The process of learning is one of the most demanding and most __________processes that everyone can experience.

In 1847 most countries of the world were ______.

根据以下材料回答 1～20 题：By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million___(1)___of these nations looked ___(2)___to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism， many of the leaders of independence ___(3)___ the ideas of representative government， careers___(4)___to talent， freedom of commerce and trade， the___(5)___ to private property， and a belief in the individual as the basis of society， ___(6)___there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states， large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a___(7)___set of laws.On the issue of___(8)___ of religion and the position of the church，___(9)___， there was less agreement___(10)___the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one ___(11)___by the Spanish crown，___(12)___most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism___(13)___the official religion of the new states， some sought to end the ___(14)___of other faiths. The defense of the Church became a rallying___(15)___ for the conservative forces.The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian， valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had ___(16)___in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain's ___(17)___colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much ___(18)___ because the new nations still needed the revenue such policies ___(19)___ Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was___(20)___ self-rule and democracy.第 1 题 请选择(1)处最佳答案（ ）。

The committee meetings, ______ always dominated by the same people, ______ slow-moving and inefficient.

People of ancient Egypt and Europeans of the Middle Ages ______.

America’s sodomy laws were struck down by the Supreme Court in ______.

Many houses ______ by the earthquake and thousands of people were left homeless.

The American dream is most ______ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.

The names for the planets and the signs of zodiac used in astrology today were originally devised by the Roman.____

You can infer that most of the goals of the Knights of Labor were ______.