Books that Moves the World

  Mrs.Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was born in 1811, was not literary(文學(xué))genius author like Charles Dickens, who did much to end terrible conditions in workhouse(濟(jì)貧院)he described so well at the beginning of Oliver Twist.Yet one of her books not only made her famous, but has been described as one that stirred the world, and played a part in bringing on a civil war and freeing the enslaved race.The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern State and finally won.The Southern states were the slave-owning states, and the matter of slavery was one of the quarrels between the two sides.

  This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom’s Cabin.There was a time when practically every English-speaking man, woman and child had read this novel that did so much to abolish slavery.Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting, if only to show how an enthusiastic(熱情的)writer can arouse people’s sympathies(同情).The author herself had neither been to the Southern states nor seen a slave.The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all stand for the true state of affairs, but the Northern American were wildly excited over it, and were so inspired by it that there were ready even to go to war to set slaves free.

(1)

The book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, ________.

[  ]

A.

made a race into slavery freely

B.

was not so great as Oliver Twist

C.

caused the American Civil War

D.

was written during the American Civil War

(2)

Mrs.Harriet Beecher Stowe ________.

[  ]

A.

didn’t write any other books except Uncle Tom’s cabin

B.

was once known to all the English-speaking people

C.

finish Uncle Tom’s Cabin in her fifties

D.

had once seen a slave

(3)

Which of the following is true according to the piece?

[  ]

A.

Dickens was another American writer

B.

All the Northern American went to the civil war to set the slaves free.

C.

“the book stirred the world” means the world developed a lot

D.

The two sides did not agree on slavery only.

(4)

The second paragraph tells us ________.

[  ]

A.

an enthusiastic writer can arouse people’s sympathies

B.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is out of sight now

C.

the Southern Americans have been angry at Uncle Tom’s Cabin

D.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin moves the world once

(5)

In the writer’s opinion, ________.

[  ]

A.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was as famous as Dickens

B.

there was no American Civil War without Uncle Tom’s Cabin

C.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the product of the American Civil War

D.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was sympathized by people

答案:1.C;2.B;3.C;4.D;5.A;
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C.

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