Question

【題目】 Emmeline Pankhurst was born in England, in 1858.Back then British women couldn’t vote(投票)in elections(選舉), but men could.

As Emmeline___________she became interested in politics.She wanted to create a___________equal(平等的)society for women.She wanted women to have the same___________as men, such as the rights to get an education, to have a good job and, perhaps most importantly, the right to vote.

In 1888, the girls who worked at a factory in London stopped___________.They asked the owner of the factory to____________their terrible working conditions.Many of the girls were ill because they worked with ___________chemicals.

Emmeline___________The Women’s Social and Political Union in 1903.The Union was a group which fought for women’s rights,___________the right to vote.

In 1918, the British government gave women aged over 30 the right to vote,___________men could vote when they were 21.Women were finally___________to vote at the same age as men on June 14,1928.Emmeline Pankhurst is sometimes described as one of the most important people of the 20th century.

【1】A.hurried upB.grew upC.got upD.stood up

【2】A.worseB.betterC.moreD.less

【3】A.ideasB.thingsC.rightsD.reasons

【4】A.studyingB.learningC.playingD.working

【5】A.improveB.supportC.takeD.accept

【6】A.deliciousB.normalC.dangerousD.patient

【7】A.sent upB.set upC.looked upD.turned up

【8】A.onlyB.hardlyC.especiallyD.normally

【9】A.soB.althoughC.ifD.unless

【10】A.allowedB.askedC.refusedD.advised

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】B

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

本文講述了英國的Emmeline Pankhurst為了婦女權(quán)利而斗爭的故事。

【1】句意：隨著Emmeline的成長，她開始對政治感興趣。

A. hurried up快點，B. grew up成長，C. got up起床，D. stood up站起來。根據(jù)“she became interested in politics”可知，她變得對政治感興趣，因此表示她長大了。故選B。

【2】句意：她想要為婦女創(chuàng)造一個更平等的社會。

A. worse更糟的，B. better更好的，C. more更多的，D. less更少的。根據(jù)后文的“She wanted women to have the same_____3_____as men,”可知，她想要為婦女創(chuàng)造一個更平等的社會，表示形容詞equal的比較級，用more equal。故選C。

【3】句意：她想要婦女和男人有同樣的權(quán)利，例如獲教育，找好工作的權(quán)利，可能最重要的是投票權(quán)。

A. ideas主意，B. things事情，C. rights權(quán)利，D. reasons原因。根據(jù)后文的“such as the rights to get an education,”可知，此處指的是權(quán)利。故選C。

【4】句意：1888年，在倫敦一家工廠工作的女孩們停止了工作。

A. studying學習，B. learning學習，C. playing 玩，D. working工作。根據(jù)“who worked at a factory”可知，此處表示停止工作。故選D。

【5】句意：他們要求工廠的主人改善他們糟糕的工作條件。

A. improve提高，B. support 支持，C. take 拿走，D. accept接受。根據(jù)后文的“Many of the girls were ill because they worked with _____6_____chemicals.”可知，此處表示她們的工作條件不好，因此要求改善工作條件，故選A。

【6】句意：許多女孩生病了，因為她們與危險的化學品打交道。

A. delicious美味的，B. normal正常的，C. dangerous危險的，D. patient有耐心的。根據(jù)“Many of the girls were ill”可知，許多女孩生病了，因此她們與危險的化學品打交道，故選C。

【7】句意：埃米琳在1903年建立了婦女社會和政治聯(lián)盟。

A. sent up射出，B. set up建立，C. looked up抬頭看，D. turned up出現(xiàn)。根據(jù)賓語The Women’s Social and Political Union可知，此處表示建立了婦女社會和政治聯(lián)盟，故選B。

【8】句意：工會是一個爭取婦女權(quán)利，特別是投票權(quán)的組織。

A. only僅僅，B. hardly 幾乎不，C. especially尤其，D. normally正常地。根據(jù)前文的“perhaps most importantly, the right to vote.”可知，此處強調(diào)投票權(quán)，故選C。

【9】句意：1918年，英國政府賦予30歲以上的婦女投票權(quán)，而男人在21歲時就可以投票。

A. so所以，B. although盡管，C. if如果，D. unless除非。結(jié)合句意，男人在21歲可以投票，婦女在30歲以上可以投票，前后表示讓步關(guān)系，用連詞although，故選B。

【10】句意：1928年6月14日，婦女終于被允許在與男人相同的年齡投票。

A. allowed允許，B. asked詢問，C. refused拒絕，D. advised建議。根據(jù)前文的“In 1918, the British government gave women aged over 30 the right to vote,_____9_____men could vote when they were 21.”可知，男人和婦女投票的年齡不同，因此她為婦女權(quán)利而斗爭，婦女能被允許和男人有同樣年齡投票的權(quán)利。故選A。