首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Dorothea Dix left home at an early age — of her own free will
[originaltext] Dorothea Dix left home at an early age — of her own free will
游客
2024-04-29
24
管理
问题
Dorothea Dix left home at an early age — of her own free will — to live with her grandmother.
At fourteen, Dorothea Dix was teaching school at Worcester, Massachusetts. A short time after she had begun teaching, she established a school for young girls in her grandparents’ home. Stress was placed on moral character at Dorothea Dix’s school, which she conducted until she was thirty-three.
She was forced to give up teaching in her grandparents’ home, however, when she became ill. A few years of inactivity followed. In 1841 Dorothea Dix began to teach again, accepting a Sunday school class in the East Cambridge, Massachusetts’ jail. Here, she first came upon insane people locked up together with criminals.
In those days, insane people were treated even worse than criminals. There were only a few asylums in the entire country. Therefore, jails, poor houses and houses of correction were used to confine the insane.
Dorothea Dix made a careful investigation of the inhuman treatment of the insane. It was considered unfeminine for a woman to devote herself to such work at this time. But this did not stop Dorothea Dix in her efforts to provide proper medical care for the insane.
Gradually, because of her investigations, conditions were improved. More than thirty mental institutions were founded or reestablished in the United States because of her efforts. Dorothea also extended her investigations to England and to other parts of Europe.
During the Civil War, Dorothea served as superintendent of women hospital nurses in the Union Army. When the war was over, she returned to her work of improving conditions for insane people.
29. How did Dorothea Dix first become aware of the mistreatment of insane people?
30. Which of the following statements about Dorothea Dix is true, according to the passage?
31. What interrupted Dorothea Dix’s work with the insane?
选项
A、Her illness.
B、The Civil War.
C、Her trip to England.
D、Her grandmother’s death.
答案
B
解析
推断题。文章结尾处提到,南北战争期间(the Civil War),Dorothea在联盟军中担任女子医院护士长,战后才又继续改善精神病人的状况的工作(returned to her work),由此可推断the Civil War使她的工作不得不中断,故答案为[B]。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3575716.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Everyone’stastebudsaredifferent.That’swhysomepeoplec
[originaltext]Everyone’stastebudsaredifferent.That’swhysomepeoplec
[originaltext]Everyone’stastebudsaredifferent.That’swhysomepeoplec
[originaltext]Stockbrokers,automobiledealers,mailcarriers,insurancean
[originaltext]FormorethansixmillionAmericanchildren,cominghomeafte
[originaltext]W:(19)IcametotalktoyoubecauseIwanttoapplyforaschola
[originaltext]W:WouldyouliketojointheOlympicVolunteers’League?M:Am
[originaltext]W:WouldyouliketojointheOlympicVolunteers’League?M:Am
[originaltext]M:MissCatherine,howlonghasthistoothbeengivingyoupain?
[originaltext]M:MissCatherine,howlonghasthistoothbeengivingyoupain?
随机试题
Locusts,whichcanconsumetheirownweightinfoodeachday,havealargen
Itisnogoodtryingto______theconsequencescausedinthedamage.A、calculate
[originaltext]W:OurlecturetodayisgivenbyProfessorBarton.He’sgoingto
Judgingfromrecentsurveys,mostexpertsinsleepbehaviouragreethatther
C
(2014初) (一)资料 甲公司2013年12月31日简化的资产负
鼓室( )A、是与外界不通的小腔 B、后壁叫迷路壁 C、前壁为颈静脉壁
麦门冬汤与养阴清肺汤两方组成中均含有的药物是()A.细生地黄人参 B.麦
男性,47岁,诊断为右上叶肺癌。其临床表现中属于肺外症状的是A.骨关节痛 B.
背景资料: 某河道疏浚工程批复投资1500万元,项目法人按照《水利水电工程
最新回复
(
0
)