Unit5听说课名师课后评估单
Book7Unit5：Travellingabroad
听说课后练习题单
一、阅读理解
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FromtheirbeginningsNewEnglandtownshadaspecialdemocraticsystemofgovernment.Atastatedtimeallthecitizenswouldassembleatatownmeeting,wheretheywoulddiscusslocalproblemsandexpressopinionsfreely.Theyalsoelectedthetown’sofficialsatthesegatheringsandmadedecisionsaboutthetaxestheywouldpayandaboutothercommunitymatters.Thesemeetingswereusuallyheldatthetownhall,whichwaslocatedinthecentralsquare.
Intheeighteenth-centurytownmeetings,onlymenwhoownedpropertyandwhowerechurchmembersactuallyvoted,althougheveryonepresentwasallowedtoexpresstheiropinions.Later,allcitizenswereallowedtovote.Thusthetownmeetingbecametrulydemocratic.TownmeetingsarestillcommoninNewEnglandcommunities.
Inrecentyearsthetownmeetingideahasbeenwidelyimitated.Thereareopensessionsofthiskindonradioandtelevision.Occasionallyameetingofthistypeiscalledbyagovernmentagencyinordertogiveanopportunityforfreeandopendiscussiononcurrentproblemsandpolicies.
1.Atatownmeeting,peopledothefollowingthingsEXCEPT__________.
A.expresstheiropinionsaboutthegovernment
B.electofficialsofthetowns
C.makeadecisionaboutwhomtheyshouldmarry
D.discusssomecommunitymatters
2.Inthe18thcentury,whohadtherighttovote?
A.Allthecitizens.
B.Allthemenexceptthosewhowerechurchmembers.
C.Therich.
D.Therichmenandthechurchmembers.
3.Whyhasthetownmeetingbeenwidelyimitated?
A.Becausemanypeopleareinterestedinit.
B.Becauseitisverydemocratic.
C.Becausemanypeopleenjoythemselvesattownmeetings.
D.Becausesometimesgovernmentagenciescallthem.
4.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.Citizenscanelecttheofficialsinthetownmeeting.
B.Inrecentyears,townmeetingsare