33. On the issue of freedom of religion and theposition of the church, however, there was lessagreement among the leadership.
34. While most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism as the official religion of the new states,some sought to end the exclusion of other faiths.
35. Early promise to end Indian tribute and taxes onpeople of mixed orgin came much slower because thenew nations still needed the revenue such policiesproduced.
36. Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population wasunprepared for selfrule and the democracy.
【點撥】1) seek to do sth. 意為"嘗試或設法做某事"。2) maintain 意為"維持;維修;保養;堅持;斷言",該詞在句中為"維系"的含義。3) official 既可以作名詞,意為"官員",也可以作形容詞,意為"官方的;正式的;法定的",本句中意為"官方的"。
第35題:
【分析】多重復合句。主句主干為 Early promise camemuch slower。不定式結構 to end ... mixed origin 作promises 的后置定語; because 引導原因狀語從句,其中包含省略了引導詞的定語從句 such policiesproduced,該定語從句修飾 revenue。