【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 D. hates her parents very much 2. We can infer from the first letter that . A. Joan considers her friends more important than her privacy B. Joan’s friends visit her more often than she can accept C. Joan doesn’t like the parties at all D. Joan dislikes the boyfriends her friends bring over 3. According to Edward, why can’t Joan tell her friends her feelings? A. She is afraid of hurting her friends. B. She does not understand true friendship. C. Her family experience stops her from doing so. D. She does not put her needs first. underlined word “conflict” in the second letter means . A. dependent life B. fierce fight C. bad manners D. painful feeling 5. The second letter suggests that Edward . A. is worried about Joan’s problem B. warns Joan not to quarrel with her friends C. advises Joan on how to refuse people D. encourages Joan to be brave enough B “The pen is more powerful than the sword.” 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 . in 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 Tom39。s Cabin. There was time when every Englishspeaking 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 warmhearted writer can arouse(喚起 )people39。s sympathies(同情 ).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(描述 )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. 1. According to the passage____. A. every Englishspeaking person has read Uncle Tom39。s Cabin B. Uncle Tom39。s Cabin was not very interesting C. those who don39。t speak English cannot have read Uncle Tom39。s Cabin D. the book Uncle Tom39。s Cabin did a great deal in the American Civil War 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Why could Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe39。s book cause a civil war in America A. She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much. B. She disclosed the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States. C. The southern Americans hated the book while the northern Americans like it. D. The book had been read by many Americans. 5. What can we learn from the passage A. We needn39。t use weapons(武器 )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(文學(xué) ) and art. D. No war can be won without such a book as 〝 Uncle Tom39。s Cabin. C AIDS? Threat to Asia Grows NEW DELHIJust a few years ago. Mala was a typical middleclass Indian housewife. She cooked,cleaned and looked after her two small children. Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS。 she was found out HIVpositive（愛滋病病毒檢驗呈陽性反應(yīng)） and her motherinlaw took her children away from her, saying they would get the disease. “When friends dropped for a visit, she would introduce me, saying, ?She is my son?s widow. She has AIDS,?”said Mala. AIDS is now described as “explosive(炸藥 )“ around the world. A study of a hospital in the port city of Durban in South Africa, where the world?s biggest and Africa?s first AIDS conference opened last Sunday, found that almost half the beds in medical wards(病房 ) were