Parliamentary leaders failed to understand the American colonist. They thought the American would buy the cheap, legal East India Company tea rather than the more expensive smuggled tea from Holland.
In September, 1773, the East India Company Planned to ship 500, 000 pounds of tea to their American agents in ports along the Atlantic coast. When the colonists learned about the East India Company’s plan, local tea merchants in American ports from South Carolina to Maine took steps to meet this attempt to drive them out of business. The Bolton Tea Party was the most violent of these steps. Following this act of rebellion, Governor Hutchinson called it “the boldest stroke which had been struck in America.”
Parliament responded to this act of defiance in 1774 by passing a series of acts known as the Coercive Acts. They were designed to punish Boston and to show colonists throughout America that England would not tolerate such resistance to its authority.
1.According to the passage, parliamentary leaders（ ）.
2.We can infer from the passage that （ ）.
3.What was the Coercive Acts?
4.What did the Americans do when the East India Company planned to ship thousands of pounds of tea to America?
5.The word “smuggled” most likely means （ ）.
问题1选项
A.imported tea from South Carolina
B.were great tea drinkers
C.misjudged the American colonist
D.feared that they would have to buy cheap tea
问题2选项
A.the Americans wanted to buy tea from Holland
B.tea in Holland was cheaper than that in England
C.the crowd was growing more patient
D.the Americans agreed to the imposition of the tax
问题3选项
A.They were designed to help pay the cost of protecting the colonies from the Indians.
B.They were to permit the East India Company to ship tea directly to American ports
C.They were a series of acts known as the tax on tea
D.They were designed to show Americans that England would not be patient with their resistance
问题4选项
A.They tried to drive them out of business
B.They med to welcome the tea merchants from the East India Company
C.They waited for the meeting to discuss the tax on tea.
D.They tried to accept port duties on imports.
问题5选项
A.to get rid of
B.to make unable to get air
C.to bring sth. into or take sth. out of a country without payment of legal duties
D.to break into piece with violence and noise
第1题:C
第2题:A
第3题:D
第4题:A
第5题:C
1.细节事实题。根据文章第一段，“Parliamentary leaders failed to understand the American colonist.”，可知议会领导人未能了解美国殖民者。下文就用具体事例说明，他们误以为这些北美殖民者们会购买东印度公司更加便宜的茶叶。可判断出议会的领导人错误地判断了美国殖民者的意图和行为。因此选项C符合题意。
2.判断推理题。根据文章第一段第二句，“They thought the American would buy the cheap, legal East India Company tea rather than the more expensive smuggled tea from Holland.”，可知他们认为美国人会买便宜合法的东印度公司的茶叶，而不是购买从荷兰走私来的更贵的茶叶。可判断出美国人更愿意从荷兰购买茶叶。因此选项A符合题意。
3.细节事实题。根据文章最后一段，“They were designed to punish Boston and to show colonists throughout America that England would not tolerate such resistance to its authority.”，可知他们制定这一系列强制性法案的目的是惩罚波士顿，并向美洲各地的殖民者表明，英国不会容忍这种对其权威的反抗。可判断出制定此法案的目的实际上是向美国人表明，英国不会容忍他们的反抗。因此选项D符合题意。
4.细节事实题。根据文章第二段，“When the colonists learned about the East India Company’s plan, local tea merchants in American ports from South Carolina to Maine took steps to meet this attempt to drive them out of business.”，可知当殖民者得知东印度公司的计划时，从南卡罗来纳到缅因州的美国港口的当地茶叶商人采取一系列措施使他们破产。可判断出当东印度公司计划向美国运送数千磅茶叶时，美国人企图采取措施让他们破产。因此选项A符合题意。
5.词义理解题。根据文章第一段第二句，“…legal East India Company tea rather than the more expensive smuggled tea from Holland.”，可知美国人购买从荷兰走私的更贵的茶叶，而不是合法的东印度公司的茶叶，句子中legal和smuggled形成对比，可知smuggled的意思为“走私的”，可将smuggle解释为将某物输入或输出一个国家而不需要支付合法税款。因此选项C符合题意。
