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
Almost since the beginning of mankind, governments have been recording the numbers of their populace. The first known census rep
Almost since the beginning of mankind, governments have been recording the numbers of their populace. The first known census rep
admin
2017-03-25
57
问题
Almost since the beginning of mankind, governments have been recording the numbers of their populace. The first known census report took place in 3800 B. C. in Babylonia for the purpose of deciding who should pay taxes. As time went by, governments found other, more creative uses for knowing their numbers. Egyptian King Ramses II used the census not only to determine who should pay taxes, but also to figure out how to divide land for farming and to decide who could provide manpower for various government projects. These new ideas came about in the mid-1200s-B. C.
William the Conqueror brought the concept of census taking to England in 1085. All landowners were required to name their holdings for the purpose of taxation. By the fifteenth century, Tudor kings found a new twist to the Egyptians’ use of the census. They too used the population count as a means of getting ready manpower for important government projects, namely, replenishing troops in the ongoing battles in western Europe.
A rebellious tide swept over England, however, in the mid-1700s. A bill to authorize a regular census was defeated in Parliament on the grounds that it would give valuable information to England’s enemies. But the tide of rebellion soon turned, and in 1800 England established its first regular census.
Meanwhile the United States had already had an ongoing census for ten years. It was authorized in the Constitution for the purpose of deciding how many members of Congress would be needed for a fair representation of the American people. The constitutional article also established that the census would be taken in 1790 and every ten years thereafter. And so it has.
Since its beginning, the American census has gone through many changes. Today the census provides more than a count of the people who live here. It takes polls on transportation, economic planning, and agriculture. The census also provides data for most government agency statistics, such as the unemployment rate.
Counting costs have risen since 1790. The government spent about a penny per person to count post-Revolutionary Americans. Today the census costs $ 250 million—more than a dollar per person. That’s a long way since 3800 B. C.
Parliament defeated a bill authorizing a regular census because it______.
选项
A、might give valuable news to England
B、would give England’s enemies cause for rebellion
C、would be too expensive
D、might disclose information to England’s enemies
答案
D
解析
题目问:议会为什么否定了授权人口普查的法案?第三段第二句A bill to authorize a regular census was defeated in Parliament on the grounds that it would give valuable information to England’s enemies.通过这句话可知,为了避免人口普查给英国的敌人提供有用情报,国会否决了人口普查议案。据此判断,应选择D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/TjGO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Aschildrenwestart【C1】______anaturalcuriosityabouteverythingaroundus,andduringthematurationprocessthiscuriosityc
Aschildrenwestart【C1】______anaturalcuriosityabouteverythingaroundus,andduringthematurationprocessthiscuriosityc
Researcherswhoareunfamiliarwiththeculturalandethnicgroupstheyarestudyingmusttakeextraprecautionstoshedanybia
Hisillnessfirst______itselfasseverestomachpainsandheadaches.
Scholarsandstudentshavealwaysbeengreattravelers.【T1】Theofficialcasefor"academicmobility"isnowoftenstatedinimp
Theproducersofinstantcoffeefoundtheirproductstronglyresistedinthemarketplacesdespitetheirmanifestadvantages.Fu
Untilsuchtimeasmankindhasthesensetoloweritspopulationtothepointswheretheplanetcanprovideacomfortablesuppor
Everynightshelistenedtoherfathergoingaroundthehouse,lockingthedoorsandwindows.Shelistened:thebackdoorclosed
Increasingnumbersofpeoplehavemigratedfromthecountrysideandmovedintotownsandcitesover【B1】______.Mostareint
LastyearFrenchdriverskilled【C1】______than5,000peopleontheroadsforthefirsttimeindecades.Creditgoeslargely【C2】__
随机试题
甲男一晚在偏僻的地方遇到独身行走的乙女,遂上前用匕首逼迫将乙强奸,然后并不放其走,想将其拐走卖给老家某山区的邻居。随后甲带乙至X城市,但感到麻烦,就联系在该市开娱乐城的老乡,强迫乙女卖淫。案发后被判处18年有期徒刑,服刑10年后被假释,假释考验期内第3年,
律师顾某为涉嫌强奸罪的方某辩护,以下事项中顾某可以做的有:()
在计算机系统中,操作系统是()。
净资产是客户总资产减去负债总额后的余额,是客户真正拥有的财富价值,以下有关客户净资产的说法错误的是( )。
下列关于财产保全的表述,错误的是()。
人力资源管理共享服务中心的工作特点是()。
金融衍生工具价值主要依据原生金融工具的()确定。
根据所给资料,回答以下问题。2010一2013年,吉林省城乡居民收入上涨最快的年份是:
对于居住在河边的人们来说,河流是个秘密。①谁能有柔软之极雄壮之极的文笔为河流谱写四季歌?我不能,你恐怕也不能。我一直喜欢阅读所有关于河流的诗文篇章,所有热爱河流关注河流的心灵都是湿润的,②有时候那样的心灵像一盏渔灯,它无法照亮岸边黑暗的天空,但是那
新开发的数据库管理系统中,数据库管理员张工发现被用户频繁运行的某个查询处理程序使用了多个表的连接,产生这一问题的原因在于(6)。在保证该处理程序功能的前提下提高其执行效率,他应该(7)。
最新回复
(
0
)