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16答案D.这是一道关于文中时间的细节题.第一段第四句Cardinal Richelieu turned it into a prison中turn…into…意思为使成为.因此，自从Cardinal Richelieu统治时起，巴士底成为监狱.

5.17答案A.因为第一段中It was not an ordinary prison to punish common crimes和Its huge doors closed only on enemies of the King表示选项A“任何做错事的人可能会突然发现自己关进巴士底监狱”说法错误.选项B和C均在第一段提到，D在第二段提及.

18答案D.本题关键是是否理解了最后一段第二句The day it was captured,only seven prisoners were found inside中capture一词的含义，即攻占、攻陷.然而文章第二段第二句有干扰作用，“到它陷落时为止，绝大多数(入狱过的)犯人是提笔反对政府贪污腐败的作家”，佷多会因此选择B或C.

19.答案C.本题考查对句子的理解.从文章第一段最后两句worst of all,a prisoner never knew if he would be there a day,a week,a year,or forever和Only the King’s letter could set him free理解，选项A错而C正确.第二段第一句Over the years the number of arrests by King’s letter had become fewer将选项B推翻.文章最后两句表明人们仍然憎恨国王的专断独权，因此D错.

20.答案D.本题是中心思想题.文章主要是简短地介绍巴士底监狱的历史.

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21答案C.“Subscribe to”意思是“订阅”，即选项C的释义.而选项A指“去报摊购买”;B指“将自己的新闻故事投稿”;D指“成为忠实读者”.

22答案A.“Widespread”意思是“普及的、普遍的”.文章第一句就表明读报的习惯现在很普遍，“几乎每个家庭每天才要买至少一份报纸”.

23答案D.本题关键是对第二段第二句The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate中word of mouth这一细节的理解，意思为“消息是靠人们嘴巴传话并且从不准确”.

24答案C.文章第三段中They pay the newspapers…,but it is worth the money for news of their products…in the country这一句委婉地表达了作者赞同在广告上的花费是值得的.

25答案A.第二段第一句中took months and even years证明选项A中a long time正确.选项B的含义和第三段第二句的表达正相反;选项C明显错误;文章最后一句“从广告上赚的钱使报纸制造者低价卖报并赢利成为可能”表明选项D错.

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PartⅢVocabulary and Structure(25 points)