首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The North American frontier changed some of the characteristics of the pioneers of the 1750’s and intensified others. They were,
The North American frontier changed some of the characteristics of the pioneers of the 1750’s and intensified others. They were,
admin
2011-01-21
52
问题
The North American frontier changed some of the characteristics of the pioneers of the 1750’s and intensified others. They were, as a group, semiliterate, proud, and stubborn, as dogged in their insistence on their own way of life as pine roots cracking granite(花岗岩) to grow. Perhaps their greatest resource was their capacity to endure. They outlasted recurrent(周期性发生的)plagues of smallpox(天花) and malaria(痢疾) and a steady progression of natural accidents. They were incredibly prolific. Squire Boone’s family of eight children was small by frontier standards. James Roberston, an eventful neighbor of Boone’s and the frontier of Nashville, had eleven children. Twice-married, John Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee, fathered eighteen; his long time enemy, John Tipton, also twice married, produced seventeen.
The entire assets of one of these huge families often amounted, in the beginning, to little more than an axe, a hunting knife, an auger, a rifle, a horse or two, some cattle and a few pigs, a sack of seed com and another of salt, perhaps a crosscut saw, and a loom. Those who moved first into a new region lived for months at a time on wild meat, Indian maize, and native fruits in season. Yet if they were poor at the beginning, they confidently expected that soon they would be rich.
In a way almost impossible to define to urban dwellers, a slice of ground suitable for farming represented not just dollars and cents, but dignity. The obsession brought shiploads of yearners (渴求者) every week to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles Town and Savannah. It sent them streaming westward into the wilderness after their predecessors to raise still more children who wanted still more land.
What does "them" refer to in the sentence "It sent them streaming westward into the wilderness after their predecessors to raise still more children who wanted still more land"?
选项
A、Urban dwellers.
B、Dollars and cents.
C、Yearners.
D、Predecessors.
答案
C
解析
该句是承接上句说的,them指代上句中的“yearners”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/JQ3d777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Electricityplaysanessentialpartinourlife.Noonecandenythatelectriclightisnecessaryforpeople’slife.However,ca
Electricityplaysanessentialpartinourlife.Noonecandenythatelectriclightisnecessaryforpeople’slife.However,ca
WhydosomanyAmericansdistrustwhattheyreadintheirnewspapers?TheAmericanSocietyofNewspaperEditorsistryingtoans
WhydosomanyAmericansdistrustwhattheyreadintheirnewspapers?TheAmericanSocietyofNewspaperEditorsistryingtoans
Britishcancerresearchershavefoundthatchildhoodleukaemiaiscausedbyaninfectionandclustersofcasesaroundindustrial
Theworld’senvironmentissurprisinglyhealthy.Discuss.Iftherewereanexaminationtopic,moststudentswouldtearitapart
U.S.healthofficialsareincreasingsurveillancemeasuresatdoctors’officesandinternationalborderstoguardagainstthes
YouhavereadthefollowingmagazineadvertisementinwhichanAmericangirlislookingforpen-friendsandyouwanttogetint
Whatisthewomanlookingfor?
Muchcontroversy(争论)hasbeencausedbythepublicationofnewreportbyProfessorB.J.Martin.Thereportclaimstohavestat
随机试题
甲乙二人进行木材交易,二人决定将合同履行过程中发生的争议交给仲裁机构解决,对此,二人签订了仲裁协议,根据规定,该仲裁协议满足以下( )条件时,仲裁协议有效。
某饭店投资2500万元,其中自有资金1800万元,借人资金700万元,预期投资利润率为15%,借入资金利率为8%,则自有资金利润率的期望值为()。
美国心理学家麦克里兰提出的三重需要理论认为,人的核心需要不包括()。
下列关于税收情报交换的表述中,正确的有()。
下列选项中不属于元认知策略的是()
由村落到城市的发展过程中,城市内会出现明显的区域特征。一般来说,城市中由郊区到市中心的城市功能分区分布依次是()。
作为《联合国气候变化框架公约》及《京都议定书》的缔约方,中国一向致力于推动公约和议定书的实施,认真履行相关义务。中国落实巴厘路线图的原则不包括()。
征收房产税可增加地方政府相对稳定的财政来源,地方政府进而有更多的空间和能力提供公共服务:另外通过房产税的制度设计可以有效地将房价控制在合理的水平之内;再者,因征收房产税而产生的挤出效应,可以使更多的资金流向国家引导的产业。同时,征收房产税可以影响居民的住宅
某社团组织周末自驾游,集合后发现小王和小李来到。由于每辆小车限坐5人,按照现有车辆恰有1人坐不上车。为难之际,小王和小李分别开车赶到,于是所有人都坐上车,且每辆车人数均相同。那么,参加本次自驾游的小车数为()。
Thusfar,ourholidayhasbeensimplyafriendlysignofthesurvivaloftheloveoflettersamongstapeopletoobusytogivet
最新回复
(
0
)