四、閱讀測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】第一篇：Approximately 450 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign stillstands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New Testaments that bears his name. The King James Bible,one of the most printed books ever, transformed the English language.King James I inherited a contentious religious situation. Just about 50 years before he came to power, Queen ElizabethI’s half-sister, Queen Mary I, a Catholic, had executed nearly 250 Protestants during her short reign. As her successor,Elizabeth affirmed the legitimacy of her father Henry VIII’s Anglican Church, but maintained a settlement by whichProtestants and Puritans were allowed to practice their own varieties of the religion. The Anglican Church was thus underattack from Puritans and Calvinists seeking to do away with bishops and their hierarchy. Eventually, in the 1640s, these bitterdisputes would become catalysts of the English Civil War. But during James’ reign, they were expressed in a very differentforum: translation.Translations of ancient texts exploded in the 15th century. Scholars in Italy, Holland and elsewhere perfected the Latin ofCicero and learned Greek and Hebrew. The “rediscovery” of these languages and the advent of printing allowed access toknowledge not only secular (the pagan Classics) but also sacred (the Bible in its original languages). The new market fortranslated texts created an urgent demand for individuals capable of reading the ancient languages. Protestant scholars usedtheir new learning to render the Bible into common tongues, meant to give people a more direct relationship with God. Theresult, in England, was the publication of translations starting with William Tyndale’s 1526 Bible and culminating in theso-called “Geneva Bible” completed by Calvinists whom Queen Mary had exiled to Switzerland.In 1604, King James sought to unite these factions through one universally accepted text. The idea was proposed by aPuritan, John Rainolds who hoped that James would turn his face against the Bishops’ Bible, but his plan backfired when theKing insisted that the new translation be based on it and condemned the notes of the Geneva translation. Though disappointed,Rainolds pressed on and was charged with producing a translation of the Prophets. He set about his work with a committee, asfive similar committees elsewhere rendered different books of the Bible. These scholars examined every word to determine themost suitable turns of phrase before sending their work to colleagues for confirmation. Rainolds, dying in 1607, never saw thepublication of his great work four years later.
41. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) How the King James Bible came to be.
(B) Why King James I fought the religious wars.
(C) What King James I did for the Anglican Church.
(D) Where the original King James Bible was kept.