killed in 1649．

So what role does the British royal family have today?

Well, the Queen has important formal duties: as Head of State, the Queen represents the UK on visits abroad and invites other world leaders to visit the UK. As Head of the Armed Forces, only the Queen can declare when the UK is at war or when war is over. The Queen also has constitutional duties: She has to sign many government and Commonwealth documents every day.

In addition, the royal family spends a great deal of its time traveling up and down the country in support of different charity projects. But the public in Britain do not believe there should be a royal family. Sometimes, the press and media criticize the royal family as well. One criticism is that British people should not have to pay for the royal family through their taxes．

Today, the royal family works hard to be relevant in the modern world. The queen’s speech on TV is less formal every Christmas, and is now available as a podcast (播客). In 2005, after graduation from university, Prince William spent time teaching English in Uruguay, the sort of work many young British people do at some time in their lives．

1.What can be concluded from the first two paragraphs?

A. The British king or queen is no longer believed to rule by divine right．

B. The British king or queen is about to become common people．

C. The English Revolution put an end to the British royal family in 1649．

D. The royal family’s role was most important in Britain in the 17th century．

2.Which of the following is NOT among formal duties of the Queen?

A. Declaring when the UK is at war．

B. Travelling around the world for charity projects.

C. Inviting other world leaders to visit the UK．

D. Signing Commonwealth documents every day．

3.Prince William is mentioned in the passage to show that ________．

A. he is popular in the UK

B. many young British people do voluntary work

C. he has tried to win young people’s admiration

D. the royal family is trying to change their image

4.We can infer from the passage that ________．

A. British people are all in favor of the royal family

B. the British royal family are facing surviving challenges

C. the public are encouraged to oppose the royal family

D. British youths are required to teach English in Uruguay in their lives

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了英國皇室的有關(guān)信息以及現(xiàn)在皇室正在努力的融入現(xiàn)代社會的努力。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本文第一段The queen plans to reduce the number of real royals和第二段“divine (神的) right”, which was the idea that God chose the king or queen to rule and that he or she was therefore above the law. However, this idea ended with the English Revolution,可以得出神權(quán)統(tǒng)治和君權(quán)神授已經(jīng)隨著英國大革命結(jié)束了，故選A。

2. other world leaders to visit the UK.”、“ Queen can declare when the UK is at war or when war is over”. The Queen also has constitutional duties: She has to“ sign many government and Commonwealth documents every day”......宣布戰(zhàn)爭，邀請其他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人訪問中國，簽署政府文件。都可以找到相關(guān)答案。從文章第四段就可以找到剩下的選項(xiàng)。故選B。

3. William spent time teaching English in Uruguay, the sort of work many young British people do at some time in their lives．最后一句話可以推斷出他們正在試圖改變自己的形象，通過不同的工作。故選D。

4. royal family spends a great deal of its time traveling up and down the country in support of different charity projects. But the public in Britain do not believe there should be a royal family. Sometimes, the press and media criticize the royal family as well皇室正努力投入慈善事業(yè)和別的不同的行業(yè)，但遭到了公眾的質(zhì)疑和批評，因此，皇室面臨著很大的壓力和媒體輿論。這是對于皇室而言的巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。.通讀全文理解，皇室正在面對這挑戰(zhàn)。故選B。

考點(diǎn)：社會知識類閱讀。