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【题目】Chile is a country of southwest South America with a long Pacific coastline. Santiago is the capital and the largest city. The population of the country is about 11，329，736.

A long time ago, Chile belonged to Spain, a European country, because it was colonized by Spain in 1541，Many of Chileans, how-ever, did not want to be ruled by Spain.

Led by Bernardo O'Higgins, some of them formed a small army. They attacked the Spanish soldiers at different times and different places.

This made the King of Spain very angry. He sent more soldiers to Chile to deal with them.

Although there were far more Spanish soldiers than freedom fighters, they refused to surrender and fought bravely.

At last, however, in 1814，they were forced to retreat to the town of Rancagua near Santiago. There, O'Higgins and his men were surrounded by the Spanish army and O'Higgins was wounded by an enemy bullet.

It seemed as if their fight for freedom were over. But O'Higgins refused to surrender. Even though he was wounded, he ordered his men to collect as many mules, cows, sheep and dogs as possible. Shouting at the top of his voice, he rode into the animals. Frightened, they began to run. They ran straight at the Spanish soldiers. Now it was the Spaniards' turn to be frightened. They turned and run away from the animals as fast as they could, allowing O'Higgins and his men to escape to the mountains.

There he built up his army, and in 1818 he defeated the Spanish and the country declared its independence. He then became the first president of the new, free nation in the same year.

【1】 The first paragraph is written mainly to __________.

A. show the location of Chile

B. offer supporting details

C. stress the importance of capital

D. give a general introduction and lead to the topic

【2】 According to the passage, Spanish governed Chile for about __________ years.

A. 1541 B. 273

C. 277 D. 400

【3】 Which description about Chile is NOT right?

A. Spain ruled Chile at one time.

B. Chile borders on the Pacific.

C. Chile lies in the southwest of South America.

D. Chile is one colony which belongs to Spain.

【4】 We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. Bernardo O'Higgins became the first president of the new Chile

B. Bernardo O'Higgins was not only brave but also intelligent

C. Bernardo O'Higgins was good at raising animals

D. Rancagua is far from Santiago

【5】 What doesn't happened in 1818?

A. O'Higgins broke through the enemy by using terrible animals.

B. Eventually, O'Higgins defeated the Spanish army,

C. Chile broke away from the rule of the King of Spain.

D. O'Higgins turned the first president of the free country.

【答案】【1】 D

【2】 C

【3】 D

【4】 B

【5】 A

【解析】【1】主旨大意题。根据第一段可知A、C为局部信息，不能代替整段内容。此段进行了一个简单介绍从而引出话题。

【2】推理判断题。由第二段中的it was colonized by Spain in1541 和最后一段中的 and in 1818 he defeated the Spanish 可推断出，1818-1541 =277。

【3】细节理解题。注意选项时态，智利现在早已不是西班牙的殖民地了。

【4】推理判断题。A项为明示信息，不属于推论; C项无法从文中推出，没有支持信息; D项为错误信息，根据是第六段they were forced to retreat to the town of Rancagua near Santiago。

【5】细节理解题。从文中最后一段可知，A项所述内容没有发生在1818年。

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