阅读理解T e st(一)Pa s sage 1T he Fren c h R e volutio n b ro ke out in 178 9.At th e t i me F ran c e was in a c ri si s.T he g overnment wa s b adly r u n a nd peopl e's l ives were mis er a b le. K ing Lo u is XI V tr i e d t o cont r ol t he n at i o n al pa rliam e nt a n d ra i se mo re ta x es. B ut h is e ffort fai l ed. H e or d ere d his tro o ps t o Ve r sa i l l es. Th e people thoug h t that Lou is i n t e n d e d to p ut dow n t he Revolution by force. On J u l y 1 4,178 9, they s t o rm ed an d too k th e Bas t ille, wh e re politi cal p r i so ner s wer e kep t. Ev e r s i nce tha t day, Ju l y 14 ha s be en the Fr e nch Nation al D a y.Louis t r ie d to flee th e co un tr y in 1792, to get supp o rt fr o m Austria and P r u ss i a. Howeve r, h e was c aught a n d put in pri s o n. I n S ep t em b er 1 792, th e m on a r chy was abolished. In the same y e ar, Lo u is was ex e cu t ed. A fe w mo nths l ater his wi f e, M a r ie a l so h a d her head cut o ff. Th e Rev o lution of Franc e h ad frighte n ed t h e ot h er k ings o f E urope. A rmies f r om Aust r ia a nd P russ ia b e gan to march a g ai n st F r an c e. The F r ench r a is ed r e publican a rmies to de f end t h e na t ion.Th e revolu t ion w e nt thro u gh a period of t err o r. Thousa nds o f p e o ple lost t h e ir l i v es. In th ...