历年考研英语完型填空mp3(2007)

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[00:-0.23]2007
[00:01.52]By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese¹ colonies had become independent nations.
[00:07.52]The roughly 20 million  inhabitants of these nations looked  hopefully  to the future.
[00:13.94]Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism,
[00:18.41]many of the leaders of independence
[00:21.13]shared the ideals of representative government,
[00:24.76]careers  open to talent, freedom of commerce and trade, the  right to private property,
[00:31.03]and a belief in the individual as the basis of society.
[00:36.15]Generally there was a belief that the new nations
[00:39.90]should be sovereign and independent states,
[00:43.50]large enough to be economically viable
[00:46.44]and integrated by a  common  set of laws.
[00:50.52]On the issue of  freedom  of religion and the position of the church,
[00:55.38]however , there was less agreement  among the leadership.
[00:58.94]Roman Catholicism had been the state religion
[01:02.61]and the only one  allowed by the Spanish crown,
[01:07.13]While  most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism
[01:10.60]as the official religion of the new states,
[01:13.40]some sought to end the   exclusion² of other faiths.
[01:18.17]The defense³ of the Church became a rallying  cry
[01:21.68]for the conservative forces.
[01:22.50]
[01:24.45]The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian,
[01:29.96]valuing equality of everything.
[01:32.91]Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had  promised  in return
[01:37.71]to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated⁴.
[01:41.71]By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain’s  remaining colonies.
[01:48.57]Early premise⁵ to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much slower
[01:55.82]because the new nations still needed the revenue
[02:00.13]such policies produced Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered
[02:05.13]by fears that the mass of the population
[02:07.96]was  unprepared for self-rule and democracy.

1 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

2 exclusion   

n.拒绝，排除，排斥，远足，远途旅行

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 liberated   

a.无拘束的，放纵的

参考例句：

• The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
• The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。

5 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。