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Two hundred years ago, American students went to American schools. Like you, they studied arithmetic, spelling and geography. Unlike you, they also studied Greek and Latin. In fact, students spent more than half their time studying Greek and Latin.
The same was true for most students in Europe. Until the seventh century, all educated Europeans knew Latin. It did not matter if they lived in England or Italy or France or Spain. If they were educated, they knew Latin.
During the seventh century, educated Europeans began to study Greek as well as Latin. Greek and Latin had been the leading languages of the ancient Greeks and Romans. All educated Europeans were expected to know these languages.
To educated Europeans, the languages of the Greeks and the Romans were important. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans were also important. People knew that many of their own ideas had come from the Greeks and the Romans. To understand their own culture, they must understa
A. physical science and chemistry
B. Greek and Latin
C. democracy and communism
D. French and Spanish

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Two hundred years ago, American students went to American schools. Like you, they studied arithmetic, spelling and geography. Unlike you, they also studied Greek and Latin. In fact, students spent more than half their time studying Greek and Latin.
The same was true for most students in Europe. Until the seventh century, all educated Europeans knew Latin. It did not matter if they lived in England or Italy or France or Spain. If they were educated, they knew Latin.
During the seventh century, educated Europeans began to study Greek as well as Latin. Greek and Latin had been the leading languages of the ancient Greeks and Romans. All educated Europeans were expected to know these languages.
To educated Europeans, the languages of the Greeks and the Romans were important. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans were also important. People knew that many of their own ideas had come from the Greeks and the Romans. To understand their own culture, they must understa
A. people
B. future
C. beginning
D. culture

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[单项选择]More than two hundred years ago the United States （） from the British Empire and became an independent country.
A. got off
B. pulled down
C. broke away
D. dropped off

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Two hundred years ago, people thought women’s place was in the home, looking after their families. They should not go out to work or to sports games.
From the beginning of the 1900s, women were getting out a lot more. They could work as secretaries, teachers and shop assistants. They could also go to sports games. But the idea of women playing these games was simply a wish.
Today, women do almost everything men do. They manage companies, fly planes and travel in spaceships (太空船). They play football, basketball and all kinds of sports games. In the old days, women’s place was in the home, but now it can be in or out.

Two hundred years ago women spent most of their time ______.
A. on sports
B. at home
C. at work

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[单项选择]A hundred years ago, chocolate was something
A. that only wealthy people could eat.
B. that people all eat like today.
C. nobody could afford.

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