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The 19th-century British Aristocracy The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in th
The 19th-century British Aristocracy The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in th
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The 19th-century British Aristocracy
The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in the development of mining, canals, and railways. It now shrewdly associated itself with the new wave of commercial expansion: most banks and insurance companies had a lord to add tone to the managerial board. It also shored up its fortunes by astute marriages, notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States; the best-known example was the marriage of the duke of Marlborough to Consuelo Vanderbilt. By these means, many of the great aristocratic estates were preserved despite agricultural decline. But they were playthings as well as engines of wealth, and came to be treated as such. The aristocracy came to be known to the urban population chiefly through their representation in the popular press and magazines as men and women of leisure: racing, hunting, shooting, and fishing in the country, gambling and attending the season in London. In a population for which leisure was becoming increasingly important, this did not make the aristocracy unpopular.
Judging from the content of the passage, Consuelo Vanderbilt was_____.
选项
A、Male, and from a rich business family in the United Sates
B、Female, and from a British wealthy family of industry
C、Male, and from a rich industrial family of Britain
D、Female, and from an entrepreneur family in America
答案
D
解析
题目问:Consuelo Vanderbilt是什么人。通过阅读文章可知,为了经济利益,新兴资本家要与旧贵族拉拢关系,而旧贵族为了自身利益,也会积极寻求与商界新贵的密切联系。Consuelo Vanderbilt是美国新贵,她与Marlborough公爵的婚姻是这一现象的典型事例。第三句“It also shored up its fortunes by astute marriages,notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States.”所以,答案是D。
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