2019年公共英语三级试题:完形填空(11)
Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn’t get a chance to go to school. 1 a child, she had to work very hard in the fields 2 day. In this 3 her master could 4 a lot of money when he 5 his crops. Harriet 6 think that she was being treated fairly.
After Harriet grew up, she ran away from the farm to the northern states. There, and in Canada, black people were free. Harriet liked to be free, she felt 7 all of the black people who were 8 slaves.
Harriet returned to the south to help other slaves to run away. She made sure they got to 9 .
Harriet was in great 10 11 a law that had just been 12 . The law 13 it was not permitted to 14 slaves run away. She also found out 15 slave owners said they would 16 $40,000 to anyone who could catch H. Tubman.
There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen 17 back to the south and led about 300 slaves to freedom. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states 18 against the southern states. Harriet 19 the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied 20 enemy lines until the northern states won the war.
1. A. As B. Like C. Since D. Because of
2. A. by B. most C. all D. during
3. A. way B. place C. town D. means
4. A. make B. do C. give D. pay
5. A sell B. sold C. buy D. bought
6. A. did B. didn’t C. certainly D. of course
7. A. sure B. sorry C. happy D. wrong
8. A. yet B. only C. again D. still
9. A. the north B. the west C. the east D. the south
10. A. anger B. hurry C. danger D. difficulty
11. A. because B. because of C. as D. for
12. A. broken B. given C. got D. passed
13. A. told B. wrote C. said D. spoke
14. A. help B. ask C. set D. take
15. A. about B. that C. what D. when
16. A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take
17. A. trips B. letters C. walks D. telegraphs
18. A. united B. fought C. quarreled D. agreed
19. A. waited for B. searched for C. stood for D. looked for
20. A. behind B. in C. on D. before
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