单选题Directions:After reading the following passage, you will
find 5 unfinished statements or questions. For each statement there are four
choices marked A, B, C and D, you should make the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
center. At the moment, the note of the highest
value which is generally in use is the 20-pound note. Now, the bank of England
plans to introduce a new, 50-pound note. And the Bank is trying to decide which
famous English man or woman to put on the back of the new note.
Quite a problem. The Bank usually chooses safe, historical personalities. We
already have Sir Isaac Newton, the scientist, the first Duke of Wellington, the
famous soldier who led the British army at Waterloo, Florence Nightingale,
founder of English Nursing and — of course — Shakespeare. So far, the list of
possible choices for the 50-pound note is quite predictable. There's Sir Francis
Drake, to represent the achievements of English explorers in the sixteenth
century. Then we have Lord Nelson, another sailor and the man who won the battle
of Trafalgar in 1805 for England. The Bank will not forget music this time
either. If they choose a woman, the feminist movement has two representatives:
Boadicea, who fought against the Romans, or Pankhurst, who fought to get the
vote for women early in this century.
单选题
According to the passage, the note of the highest value is ______.