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【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后選項中選出能放入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。注意：將答案寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)題號下，寫在本試卷上無效。

Little Lady Starts Big War

Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book "Uncle Tom's Cabin."【1】The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress.

But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852. They sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and150,000 in England.【2】Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America's most popular play for 80 years. It might appear that "Uncle Tom's Cabins was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days--particularly defenders of the slavery system--condemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama (傳奇劇作品).

Harriet did have strong religious views against slavery (When asked how she came to write the book, she replied: "God wrote it."), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda.【3】

Though she was born in Connecticut in 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary (神學(xué)院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action.【4】 In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book.

Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system.【5】

In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet at the White House during the Civil War, he said, "So, this is the little lady who started this big war."

A She had read a lot about the slavery system.

B Today some historians think that it helped bring on the American Civil War.

C But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery.

D For a while it outsold every book in the world, except the Bible.

E But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success.

F She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college.

G She began her replies.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】D

【3】C

【4】F

【5】B

【解析】本文介紹了《湯姆叔叔的小屋》這本書，這本書非常暢銷，詳細的描述了奴隸制的罪惡，間接激發(fā)了美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的爆發(fā)。

【1】根據(jù)下文可知，出版商對她的作品持懷疑態(tài)度，而她自己也只是希望能賺到一條裙子的錢，所以他們都沒有想到這部作品能夠如此成功，故選E。

【2】根據(jù)上下文可知，此處講的是這本書的銷量特別好，除了圣經(jīng)之外，這本書比其他任何一本書賣的都好，故選D。

【3】根據(jù)上文可知，她使人們相信奴隸制是錯誤的，因此她在作品中詳細描述了奴隸制的罪惡，故選C。

【4】根據(jù)上下文可知，這一段講述的是她的生平經(jīng)歷，因此F項符合題意，故選F。

【5】根據(jù)上文可知，這本書的影響力很大，加強了反奴隸制的運動，也激怒了奴隸制度的維護者，因此有些歷史學(xué)家認為她也促進了美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的爆發(fā)，故選B。