Passage D
Time and time again,one may be warned,"Your name will be mud."Many have used the expression in the mistaken belief that it has something to do with the kind of dirt found in the streets or on unclean river bottoms.But the expression comes from the name of Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd,a physician who fixed the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth,the man who killed President Abraham Lincoln.Doctor Mudd treated Booth's injured legwithoutknowing who he was.
A small group helped Booth to plan Lincoln's murder(謀殺).They were all caught and sentenced to death or prison terms(監(jiān)禁).
Doctor Mudd had nothing to do with Lincoln's murder or with any of the men who had planned it.All seemed to show that he was an innocent(無(wú)辜的) man.But he had given some kind of help only to leave Booth to escape.This in itself was a crime then.And so,Doctor Mudd was sentenced to prison for life.
In prison,Doctor Mudd saved many prisoners and guards in a yellow fever outbreak.President Andrew Johnson set him free in 1869,after the doctor had spent almost four years in prison.
The murder of Lincoln was certainly a heavy blow to the American people.It filled them with bitterness that lasted many years.They hated Booth very much and they also hated anybody who had helped the murder in any way.Doctor Mudd was freed,but people never forgave(原諒) him and his name passed into American folk speech as something bad and hateful.The Mudd family had also suffered a lot because of the name until not long ago.
(1)The best title for this passage is BB.
A.Abraham Lincoln,the Great President for the American People
B.Your Name Will Be Mud
C.Social Problems in the U.S.jye.ai the 1860s
D.Old Law System of the U.S.
(2)From the last paragraph it can be inferred that BB.
A.Doctor Mudd has recently been set free
B.Doctor Mudd's innocence was declared
C.there will be more expressions with mud
D.the American people hate everyone who kills the president
(3)If it had not been for President Andrew Johnson,Doctor Mudd AA.
A.would have spent the rest of his life in prison
B.would have been sentenced to five years'prison life
C.would be a doctor forever
D.would not suffer a lot from the name
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【答案】B;B;A
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