Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.

　　64. The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because ______.

　　A. they lived healthily in a dirty environment

　　B. they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay in

　　C. they believed disease could be spread in public baths

　　D. they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease

　　C　根据A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546.可知当时英法两国的国王之所以关闭公共澡堂，是因为他们认为那儿很危险，是疾病的传播地。

　　思路点拨

　　在阅读理解中，考生会经常碰到许多结构复杂的句子。也就是所谓的长难句。命题者在句子理解难度上大做文章，无非是想通过增加句子长度和使用复杂结构来干扰考生正常的阅读习惯和思维方式，从而达到考查考生综合阅读能力的目的。长难句在阅读理解中容易给考生造成阅读障碍，形成一种心理压力，使考生失分。

　　一、长难句的基本特征

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