Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent (监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers’ houses or their children’s education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children’s education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
People came from all over the country to visit Owen’s factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. “If you give people good working conditions,” he thought, “they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people.”
1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was ______.
A. improving worker’s houses B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk D. providing children with good education
2.Owen’s experiment in the United States failed because ______.
A. he lost all his money as he expected B. he did not buy enough land for his future plan
C. people who visited it were not impressed D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
3.Owen did the following things EXPECT _______.
A. educate himself in his spare time B. buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland
C. encourage people to save money D. improve people’s working condition
I practised religion in this district. I used to find notes left in the collection basket of the church, beautiful notes about my homilies (布道) and about the writer’s thoughts on the daily readings. The 1attracted me. But it was a long time __2__I met the author of the notes.
One Sunday morning, I was 3that someone was waiting for me in the office, a young woman who said she 4all the notes. When I saw her I was 5, since I had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office. Her 6was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could hardly 7without pain. Her face was disfigured (畸形), so smiling was very 8for her.
We 9for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.
As it 10, we went to lunch several times, and we shared things about our 11. We spoke of authors we both had 12, and it was easy to tell that 13are a great love of hers.
She suffered from a disfigurement which cannot make her look 14. I know that her condition 15
her deeply. Yet there was a beauty to her that had nothing to do with 16. She was one to be listened to, whose words came from a wounded but 17heart. She possessed a fine tuned sense of beauty. Her only
18in life was the loss of a friend.
The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the 19for a glimpse of what it is that matters. She found 20and grace (优雅) and they befriended her, and showed her what is real.
1.A. questions B. words C. answers D. texts
2.A. since B. after C. when D. before
3.A. told B. warned C. informed D. showed
4.A. lost B. left C. dropped D. collected
5.A. shocked B. satisfied C. frightened D. disappointed
6.A. hand B. arm C. head D. body
7.A. stand B. smile C. say D. sit
8.A. pleasant B. bitter C. ugly D. difficult
9.A. chatted B. discussed C. drank D. greeted
10.A. turned out B. turned up C. came out D. came up
11.A. families B. beliefs C. hobbies D. lives
12.A. realized B. read C. met D. heard
13.A. friends B. churches C. writings D. books
14.A. friendly B. happy C. attractive D. wonderful
15.A. hurt B. impressed C. changed D. affected
16.A. fame B. wealth C. interest D. appearance
17.A. cheerful B. interesting C. loving D. exciting
18.A. defeat B. wonder C. fear D. defend
19.A. dream B. surface C. imagination D. time
20.A. success B. hope C. beauty D. help
______ made his mother worried.
A. The child was addicted to playing computer games
B. The child’s being addicted to playing computer games
C. The child’s being addicted to play computer games
D. The child addicted to playing computer games
I am not appealing for myself, but doing so ______ millions of fresh college graduates.
A. on behalf of B. in the opinion of C. with a view of D. in terms of
— Why was the summit (高峰会谈) held?
— ______.
A. Deal with the global warming. B. To deal with the global warming.
C. Dealing with the global warming. D. To have dealt with the global warming.
______ the youth ______ the rising sun, Mao Zedong expressed his great hope for the youth.
A. Comparing; with B. Compared; to C. Compared; with D. Comparing; to
