Passage Five
In terms of lives lost and property destroyed, the Civil War was the most terrible armed conflict Americans have ever known, but that has not prevented them from remembering it with enduring fondness. The Civil War remains the most written-about period in American history, and it provides boundless entertainment in the United States and around the world. Instead of an object lesson in the dangers of political polarization, racial inequality, and human cruelty, fans consider their favorite war an exercise in nobility--a bloodbath that somehow forged the unbreakable bonds of American national identity.
Most Civil War historians were reared in this romantic tradition, and they have yet to fully free themselves from it. They still view the struggle through rose- colored glasses, making excuses for flawed heroes who have the reputations they never deserved. With the publication of While in the Hands of the Enemy: Military Prisons of th
A. sadness
B. suspicion
C. horror
D. affection
The people who lives in the far North are called Eskimos(爱斯基摩托车人). In the world of ice and snow it is (21) to grow plants for food. The Eskimos must hunt and fish during the whole year to (22) themselves and their families with food.
In winter, they hunt the seal(海豹) (23) the polar(极地的) bear. When they hunt the seal, they (24) a hole in the ice and try to (25) the seal when it comes up to breathe.
In summer, the Eskimos hunt (26) animals, and they also hunt birds and catch fish.
(27) that is useful is saved. The Eskimos use the meat from animals for food. They melt(融化) the fat from their bodies and use the (28) as fuel(燃料). They make tools out of animals bones. The skin and furs of animals are used for making clothing.
If an Eskimo is (29) lucky, he may kill a whale(鲤鱼), (30) a dead whale may wash up on the shore near his house. The whale is an especially useful
A. Something
B. Everything
C. Anything
D. Nothing
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