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William, who conquered England some 930 years ago, had wealth, power and a ruthless army. Yet although William was stupefyingly
William, who conquered England some 930 years ago, had wealth, power and a ruthless army. Yet although William was stupefyingly
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William, who conquered England some 930 years ago, had wealth, power and a ruthless army. Yet although William was stupefyingly rich by the standard of his time, he had nothing remotely resembling a flush toilet. No paper towels, no riding lawn mower. How did he get by?
History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute compared to me, I have tripe-tracked storm window; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas Ⅱ lacked a compound-miter saw.
Given how much better off I am than so many famous dead people, you’d think I’d be content. The trouble is that, like most people, I compare my prosperity with that of living persons: neighbors, high-school classmates, TV personalities. The covetousness I feel toward my friend Howard’s kitchen is not mitigated by the fact that no French monarch ever had a refrigerator with glass doors.
There is really no rising or falling standard of living. Over the centuries people simply find different stuff to feel grumpy about. You’d think that merely not having bubonic plague(腺鼠疫) would put us in a good mood. But no, we want a hot tub too.
Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to realize that even by contemporary standards the things I own are pretty nice. My house is smaller than the houses of many investment bankers’, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife’s and I can keep clean. Besides, to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, those bankers’ fancy counter tops and my own worn Formica(福米加塑料桌面)will seem equally shabby. I can’t keep up with my neighbor right now. but just wait.
Which of the following was possessed by the King William Ⅰ?
选项
A、Flush toilet
B、Ruthless army
C、Paper towels
D、Riding lawn mower
答案
B
解析
细节定位题。题目询问选项中哪个是King William Ⅰ所拥有的。定位于文章首段。其中写道:尽管WilliamⅠ在当时不可一世,拥有至高的权力、财富和军队,但他没有抽水马桶,没有割草机,生活并没有现代的普通人方便。所以B项为正确答案。
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