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The development of Jamestown in Virginia during the second half of the seventeenth century was closely related to the making and

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问题     The development of Jamestown in Virginia during the second half of the seventeenth century was closely related to the making and using of bricks. There are several practical reasons why bricks be came important to the colony.
    Although the forests could initially supply sufficient timber, the process of lumbering was extremely difficult, particularly because of the lack of roads. Later, when the timber on the peninsula had been depleted, wood had to be brought from some distance. Building stone was also in short sup ply. However, as clay was plentiful, it was inevitably that the colonists would turn to brickmaking.
    In addition to practical reasons for using brick as the principal construction material, there was also an ideological reason. Brick represented durability and permanence. The Virginia company of London instructed the colonists to build hospitals and new residences out of brick. In 1662, the town Act of the Virginia Assembly provided for the construction of thirty-two brick buildings and prohibited the use of wood as a construction material. Had this law ever been successfully enforced, James town would have been a model city. Instead, the residents failed to comply fully with the law; and by 1699 Jamestown had collapsed into a pile of rubble with only three or four houses where people could stay.
What is the subject of this passage?
选项 A、The reasons for brickmaking in Jamestown.
B、The cause of the failure of Jamestown.
C、The laws of the Virginia colonists.
D、The problems of the early American colonies.
答案B
解析 综观全文，作者详细地描述了Jamestown建造过程中用木料过多，而砖房太小，终于在1699年，大部分房子坍塌。本文主题是：Jamertown失败的原因。
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