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  3. The 19th-century British Aristocracy The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in th

The 19th-century British Aristocracy The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in th

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问题                     The 19th-century British Aristocracy
    The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in the development of mining, canals, and railways. It now shrewdly associated itself with the new wave of commercial expansion: most banks and insurance companies had a lord to add tone to the managerial board. It also shored up its fortunes by astute marriages, notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States; the best-known example was the marriage of the duke of Marlborough to Consuelo Vanderbilt. By these means, many of the great aristocratic estates were preserved despite agricultural decline. But they were playthings as well as engines of wealth, and came to be treated as such. The aristocracy came to be known to the urban population chiefly through their representation in the popular press and magazines as men and women of leisure: racing, hunting, shooting, and fishing in the country, gambling and attending the season in London. In a population for which leisure was becoming increasingly important, this did not make the aristocracy unpopular.
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
选项 A、The 19th-century British aristocrats were treated as decorations in public life and were used to make money by press.
B、The 19th-century British aristocrats were toys of the rich capitalists and were made to earn profits for them.
C、The 19th-century British aristocrats acted as playmates of people in pleasure-seeking such as hunting, fishing, and shooting.
D、The 19th-century British aristocrats were popular figures in advertisements because they lived a leisurely life.
答案A
解析 题目要求选择正确选项。通过阅读文章可知，在19世纪，英国贵族们通过休闲杂志、报刊为大众所了解，主要是他们的悠闲的生活方式。“The aristocracy came to be known to the urban population chieflythrough their representation in the popular press and magazines as men and women of leisure．”此句话反映了这一情况，其他选项都不正确，答案是A项。
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