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 Industrial Revolution [A]The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the massive social, economic, and technological chan
The Industrial Revolution [A]The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the massive social, economic, and technological chan
admin
2016-04-01
59
问题
The Industrial Revolution
[A]The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the massive social, economic, and technological change in 18th century and 19th century Great Britain. It commenced with the introduction of steam power(fuelled primarily by coal)and powered, automated machinery(primarily in textile manufacturing).
[B]The technological and economic progress of the Industrial Revolution gained driving force with the introduction of steam-powered ships, boats and railways. In the 19th Century it spread throughout Western Europe and North America, eventually impacting the rest of the world.
Causes
[C]The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians seeing the Revolution as an outgrowth of social and institutional changes brought forth by the final end of feudalism in Great Britain following the English Civil War in the 17th century. The Enclosure movement and the British Agricultural Revolution made food production more efficient and less labor-intensive, forcing the surplus population who could no longer find employment in agriculture into the cities to seek work in the newly developed factories. The colonial expansion of the 17th century with the accompanying development of international trade, creation of financial markets and accumulation of capital is also cited as a set of factors, as is the scientific revolution of the 17th century. The importance of a large domestic market should also be considered an important cause catalyst(催化剂)of the Industrial Revolution, particularly explaining why it occurred in Britain. In other nations(e.g. France), markets were split up by local regions often imposing tolls and tariffs on goods traded among them. The restructuring of the American domestic market would trigger the second Industrial Revolution over 100 years later.
Effects
[D]The application of steam power to the industrial processes of printing supported a massive expansion of newspaper and popular book publishing, which reinforced rising literacy and demands for mass political participation. Universal white male suffrage(参政权)was adopted in the United States, resulting in the election of the popular General Andrew Jackson in 1828 and the creation of political parties organized for mass participation in elections. In the United Kingdom, the Reform Act 1832 addressed the concentration of population in districts with almost no representation in Parliament, expanding the electorate(选区), leading to the founding of modern political parties and initiating a series of reforms which would continue into the 20th century. In France, the July Revolution widened the franchise(公民权)and established a constitutional monarchy. Belgium established its independence from the Netherlands, as a constitutional monarchy, in 1830. Struggles for liberal reforms in Switzerland’s various cantons(州)in the 1830s had mixed results. A further series of attempts at political reform or revolution would sweep Europe in 1848, with mixed results, and initiated massive migration to North America, as well as parts of South America, South Africa, and Australia.
Textile Manufacture
[E]In the early 18th century, British textile manufacture was based on wool which was processed by individual artisans(工匠), doing the spinning and weaving on their own premises. This system is called a cottage industry. Flax(亚麻)and cotton were also used for fine materials, but the processing was difficult because of the pre-processing needed, and thus goods in these materials made only a small proportion of the output. Use of the spinning wheel and hand loom restricted the production capacity of the industry, but a number of advances increased productivity to the extent that manufactured cotton goods became the dominant British export by the early decades of the 19th century. India was displaced as the premier supplier of cotton goods. Step by step, individual inventors increased the efficiency of the individual steps of spinning(carding, twisting and spinning, and subsequently rolling)so that the supply of yarn fed a weaving industry that itself was advancing with improvements to shuttles and the loom or "frame". The output of an individual labourer increased dramatically, with the effect that these new machines were seen as a threat to employment, and early innovators were attacked and their inventions wrecked. The inventors often failed to exploit their inventions, and fell on hard times.
[F]To capitalize upon these advances, it took a class of entrepreneurs, of which the most famous is Richard Arkwright. He is credited with a list of inventions, but these were actually the products of such as Thomas Highs and John Kay; Arkwright nurtured the inventors, patented the ideas, financed the initiatives, and protected the machines. He created the cotton mill which brought the production processes together in a factory, and he developed the use of power—first horse power, then water power and finally steam power—which made cotton manufacture a mechanised industry.
Why Europe?
[G]One question that has been of active interest to historians is why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Europe and not in other parts of the world, particularly China. Numerous factors have been suggested including ecology, government, and culture. Benjamin Elman argues that China was in a high level e-quilibrium(平衡)trap in which the non-industrial methods were efficient enough to prevent use of industrial methods with high capital costs.
[H]Kenneth Pommeranz, in The Great Divergence, argues that Europe and China were remarkably similar in 1700, and that the crucial differences which created the Industrial Revolution in Europe were sources of coal near manufacturing centres and raw materials such as food and wood from the New World which allowed Europe to economically expand in a way that China could not. Indeed, a combination of all these factors is possible.
Why Great Britain?
[I]The debate around the concept of the initial startup of the Industrial Revolution also concerns the thirty-to-hundred-year lead the British had over the continental European countries and America. Some have stressed the importance of natural or financial resources the United Kingdom received from its many overseas colonies or that profits from the British slave trade between Africa and the Caribbean helped fuel industrial investment. Alternatively, the greater liberalization of trade from a large merchant base may have been able to utilize scientific and technological developments emerging in the UK and elsewhere more effectively than other states with stronger monarchies, such as Russia’s Tzars. The UK’s extensive exporting cottage industries also ensured markets were already open for many forms of early manufactured goods. The nature of conflict in the period resulted in most British warfare being conducted overseas, reducing the devastating effects of territorial conquest impacting much of the rest of Europe.
[J]Another theory believes that Great Britain was able to succeed in the Industrial Revolution due to its dense population for its small geographical size, and the availability of natural resources like copper, tin and coal, giving excellent conditions for the development and expansion of industry. Furthermore, the stable political situation, in addition to the greater receptiveness of the society(as compared to other European countries)are reasons that add to this theory, enhancing its plausibility.
[K]Reinforcement of confidence in the rule of law, which followed the establishment of the prototype of constitutional monarchy in Great Britain in the Glorious Revolution of 1689, and the emergence of a stable financial market there based on the management of the National Debt by the Bank of England, contributed to the capacity for, and interest in, private financial investment in industrial ventures.
[L]This argument has, on the whole, tended to neglect the fact that several inventors and entrepreneurs were rational free thinkers or "Philosophers" typical of a certain class of British intellectuals in the late 18th century, and were by no means normal church goers or members of religious sects. Examples of these free thinkers were the Lunar Society of Birmingham(which flourished from 1765 to 1809). Its members were exceptional in that they were among the very few who were conscious that an industrial revolution was then taking place in Great Britain. They actively worked as a group to encourage it, not least by investing in it and conducting scientific experiments which led to innovative products.
In the early 19th century, the productivity of the British textile industry was so greatly enhanced that Britain overtook India as the leading cotton supplier.
选项
答案
E
解析
根据the early 19th century、India和cotton supplier定位到E段。该段第4、5句提到,纺纱技术的许多改良使生产力得到了提高,从而使棉制品成为英国19世纪开头几十年的主要出口产品,英国也因此取代了印度成为棉制品的首要供应国。题目是对这两句话的概括,本题句子的greatly enhanced与原文increased对应,overtook对应原文的was displaced。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/UtL7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Drone—ProblemandChancesA)InthefirstincidentonMay29,thepilotofacommercialairlinerdescendingtowardLaGuardiaAirp
FormostpeopleatripacrossEuropeancontinentisachancetoseethesightsandtrythecontinent’scuisine.Unless,likeBap
Childrenwhosemindswandermighthavesharperbrains,researchsuggests.Astudyhasfoundthatpeoplewhoappeartobecon
ReadingtheWorldin196BooksA)WriterAnnMorgansetherselfachallenge—toreadabookfromeverycountryintheworldinone
DealingwithCriticismA)Noonelikesgettingcriticism.Butitcanbeachancetoshowoffarareskill:takingnegativefeedba
Micro-EnterpriseCreditforStreetYouthA)Althoughsmall-scalebusinesstrainingandcreditprogramshavebecomemorecommonth
TheAmericaneconomicsystemisorganizedaroundabasicallyprivateenterprise.It’s【B1】______economyinwhichconsumersdeterm
A、Shewantstoknowwheretherestaurantis.B、She’srecommendingagoodplacetogofordinner.C、Shethinksthemanshouldgo
中国功夫,也叫“武术”,是中国人民在长期的历史发展中创造的运动项目。估计中国武术的起源可以追溯到原始社会(theprimitivesociety)。那时的人类用棍棒作为武器抵御野生动物,获得了一些防守和进攻经验,在商代(theShangDynast
A、10:10.B、9:50.C、9:40.D、9:10.B女士对男士说不知道火车是怎么了,现在已经9:30了,火车应该20分钟前就到站了,也就是说火车应当于9:10到站,男士让女士别急,广播已经通知了,火车将会晚点四十分钟。计算下来,火车的实际到
随机试题
保险公司与张某签定受益人为张妻的人身意外伤害保险合同,双方约定由张某一次性支付50元保险费,则在合同生效后的一年内,如张某受到意外事故的伤害,由保险公司支付理赔费一万元。该保险合同属于()
E公司简化的现金流量表如下:要求:计算表中A、B、C、D、E五项数据,并填在表格相应位置。
A、滋阴清热,解毒消肿B、消肿利咽,化腐止痛C、解毒化腐,敛疮生肌D、清热解毒,消肿止痛E、清热泻火,凉血解毒冰硼散的功能是()。
无限售条件股份不包括境内上市外资股,即B股。()
Google和百度这两种搜索引擎都是通过互联网提取各个网站的信息(以网页文字为主)建立数据库,然后检索与用户查询条件匹配的相关记录,最后按照一定的顺序将结果反馈给用户。这两种搜索引擎都属于()。
出乎意料的紧张情景所引起的情绪状态被称为()。
唐朝“品色衣”规定士兵穿()的衣服。
“忧心忡忡的穷人甚至对最美丽的景色都没有什么感觉;贩卖矿物的商人只看到矿物的商业价值,而看不到矿物的美和特性;他没有矿物学的感觉”。从哲学上讲,这段话说明
VoltsfromtheSky1.Lightninghascausedaweandwondersinceoldtimes.AlthoughBenjaminFranklindemonstratedlightninga
AShortHistoryoftheOriginsandDevelopmentofEnglishI.Origins—datedbackto【T1】______ofthreeGermanictribes:【T1】____
最新回复
(
0
)