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
W: There are many interesting stories about how a baby learns to say its first word. Now, Mark, would you like to share your story with us
M: OK, here is my story. I was about 18 months old, I think. And I had just started saying my first word. Every time a truck went by, I shouted a word that sounded like "truck", but to everyone else it sounded nothing like it. My parents tried to correct me, but failed. Then about 3 months later, we traveled to New York.
As we were waiting for our plane at the airport, I looked out of a huge window. At that very moment, I saw the largest truck in the world. I had to tell someone about this. I turned to my father, who was standing next to about a thousand people waiting for flight, and screamed "Truck! Truck!" My father tried hard to shut me up, but I was so excited and I kept screaming my special word. My poor mother decided that she didn’t know this baby and ran to the lady’s room where she hid
A. She got angry with the father.
B. She was frightened by the noise.
C. She felt uneasy about the noisy baby.
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