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[填空题]In the 17th century, a writer explained the theory about the function of laughter supported by most people.
[单项选择]（ ）is the most important writer of the 17th century in English literature.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. John Milton
D. Christopher Marlowe
[简答题]17th century sailing ships were small and rolled heavily in rough seas, so most of the passengers were seasick. ( Passage 2 )
[单项选择]At the beginning of the 17th century the English language was brought to North America by colonists from England who used the language spoken in England, that is, the ______,language used by Shakespeare, Milton and Banyan.
A. Elizabethan English
B. Edwardian English
C. King’s English
D. Standardized English
[单项选择]In 17th-century New England, almost everyone believed in witches. Struggling to survive in a vast and sometimes unforgiving land, America’s earliest European settlers understood themselves to be surrounded by an inscrutable universe filled with invisible spirits, both benevolent and evil, that affected their lives. They often attributed a sudden illness, a household disaster or a financial setback to a witch’s curse. The belief in witchcraft was, at bottom, an attempt to make sense of the unknown.
While witchcraft was often feared, it was punished only infrequently. In the first 70 years of the New England settlement, about 100 people were formally charged with being witches; fewer than two dozen were convicted and fewer still were executed.
Then came 1692. In January of that year, two young girls living in the household of the Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village began experiencing strange fits. The doctor identified witchcraft as the cause. After weeks of questioning
A. Puritan settlers witnessed the witchcraft of American Indians.
B. frontier refugees couldn’t admit their own defeat.
C. the early European settlers lacked the sense of security.
D. hundreds of American Indians died of the witchcraft accusation.
