“The pen is more powerful than the sword(劍).” 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. 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(喚起) people’s sympathies. 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 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.
41．According to the passage______.
A．every English-speaking person has read Uncle Tom's Cabin
B．Uncle Tom's Cabin was not very interesting
C．those who don't speak English cannot have read Uncle Tom's Cabin
D．the book Uncle Tom's Cabin did a great deal in the American Civil War
42．How old was Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe when her world famous book was published?
A．About sixty years old.    B．Over fifty years old.
C．In her forties.           D．Around twenty years old. 43.What do you learn about Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?        
A．She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War 
broke out.
B．She herself encouraged the Northern Americans to go to war to set the slaves free.
C．She was better as writing as swinging(揮舞)a sword.
D．She had once been a slave.
44．What can we learn from the passage?　　
A．We needn’t use weapons to fight things that are 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 .
41．D．42．C．43．A．44．C．
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41．D．　解析：此題考查中心歸納。Uncle Tom's Cabin不僅震驚了世界，而且成為美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)的一條導(dǎo)火線；它為黑奴的解放作出了很大貢獻(xiàn)。
42．C．　解析：此題考查細(xì)節(jié)推理。Beecher Stowe生于1811年，此書出版在美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)前(即1861年前)，故該書出版時(shí)她應(yīng)為四十多歲。
43．A． 解析：此題考查細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)。Uncle Tom's Cabin向世人披露了黑奴所受的非人的虐待；但作者本人卻從未去過南方；她也不是黑奴。
44．C．解析此題考查綜合推理能力。作者舉 Uncle Tom's Cabin ，此例的目的在于證明“The pen is more powerful than the sword”；在于證實(shí)文學(xué)、藝術(shù)對某事件發(fā)生、發(fā)展的影響；由此得知，作者的目的在于呼吁人們重視文學(xué)、藝術(shù)的重要性。
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