单选题
“Little did the English people owe him for his services”(Paragraph One)means that the English
A．paid few taxes to him．
B．gave him little respect．
C．received little protection from him．
D．had no real cause to feel grateful to him．
“Little did the English people owe him for his services”(Paragraph One)means that the English
A．paid few taxes to him．
B．gave him little respect．
C．received little protection from him．
D．had no real cause to feel grateful to him．
参考答案D
解析:语义理解题。从本文开篇首句中的heroic，fascinating medieval figures可以看出人们对Richard的评价是正面的。本题所在句的前后两部分是一个对比关系，这从该句后面内容可以看出：他在位的十年间，只有两次呆在英国，每次都是短短的几个月……。这说明该句前面的little是指Richard为他的子民做的事情不多，后面的heavily说明人们为他的冒险(此处指后面提到的战争)花费巨大。故[D]为答案。
译文：正如他经常冒失地得罪他人一样，他也乐于宽恕；他出手大方，极为慷慨；在战争中，他设计周密，执行灵活；在政治上，则是一个孩子，不够精明，缺少经验。
译文：正如他经常冒失地得罪他人一样，他也乐于宽恕；他出手大方，极为慷慨；在战争中，他设计周密，执行灵活；在政治上，则是一个孩子，不够精明，缺少经验。
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