英语六级阅读理解练习题（一）
<p> <span word="Etiquette">Etiquette</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="origins">origins</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="etiquettethe">etiquettethe</span> <span word="conventional">conventional</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="behavior">behavior</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ceremonies">ceremonies</span> <span word="observed">observed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="polite">polite</span> <span word="societyare">societyare</span> <span word="complex">complex</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="authority">authority</span>. <span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="primitive">primitive</span> <span word="times">times</span>, <span word="subjects">subjects</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ruler">ruler</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="bowing">bowing</span>, <span word="prostrating">prostrating</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="spoken">spoken</span> <span word="to">to</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="backs">backs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="throne">throne</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="rulers">rulers</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stress">stress</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="emperors">emperors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Byzantium">Byzantium</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="subjects">subjects</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="kiss">kiss</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="feet">feet</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ambassador">ambassador</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="touch">touch</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="throne">throne</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="forehead">forehead</span>. <span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="throne">throne</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="up">up</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ambassador">ambassador</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruler">ruler</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="him">him</span>, <span word="haughty">haughty</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="remote">remote</span>.</p><p> <span word="Absolute">Absolute</span> <span word="rulers">rulers</span> <span word="have">have</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rule">rule</span>, <span word="made">made</span> <span word="etiquette">etiquette</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="complicated">complicated</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="simpler">simpler</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruler">ruler</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="godlike">godlike</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="familiarity">familiarity</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="life">life</span>, <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="inevitably">inevitably</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="intolerable">intolerable</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Louis">Louis</span> <span word="XIV">XIV</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="excellent">excellent</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="highly">highly</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="etiquette">etiquette</span>. <span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="king">king</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="belong">belong</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="France">France</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="continually">continually</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="courtiers">courtiers</span> . <span word="They">They</span> <span word="woke">woke</span>, <span word="prayed">prayed</span>, <span word="washed">washed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dressed">dressed</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="crowds">crowds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="courtiers">courtiers</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="crowds">crowds</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="eat">eat</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="meals">meals</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="palace">palace</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="subjects">subjects</span>.</p>
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