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“The pen is more powerful than the sword.” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.

She was born in the U.S.A. in 1811.One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world，and was helpful in causing 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 States and finally won.

This book that shook the world was called "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Begun as a serial for the Washington anti-slavery weekly, the National Era, it focused public interest on the problem of slavery, and was deeply controversial(争议的). In writing the book, Stowe drew on her personal experience: she was familiar with slavery, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad, because Kentucky, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio, where Stowe had lived, was a slave state.

There was a time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse（唤起）people's sympathies（同情）. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent（描述）true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it, and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.

Following publication of the book, she became well- known, speaking against slavery both in America and Europe.

In 1862, when she visited President Lincoln, it was said that he greeted her as “the little lady who made this big war”: the war between the states.

49. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was________when her world famous book was published.

A. about sixty years old                                 B. around fifty years old

C. in her forties                                                D. around twenty years old

50. What do we learn about Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe from the text?

A. she had been living in a state where slaves were kept.

B. she herself encouraged the Northern Americans to go to war to set the slaves free.

C. she was better at writing than at swinging a sword.

D. she had once been a slave.

51. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book caused the civil war because________.

A. she wrote so well that Americans loved her very much.

B. she disclosed the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States.

C. the Southern Americans hated the book, while the Northern Americans liked it.

D. the book had been read by many Americans.

52. What can we learn from the text?

A. it isn’t necessary to use weapons to fight things that were wrong.

B. A writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.

C. We must understand the importance of literature and art.

D. No war can be won without such a book as Uncle Tom's Cabin

Answer 1

 49---52   BABC