首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
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
admin
2015-01-09
56
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.
The "astute marriages" in the passage refers to marriages between_____.
选项
A、British aristocracy and rich American entrepreneurs
B、old British aristocratic families and newly knighted aristocracy of wealth
C、aristocratic families and new business families of money and enterprises
D、big landlord families in the British countryside and rich American tycoons of industry
答案
C
解析
题目问:“狡猾的婚姻”涉及的是在什么人之间的联姻。通过阅读文章可知,为了各自的利益,新兴资本家与旧贵族之间基于金钱和事业的目的,通过联姻方式巩固关系,以实现各自的利益。“most banks andinsurance companies had a lord to add tone to the managerial board.”“it also shored up its fortunesby astute marriages,notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States”此段话表明了这一事实,所以,答案是C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/u0QO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Rabiesisallordinarilyinfectiousdiseaseofthecentralnervoussystem.Itiscausedbyavirusand,【C1】______arule,spread
Manyinstructorsbelievethataninformal,relaxedclassroomenvironmentis【C1】______tolearningandinnovation.Itisnotuncom
Manyinstructorsbelievethataninformal,relaxedclassroomenvironmentis【C1】______tolearningandinnovation.Itisnotuncom
Change—ortheabilitytoadaptoneselftoachangingenvironment—isessentialtoevolution.Thefarmerwhoselandisrequiredfo
Wemust_____theproblemofpovertyassoonaspossible.
Tattoosdidn’tspringupwiththebikergangsandrock’nrollbands.They’vebeenaroundforalongtimeandhadmanydifferent
ComedianGeorgeCarlinhasaroutineinwhichhetalksabouthowhumansseemtospendtheirlivesaccumulating"stuff"Oncethey
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningourknowledgeofourselvesandtheworldaboutus.When
Globalizationisaphenomenonthathasbeenaffectingcountriesandsocietiesforseveraldecades,buttheoutlineoftheglobal
PeopleplanningtotravelbycartoNorthDakotainthewinterareadvisedto______theircarswithsnowtiresandwarmclothing
随机试题
()是整体现浇混凝土结构施工的一项新工艺。
背景资料:某施工单位承接了长67.8km的二级公路旧路面“白改黑”改建施工,旧路面为水泥混凝土面层,使用9年后面板破损严重,主要的病害有:裂缝、断板、板底脱空。设计院现场勘察后认为必须重建,设计院进行了旧路改建设计,设计要求将旧路面做碎石化处理,
助理理财规划师在收集与整理客户信息时可能会接触到客户大量的财务机密,对此助理理财规划师负有严格的()义务。
人本主义学派认为心理健康的破坏与()有关。
2013年3月27日,“金砖国家”峰会的主办国是()。
依次填入下列横线处的词语,最恰当的一组是()。中华民族是个与石头有着不解之缘的民族,中国的石头文化________。追溯到八千年前,先民已经在玩玉石了。人们对玉石的________催生了“黄金有价玉无价”的观念,进而________为“谦谦君子,
受委托实施行政处罚的组织必须符合以下哪些条件?()
Howmanylanguagesareusedthroughouttheworldtoday?
Ofalltheareasoflearningthemostimportantisthedevelopmentofattitudes.Emotionalreactionsaswellaslogicalthought
UncleTom’sCabinwaswrittenby______.
最新回复
(
0
)