单选题 It's generally been said that history is written by the winners. This was never more true than on March 12, when the Texas board of education voted 10-5 in favour of curriculum standards that would promote conservative takes on controversial issues in the pages of the state's textbooks. The changes, expected to win final approval in May, include an increased emphasis on and sympathetic treatment of such Republican standards as the National Rifle Association and the Moral Majority. They also boast the advantage of capitalism and the role of Christianity in the nation's founding. Even Thomas Jefferson's profile will be reduced; some board members were less than fond of his ideas about the division of church and state.
This is not Texas' first such skirmish. Since the 1970s, the state has tried to drop books that were seen as too liberal or anti-Christian, to omit passages on the gay-rights movement and to tone down global-warming arguments. But the nation's battle over textbooks stretches back almost half a century earlier. In 1925, Tennessee's Butler Act (which was abolished in 1967) made it illegal to teach " any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible. " The Scopes " monkey trial" famously followed. In 1974, a clash erupted in Kanawba County, West Virginia, over the controversial writings of such authors as George or well, Arthur Miller and Allen Ginsberg, Opposition was so heated that some schools were firebombed.
As one of America's largest textbook buyers, the Longhorn State has a good deal of sway over what is sold to schools nationwide. And while Napoleon may have maintained that " history is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon, " getting Texans to come together on the past may prove to be their Waterloo.

单选题 It can be learned from the first paragraph that______.
[A] the Texas board of education voted to decide whether to teach history in schools
[B] the problems of the capitalist society are criticized in the Texan textbooks
[C] the political standard in Texan textbooks is more similar to that of the Republicans
[D] most Texas education board members are for the division of church and state

单选题 The word " skirmish " (Line 1, Para.2) most probably means______.
[A] accident [B] conflict [C] challenge [D] disaster

单选题 Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?
[A] The Texans hold a favourable attitude towards religion.
[B] The Texans are sympathetic with the gay-rights movement.
[C] It was illegal to teach religion in Tennessean schools in 1920s.
[D] George Orwell was widely hailed by West Virginians in 1970s.

单选题 What can be learned from the last paragraph?
[A] Longhorn State is the largest textbook printer in the US.
[B] The textbook choice in many American schools is affected by Longhorn State.
[C] The Texans share the same opinion with Napoleon about past events.
[D] The Texans would eventually reach an agreement on the choice of textbooks.

单选题 What's the author's main purpose in writing this passage?
[A] To describe the winners in history.
[B] To reveal the social problem in America.
[C] To give a brief account of Napoleon's opinion.
[D] To illustrate the textbook wars in the U. S.