[单项选择]According to this passage, the trend toward early marriages______.

[单项选择]According to this passage, the trend toward early marriages______.

[单项选择]According to this article the trend toward early marriages ______.

[单项选择]According to the passage, the early settlers in America______.


A. had to fight Indians
B. went hunting and fishing
C. found the Indians very helpful
D. thought the Indians were mean

[单项选择]According to this passage, one early step in any effort to improve the environment would be to ______.


A. return to the exclusive use of natural fertilizers
B. ban the use of automobiles in and around cities
C. study successful effort in other countries
D. set up a timetable for collective actions

[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that in early America ______.


A. people competed with each other fiercely for land
B. many people worked for the railroad companies
C. quite a few families made it on their own
D. social and personal interdependence was indispensable to Americans

[单项选择]According the passage, the housework often brings satisfaction to women ______.


A. who are very rich
B. who envy their neighbors
C. who work outside the home
D. who are dependent on their husbands

[单项选择]According to passage, Indian names were important because they ______.
A. described the character of a man
B. described the appearance of a man
C. were never used by other people
D. told us his profession

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Passage Three
Early in the 16th century men were trying to reach Asia by traveling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South America. The man who eventually found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan.
Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after spending the severe winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called Magellan’s Straits. In November 1520, after many months of dangers from rocks and storms, the three remaining ships entered the ocean on the other side of South America.
They then continued, hoping to reach Asia. Before they arrived at these islands, later known as the Philippines, Magellan was killed in battle. The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail around Africa. After many difficulties, one ship with eighteen men sailed into Seville three y
A. Lack of navigation equipment.
B. Severe winter in Patagonia.
C. The death of Magellan.
D. Dangers from rocks and storms.