By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million 【B1】 of these nations

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问题     By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million 【B1】 of these nations loved 【B2】 to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism, many of the leaders of independence 【B3】 the ideals of representative government, careers 【B4】 to talent, freedom of commerce and trade, the 【B5】 to private property, and a belief in the individual as the basis of society. 【B6】 there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states, large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a 【B7】 set of laws.
    On the issue of 【B8】 of religion and the position of the church, 【B9】 , there was less agreement 【B10】 the leadership Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one 【B11】 by the Spanish crown. 【B12】 most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism 【B13】 the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the 【B14】 of other faiths. The defense of the Church became a rallying 【B15】 for the conservative forces.
    The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian, valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had 【B16】 in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain’s 【B17】 colonies. Early premise to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much 【B18】 because the new nations still needed the revenue such policies 【B19】 Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was 【B20】 self-rule and democracy.

选项 A、natives
B、inhabitants
C、peoples
D、individuals

答案B

解析 本题较为容易,空格出现在文章第二句话的主语位置,从4个选项来看,只有natives和inhabitants有可能与20 million 搭配,而选项前者所包括的范围太小,且带有贬义,而这篇文章没有褒贬义之侧重。所以inhabitants为正确答案。
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