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    Why was the Bastilleimportant to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had beenstarted in 1370 under CharlesⅠ. By the seventeenth century it had stopped to beimportant for defense. Cardinal(红衣主教)Richelieuturned it into a prison.

    It was not an ordinaryprison for common crimes. Huge doors closed only on enemies of the King. TheBastille’s workings(运行，管理) were secret. Prisoners weretaken to it in closed carriages. Soldiers on guard duty had to stand with theirfaces to the wall. No talking was allowed. Worst of all, a prisoner never knewif he would be there a day, a week, a year, or forever. Only the King’s lettercould set him free.

    Over the years the numberof the people thrown into the Bastille by the King’s letter had become smaller.By the time of its fall, most of the prisoners were writers who had writtenagainst the wrong deeds of the government. Voltaire, the famous French writer,spent a year there in 1717-1718, and another 12 days in 1726.

    For those who believed infree speech and free thinking, the Bastille stood for everything bad andunfair. The day it was broken into, only seven prisoners were found inside.However, the Bastille was hated by the people. It made one think of the King’scomplete power.

1. Whowould be sent into the Bastille by the King’s letter?

A. Thosewho had broken the law.

B. Thosewho had done wrong deeds in the government.

C. Thosewho were thought to be harmful to the King himself.

D. Thosewho had written against the wrong deeds of the government.

2. Whichof the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Prisoners and the guards on duty were not allowed to see each other.

B.Soldiers on guard duty had to walk around from time to time.

C. Onlythe King could put people in, or let them out, as he wanted.

D. Noneof the prisoners knew how long he would be there.

3. Whatdid people think of the Bastille?

A. Theythought it was not important since they found a few prisoners in it.

B. Theythought it was something unfair to be used to punish writers.

C. Theythought it shouldn’t be kept as a secret at all.

D. Theythought it was the worst enemy against freedom.

4. Thewriter of this passage mainly wants to________________.

A. tellus a story that happened in the Bastille

B. provethe importance of the Bastille to the King’s power

C. tellabout some interesting characters in the history

D. showus the inner workings of the Bastille

试题答案

答案：CBDB