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高一英语阅读理解(人物故事)专题训练答案及解析

一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类

1．阅读理解

Manypeoplecriticizetodaysnewspapersassensationalist,satisfyingthepublicsabnormal

curiosity.Butjournalismacenturyagowasjustasnotorious(臭名昭著).Publishersatthattime

routinelycompetedwitheachotherforwildstoriesthatcoulddrawinthemostreaders.

Meanwhile,itwasanidealatmosphereforacourageousreporterlikeNellieBlytospringinto

fame.

Bly,whosenamewasElizabethCorcoran,hadtoworktomakeherwayintheworld.Different

frommanywomenofthetime,however,sherefusedtolettheworkingworldscareheraway.

Herfirstbigopportunityasareportercamein1885aftershewroteanangryletterdenouncing

thePittsburghDispatchforanarticleithadruncriticizingwomenforcedtoworkoutsidethe

thesituationsoffemalefactoryworkers.Blycaredlessabouttheirjobsthantheirlivesafter

work-theiramusements,theirmotivations,theirfearsandambitions.Sheproducedanarticle

totallydifferentfromwhatotherreportersofthetimewerewriting:personal,thoughtful,

meaningful.

By1887BlyhadajobwiththeNewYorkWorld,oneoftheleaderpapersoftheday.She

quicklybecamefamousforundercoverstoriesaboutwomeninamentalhospital.Soonshehad

investigatedlifeasamaid,achorusgirl,andevenastreetgirl.Inherbest-knownbravedeeds,in

novel.Travelingbysteamship,train,evenricksha,Blyreportedfromeachstop.Aspellbound

nationhungoneveryword.Only25,Blyhadbecomeinternationallyfamous.

（1）Blysfirstnewspaperjobwas.

A.withtheNewYork