吉林省长春市第二中学2022-2023学年高一暑假作业英语试题（一）

第一部分 阅读理解 2023 高一年级暑假作业英语科（一） 第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出最佳选项。 A Clara Barton was born in 1821. In those days, most women were expected to marry, have children and stay home to take care of them. Barton, however, became deeply involved in the world. As a young child, Clara had great difficulty studying and making friends. For most of Clara’s early years, she was taught at home. At age 15, she went to work in her brother David’s clothing factory. The factory soon burned, leaving her without a job. In 1839, Clara Barton passed the teacher’s test and began teaching near her home in North Oxford, Massachusetts. She became an extremely popular and respected teacher. After 16 years of teaching, she realized that she wanted more education. Very few universities accepted women in those days, so Clara went to a special school for girls in Massachusetts. While in that school, she became interested in public education. After graduating, she established the first public school in New Jersey. Clara Barton really began her life of caring for the sick when she was little. Her brother, David was seriously injured while helping build a barn. For two years. Clara Barton took care of David until he was healed. Clara Barton started her life as a nurse during the early days of the American Civil War in 1861. One day, she went to the train center in Washington to meet a group of soldiers from Massachusetts. Many of them had been her friends. She began taking care of them. Not long after, she left her office job and became a full-time nurse for the wounded. Clara Barton was a small woman, but she made a big difference in many lives. By the time of her death in 1912, she had begun a revolution that led to the right of women to do responsible work for society. Besides caring for thousands of wounded soldiers, she began the American Red Cross, reaching one of her major goals in life. 21. We can replace the underlined words “became deeply involved in”