阅读理解Test(一)Passage1TheFrenchRevolutionbrokeoutin1789
AtthetimeFrancewasinacrisis
Thegovernmentwasbadlyrunandpeople'slivesweremiserable
KingLouisXIVtriedtocontrolthenationalparliamentandraisemoretaxes
Buthiseffortfailed
HeorderedhistroopstoVersailles
ThepeoplethoughtthatLouisintendedtoputdowntheRevolutionbyforce
OnJuly14,1789,theystormedandtooktheBastille,wherepoliticalprisonerswerekept
Eversincethatday,July14hasbeentheFrenchNationalDay
Louistriedtofleethecountryin1792,togetsupportfromAustriaandPrussia
However,hewascaughtandputinprison
InSeptember1792,themonarchywasabolished
Inthesameyear,Louiswasexecuted
Afewmonthslaterhiswife,Mariealsohadherheadcutoff
TheRevolutionofFrancehadfrightenedtheotherkingsofEurope
ArmiesfromAustriaandPrussiabegantomarchagainstFrance
TheFrenchraisedrepublican