根据以下材料，回答
The American Revolution was not arevolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden andviolent overturning of the political and social framework, such as lateroccurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations.Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. Whathappened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During theconflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Mostof them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of themore isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.
America′s War of Independence heralded thebirth of three modem nations. One was Canada, which received its first largeinflux of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fledthere from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penalcolony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. Thethird new comer--the United States--based itself squarely on republican principles.
Yet even the political overturn was not asrevolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notable Connecticut andRhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule alreadyexisting.British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a home-growngoverning class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king andParliament.
In the first paragraph, whatdoes the author suggest about the French and Russian Revolution?
- A.They were explosive and abrupt
- B.They were ineffective
- C.They involved only those people livingin urban_areas
- D.They led to the release of all politicalprisoners
正确答案及解析
正确答案
解析
细节题。根据文章第一段第二句话“It wasnot a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework，such as later occurred in France and Russia，whenboth were already independent nations．”，可知美国革命并不像法国和俄国革命那样是对政治和社会框架的一次突然和猛烈的颠覆，也就是说法国和俄国革命是突然性的(abrupt)、猛烈的(explosive)革命，对应A选项。