Part II Reading Comprehension　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfin-ished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one andmark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.
　　根据短文内容，回答下面试题。
　　Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book," Uncle Tom' s Cab-in". But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. 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 1602, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. For a while it outsold(销得比…多) every book in the world, except the Bible.
　　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 55 years.
　　It might appear that" Uncle Tom's Cabin" 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(传奇剧作品).
　　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 per-haps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery.
　　Though she was born in Connecticut, 1582, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary( 神学院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1601,Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book.
　　Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. Today some historians(历史学家) think that it helped bring on the American Civil War.
　　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. "
　　第11题　 Before the publication of the book "Uncle Tom' s Cabin"__________.
　　A.Harriet knew that it would be a great success
　　B.the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expense
　　C.nobody knew that it would become a very popular book
　　D.no publisher wanted to publish this anti-slavery book
　　答案：C
　　第12题　Some people did not like "Uncle Tom' s Cabin" chiefly because__________.
　　A.the author was merely an unknown little lady
　　B.they thought it was mere propaganda
　　C.the book was poorly written
　　D.the book might lead to a terrible war
　　答案：B
　　第13题　Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to describe the evils of slavery because__________.
　　A.she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legal
　　B.she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery system
　　C.she had witnessed what happened under the slavery system
　　D.she had read a lot about the slavery system
　　答案：C
　　第14题　When Abraham Lincoln called Harriet "the little lady who started this big war", he__________.
　　A.thought that she was almost a war criminal
　　B.was talking about the great influence her book had produced
　　C.was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the war
　　D.was praising her for the contributions she had made during the war
　　答案：B
　　第15题　The walter wrote the passage in order to
　　A.expose the evils of the slavery system__________.　　B.condenm all kinds of war
　　C.describe people' s life in Harriet' s time　　D.tell us how Harriet wrote her famous book
　　答案：D
　　根据短文内容，回答下面试题。
　　"Equal pay for equal work" is a phrase used by the American women who feel that they are unfairly treated by society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.
　　Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for them to be paid more.
　　Some are even against married women working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take full-time jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing up children.
　　Women who disagree say they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and to have freedom to choose between work and home life, or a mixture of the two.
　　Women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.
　　第16题　The women use the phrase "equal pay for equal work" to ask society to__________.
　　A.pay men less than women
　　B.give women harder work
　　C.pay men and women the same amount of money for the same work
　　D.pay people more who do harder work
　　答案：C
　　第17题　Some people believe that__________.
　　A.women can' t do what men can
　　B.men have to work much harder than women
　　C.men can earn money more easily than women
　　D.men' s duties are different from women' s
　　答案：D
　　第18题　Some people holding even stronger opinions say that__________.
　　A.women should be kind to their husbands
　　B.women are too weak to take full-time jobs
　　C.home is the best pace for women
　　D.women should only take part-time jobs
　　答案：C
　　第19题　The women who disagree say that__________.
　　A.women need chances to go out of the home more often
　　B.women want more freedom in deciding what kind of life they want
　　C.women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes
　　D.if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men
　　答案：B
　　第20题　According to this passage some women want to give up__________.
　　A.their present position in society　　B.their marriage
　　C.their right to equal pay　　D.their home life
　　答案：A

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