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　　Harriet Beecher Stowe had put her heart into her antislavery book, “Uncle Tom's Cabin”. But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big 1 . The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to share the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough 2 for her to buy a new silk dress.

　　But when the 3 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they were sold out in two days. In a year 300,000 copies were sold in 4 and 150,000 in England. For a while it was sold in 5 quantities than any other book in the world, 6 the Bible.

　　Within six months after it came out, a play was made 7 the book which ran 350 performances in New York and 8 America's most popular play for 80 years.

　　It might appear that “Uncle Tom' Cabin” was 9 popular, 10 this was certainly not true. Many people during those Pre-Civil War days--particularly defenders of the slavery system, considered it as 11 propaganda（宣傳）and poorly written drama.

　　Harriet did have strong religious views 12 slavery, and she tried to make people 13 slavery was wrong, 14 perhaps the book could be thought propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it exactly 15 the wrongdoing of slavery.

　　Though she was born in Connecticut in 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the office of president of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary（神學院）. Ohio was a 16 state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in 17 . She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe 18 her book.

　　Its vast influence（影響）strengthened the anti-slavery movement and 19 defenders of the slavery system. Today some historians think that it 20 to bring on the American Civil War.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

(1)A.success	B.failure	C.pleasure	D.victory
(2)A.room	B.cost	C.money	D.time
(3)A.last	B.second	C.next	D.first
(4)A.the United States	B.the world	C.Europe	D.Ohio
(5)A.less	B.large	C.greater	D.smaller
(6)A.except	B.besides	C.including	D.except for
(7)A.from	B.into	C.of	D.in
(8)A.lasted	B.remained	C.kept	D.continued
(9)A.partly	B.universally	C.totally	D.naturally
(10)A.and	B.since	C.for	D.but
(11)A.true	B.similar	C.common	D.false
(12)A.for	B.of	C.against	D.like
(13)A.awake	B.compare	C.remember	D.realize
(14)A.yet	B.because	C.so	D.however
(15)A.described	B.told	C.advertised	D.explained
(16)A.rich	B.free	C.poor	D.strict
(17)A.silence	B.order	C.action	D.movement
(18)A.finished	B.published	C.designed	D.began
(19)A.please	B.angered	C.encouraged	D.supported
(20)A.helped	B.caused	C.increased	D.prevented

Answer 1

答案：A;C;D;A;C;A;A;B;B;D;D;C;D;C;A;B;C;D;B;A
解析：

(1) 根據上文意思，開始，出版并不認為這本書會成功。

(2) 句中的意思是“她并沒有期望靠這本書掙很多的錢。

(3) 這里表示“第一批出版的5,000冊”。

(4) 文中的主人公是美國人，因此，書應該在美國發行。

(5) 根據空后的“that”可知，此處應用比較級。

(6) 本句意思是：《湯姆叔叔的小屋》一書的銷量比除了《圣經》以外的任何書都高。因此，A項正確。

(7) from表示“出自……地方”。

(8) remain和keep都有“處于……狀態”的意思，但remain和過去有聯系，“從過去到現在一直……”;keep和過去沒有聯系。根據句中的for 80 years, B項正確。

(9) universally副詞，“普遍地”。A、C、D項與本文意思不符。因此，B項正確。

(10) 根據后面句子的意思，這里應用轉折詞，表示前后意思的轉折，故D項正確。

(11) 根據上文意思，那些奴隸制度的捍衛者是反對這本書的，故D項正確。

(12)against表示“反對”，主人公的態度是反對奴隸制度。

(13) realize表示“意識到，認識到”，其他幾項的意思不符。

(14) 承上啟下，表示因果關系。

(15) describe表示“描寫，描述”,explain表示“解釋”，說明事實真相就用describe。因此，A項正確。

(16) 根據句的意思，Ohio是一個沒有實行奴隸制度的地方。

(17) in action固定搭配，意為“在行動，在進行，在實行”,A、B、D項意思與本文不符。故C正確。

(18) 根據上文“But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they were sold out in two days”,A、B項已淘汰，C項意思不符，D項正確。

(19) 根據前一句的意思，這本書促進了反奴隸制度動動的發展，所以B項正確。

(20) 根據歷史事實判斷。這本書只是起了一定的推動作用，并不是引起美國國內戰爭的導火線。因此，A項正確。