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( )40. A. anger B. hurry C. danger D. difficulty
( )41. A. because B. because of C. as D. for
( )42. A. broken B. given C. got D. passed
( )43. A. told B. wrote C. said D. spoke
( )44. A. help B. ask C. set D. take
( )45. A. about B. that C. what D. when
( )46. A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take
( )47. A. trips B. letters C. walks D. telegraphs
( )48. A. united B. fought C. quarrelled D. agreed
( )49. A. waited for B. searched for C. stood for D. looked for
( )50. A. behind B. in C. on D. before
四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题2分,共30分)。
阅读下列短文,然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项,并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。
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Dorothea Dix left home at an early age–of her own free will–to live with her
grandmother.
At fourteen, Dorothea was teaching school at Worcester, Massachusetts. A short time after she had begun teaching, she get up a school for young girls in her grandparents’ home. Stress was placed on moral character at Dorothea’s school, which she conducted until she was thirty-three.
She was forced to give up teaching at her grandparents’ home, however, when she became ill, a few years of inactivity followed.
In 1841 Dorothea began to teach again, accepting a Sunday school class in the East Cambridge, Massachusetts’ prison. Here she first came insane people locked up together with prisoners.
In those days insane people were treated even worse than prisoners. There were only a few madhouses in the entire country. Therefore prisons, poor houses, and houses of correction were used to keep the insane.
Dorothea Dix made a careful investigation of the inhuman treatment of the insane. It was considered unfeminine for a woman to devote herself to such work at this time. But this did not stop Dorothea Dix from providing proper medical care for the insane.
Gradually, because of her investigations, conditions were improved. More than thirty mental institutions were founded or rebuilt in the United States because of her hard work. Dorothea also spread her investigations to England and to other parts of Europe.
During the Civil War, Dorothea served as superintendent of woman hospital nurses in the Union army. When the war was over, she returned to her work of improving conditions for insane people.
( )51. This article is mainly about .
A. social problems of the nineteenth century
B. how Dorothea Dix got her education
C. how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to education
D. how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to the work improving conditions for
insane people
( )52. How did Dorothea Dix first realize the mistreatment of insane people?
A. Her grandmother treated the mistreatment of insane people.
B. She worked in an insane hospital as a young woman.
C. She taught Sunday school in a prison.
D. She was asked to investigate the problem.
( )53. Which of the following statements about Dorothea Dix is best supported by the passage?
A. She spent time studying law.
B. Her grandmother was teacher.
C. She considered most insane well treated.
D. Many people believed that her work was not proper.
( )54. How are the events of Dorothea Dix’s life presented in the passage?
A. In space order. B. In time order.
C. In alphabetical order. D. From greatest to least important.
B
It was Monday, Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and Wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she give the paper to her dog and said gently:
“Take this to the butcher, and he’s going to give you your breakfast today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s shop. It gave the
paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did as was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up immediately.
At midday, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again.
After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of
paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for
he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But the dog came again at four o’clock, And the same thing happened again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
( )55. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite .
A. cruelly B. kindly
C. badly D. unfairly
( )56. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
A. when he found the words on the paper were not very clear
B. because he happened to have sold out all the meat in his shop
C. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith
D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith
( )57. From its experience, the dog found that .
A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith’s words on it could bring上一页 [1] [2] [3] 下一页