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【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后选项中选出能放入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。注意：将答案写在答题卡上相应题号下，写在本试卷上无效。

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 (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 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 (神学院). 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】本文介绍了《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这本书，这本书非常畅销，详细的描述了奴隶制的罪恶，间接激发了美国内战的爆发。

【1】根据下文可知，出版商对她的作品持怀疑态度，而她自己也只是希望能赚到一条裙子的钱，所以他们都没有想到这部作品能够如此成功，故选E。

【2】根据上下文可知，此处讲的是这本书的销量特别好，除了圣经之外，这本书比其他任何一本书卖的都好，故选D。

【3】根据上文可知，她使人们相信奴隶制是错误的，因此她在作品中详细描述了奴隶制的罪恶，故选C。

【4】根据上下文可知，这一段讲述的是她的生平经历，因此F项符合题意，故选F。

【5】根据上文可知，这本书的影响力很大，加强了反奴隶制的运动，也激怒了奴隶制度的维护者，因此有些历史学家认为她也促进了美国内战的爆发，故选B。