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【題目】Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(監(jiān)工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.

When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers’ houses or their children’s education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.

Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.

People came from all over the country to visit Owen’s factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.

Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. “If you give people good working conditions”, he thought, “they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people.”

【1】For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____________.

A. improving worker’s houses

B. helping people to save money

C. preventing men from getting drunk

D. providing the children with a good education

【2】From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ___________.

A. into a rich family B. into a noble family

C. into a poor family D. into a middle class family

【3】We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until ___.

A. 1771 B. 1816 C. 1825 D. 1860

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文就Robert Owen的一生做傳，描述了他的傳奇一生，從中我們更能學到他的精神，這才是我們學習的精髓，內(nèi)容充滿社會正能量。

【1】D 本題考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)原文Above all（最重要的是）, he fixed his mind on the children's education.所以直接可以選出D項。

【2】C 本題考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)原文At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself.可以看出他年齡還小的時候就去打工，而且去圖書館自學。再根據(jù)He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks.他通過省下自己的酒錢去改善工廠的質(zhì)量，所以應該是出生在一個貧困的家庭。

【3】B 本題考查推理判斷。根據(jù)原文 In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.1816年他在英國開設了第一所免費小學，可以推斷出B項。