Life in the Old South was very hard for slaves．Most slaves lived in small houses．They had large families, and even the children had to work in the fields．Most slaves dreamed of getting to the North and wanted to be free．

One day Harriet saw a slave trying to run away．Then she saw the keeper running after him with a whip (鞭子) ．Harriet stood in the keeper's way．The keeper took a weight and threw it at the slave．He hit Harriet above her eyes．It almost killed her．The scar on Harriet's head was an emblem (标记) of her will to fight for what she believed in．

The Fugitive (逃亡) Slave Law made Harriet's job harder．The law said that slaves could be caught even in the North．Harriet began leading slaves all the way into Canada．There they were safe．The law couldn't hurt them there．

When Harriet came for her mother and father, they were very old．Harriet was afraid they might not be able to make the trip．She got a horse．She and a friend made a wagon．She helped her mother and father ride to freedom．

41．The story mainly tells us about ____ ． [ ]

A．life of the slaves in the Old South

B．life to Harriet Tubman

C．Harriet Tubman's fight for freedom for the slaves

D．the Civil War

42．According to the story, which of the following statements is not true? [ ]

A．Harriet Tubman used to work as a nurse during the Civil War．

B．The weight hit Harriet in the head and left a scar on her head.

C．Harriet led slaves to Canada where the law couldn't hurt them．

D．The Fugitive Slave law protected running slaves in the North．

43．Slaves in the South wanted to run away to the North for ____ ． [ ]

A．making more money B．getting a better job

C．freedom D．bigger houses

44．The Fugitive Slave Law ____ ．[ ]

A．protected running slaves

B．set slaves free

C．offered good jobs for slaves

D．made Harriet's job more difficult

45．We can infer from the story that the author ____ ．[ ]

A．was in favor of (赞成) slavery

B．was supportive about Harriet's work

C．thought slaves were theated well in the North

D．thought the Fugitive Slave Law was good

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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR：

A MAN OF PEACE

Martin Luther King, Jr．was the son of a black Baptist (〈基督教新教〉浸礼会) preacher (牧师) ．His mother was a school teacher．Young Martin spent a fairly quiet childhood in Atlanta, Georgia．After high school, he went to college and studied to be a minister, like his father．Nobody could have guessed, in those days, the place in history that Martin Luther King, Jr．was to have．

It all started in Montgonery, Alabama on December 1, 1955．The buses in Montgomery were segregated (使分离) ．Black people had to sit in the back of the bus, or stand, if the back was full．One day, a black woman, Rose Parks, was returning home after a hard day's work．She sat in the front of the bus, and then refused to give up her seat to a white passenger who got on the bus after her．Rose Parks was arrested, and the black community of Montgomery was outraged (引起…的义愤) ．

Martin Luther King, Jr．persuaded the black citizens to protest (抗议) peacefully．He organized a boycott (联合抵制) of the bus service．For 381 days, the buses of Montgomery rolled back and forth on their routes, nearly empty．It was not easy for the blacks to give up riding the buses．For most of them, the buses were their only means of transportation (交通, 运输) ．They walked, rode in car pools even in horse-drawn wagons and the buses stayed empty．King and his followers were threatened (威胁) ．King's house was destroyed by a bomb．But still, the buses rolled in empty．At last, the bus company gave in．The law was changed．Martin Luther King, Jr, had won his first protest against injustice----peacefully．King be came a famous leader of non-violent demonstrations (非暴力示威) ．