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More than a century ago,workers were forced to deal with harsh conditions.They were paid very little, and they often worked 10-to l2-hour days.Men, women and even small children were forced to work even when they were sick.Tired of long hours and dangerous conditions,workers began organizing themselves into labor unions.On top of fighting for higher pay and shorter workdays,they also fought for the rights of children.The workers wanted employers to place limits on the age of their workers so that small children were not overworked or hurt in factories.
A New York City carpenter named Peter McGuire is credited for coming up with the idea for Labor Day.In 1872,after working many hours under poor conditions, McGuire rallied 100,000 workers to go on strike.The workers marched through the streets of New York City,demanding a better work environment.McGuire spent a decade fighting for workers’ rights.In 1882,he proposed the idea to create a special holiday for workers.On Tuesday,September 5,1882.more than 10,000 workers hit the streets of New York City for the first ever Labor Day parade.Two years later the celebration was moved to the first Monday in September.And in 1894,Congress passed a law making Labor Day a national holiday.
Americans celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade,picnics and fireworks.Today,many people hit the road to enjoy the last of their summer vacation.Others enjoy the long weekend with picnics,backyard barbecues or just rest and relaxation.However you spend Labor Day,remember that the holiday is a time to pay tribute (致敬)to the workers who have made America what it is today.
小题1:What do we know from Paragraph 1 ?
A.Americans have more than a day off on Labor Day. |
B.Many countries in the world celebrate Labor Day. |
C.Labor Day has a deep meaning for American laborers. |
D.Labor Day shows the social and economic power of America. |
A.American workers’ fighting against their employers. |
B.The bad life that American workers 1ed. |
C.How American employers treated their workers. |
D.The life that American workers ever expected. |
A.persuaded | B.supported | C.rewarded | D.gathered |
A.There were about 100,000 workers in New York City in 1872. |
B.Labor Day became a national holiday in 1884. |
C.In 1872 Labor Day was first put forward by McGuire. |
D.The first ever Labor Day parade was held in 1882. |
A.surprised | B.thankful |
C.dissatisfied | D.superior |
答案
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:D
小题1:B
解析
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试题【To many Americans,Labor Day marks the end of the summer,a day off from work and 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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In 1173, the people of Pisa, Italy, wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy. The city also needed a bell tower because the church did not have one.
However, there was a problem. As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added more floors, but they couldn’t figure out how to make it stop leaning.
It took almost 180 years to finish the tower. Since then, the tower has leaned by another millimeter every year. Today, the Leaning Tower has eight floors and is 54.5 meters tall. By 1990, it was leaning by about 4 meters to one side. It was also slowly sinking into the ground. Many people became worried that it would soon fall apart.
In 1998, repair works began on the tower, and by the end of 2001, it had been moved back by 45 centimeters. The tower will still lean, however, so it will need to be repaired again---in another 200 years.
小题1:why did the people of Pisa want to build the tower?
A.They needed a new church | B.They wanted to build the tallest tower in Tower | C.They needed a bell tower. | D. They wanted to build a leaning tower. |
A.from the first day it was built | B.after the first floor was built |
C.after the last floor was built | D.180 years after it was built |
A.in 1173 | B.in 1180 | C.in 1353 | D.in 1474 |
A.1 millimeter | B.45 centimeters | C.54.5 millimeters | D.4 meters |
A.It was sinking into the ground |
B.People were worried it might fall apart |
C.It was repaired between 1990 and 1998. |
D.It will need to be repaired again in 200 years. |
The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive artifact. It is, rather, the product of thousands of years’ development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.
Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.
Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems (图腾) before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.
These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1,000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.
小题1: The underlined word “ vulnerable” in paragraph 3 means _______.
A.easy to damage | B.likely to be protected |
C.impossible to make sure of | D.difficult to find |
A.could tell wind direction | B.could bring good luck to fighters |
C.were believed to stand for natural forces | D.were handed down by the ancestors |
A.He knows when it was sent to Europe. | B.He doubts where it started. |
C.He thinks it came from China. | D.He believes it was made in Egypt. |
A.The role of China in the spread of the national flag. |
B.The importance of modern flags. |
C.The use of modern flags in Europe. |
D.The second ancestor of the national flag. |
Before heading west, many women often spent their day doing nothing more than visiting, needlework, and the occasional gardening of flowers. Others were not from as wealthy families and had to work alongside their men as laborers. Neither type was in most cases prepared for the hardships that lay ahead.
Once they did reach their destination, the work was far from over. A house would need to be built. Women quickly learned to use all kinds of tools right alongside their husbands. At the first sign of spring, a garden would need to be planted. Pioneer women also had to deal with dangerous wild animals, including bears and lions. Indians were also a concern, and some did fall to their deaths by the Indians’ hand. Where were the men when all this was being done? Working the fields and mining were the two most usual occupations. Their remaining work, which there was plenty of, fell to the women and the oldest children if there were any.
Women who headed west learned quickly that there was much more to life than teas and visiting. They had no choice but to struggle for survival. This was their life.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?
A.Changes in the Gold Rush Period. |
B.New life in the West. |
C.Great people in American history. |
D.Pioneer women to the West. |
A.it was a real struggle for women to adapt to the hard life in the West |
B.it was not reasonable for women to give up their comfortable life |
C.it was a better choice for women to experience a new and hard life |
D.it was necessary for women to change their lifestyle completely |
A.They had no choice but to throw away many of their beloved things. |
B.They could not take their children along because of the hard journey. |
C.It was common that they lost their husbands in some accidents. |
D.They suffered from diseases or even lost their lives. |
A.building a house |
B.planting a garden |
C.driving wild animals away |
D.caring for the Indians |
In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage (短缺) of work , forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.
For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.
The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish song which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.
小题1:What does the author tell us in paragraph 1?
A.How the Irish fought against the English. |
B.How Ireland gained independence. |
C.How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland. |
D.How two “Irelands” came into being.. |
A.food shortages in the 1840s led to a decrease in population |
B.people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside |
C.it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker |
D.different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments |
A.the Irish character | B.Irish culture |
C.Irish musical instruments | D.a famous Irish writer |
A.Life in Ireland |
B.A Very Difficult History |
C.Ireland, Past and Present |
D.The Independence of Ireland |
As late as 1800, a woman’s only place was in her home. Women in business were unheard of. No respectable woman would dream of entering what was strictly a “man’s world”. Even if she would, what could she do? Men were sure that no woman could do a job well outside her home. This was a widely accepted idea. When the famous Bronte sisters began writing books in 1846, they had to resort to using men’s names as aliases.
Teaching was the first profession opened to women, soon after 1800. But even that was not easy for women to take because most high schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to take in women.
Nursing was regarded as a respectable profession for women only after Florence Nightingale won high credit for her nursing career and became famous. Miss Nightingale opened the first training school for nursing in 1860 in England.
The invention of typewriters in 1867 helped to bring women out of their homes to join the business world. Because women are careful and have nimble fingers, businessmen found that they were well suited to this kind of work.
By 1890, tens of thousands of women were working in schools, hospitals, shops, offices, and factories both in England and the States. Some even managed to become doctors or lawyers. The idea of women working in business and other circles was accepted.
小题1:Oberlin College was the first college in America _______.
A.where teaching was a profession only open to women |
B.where girls could get advanced education |
C.to train women to be teachers and nurses |
D.to accept women only as professors and students |
A.a doctor | B.a lawyer | C.a teacher | D.a businessman |
A.soon after 1800 | B.when Nightingale became famous |
C.at the beginning of this century | D.after the typewriter came into being |
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