阅读理解.Dear阅读理解.Dearall,PleasereadProfessorHume'semailabouthisnextlectureonRosaParks.SusanMillerSecretaryDearSusan,Pleaseforwardthismessagetostudentsofmyhistoryclass.Besidesthelif
阅读理解.Dear
阅读理解.Dearall,
PleasereadProfessorHume'semailabouthisnextlectureonRosaParks.
SusanMiller
Secretary
DearSusan,
Pleaseforwardthismessagetostudentsofmyhistoryclass.
BesidesthelifestoryofRosaParksinthetextbook,thestudentsarealsorequiredtoreadthepassage
belowandsomerelatedstoriesthatcanbeborrowedfromtheschoollibrary.
TedHume
TheearlyexperiencesofRosaParks(1913-2005),longknownasthe"motherofthecivilrightsmovement,
"werenotdifferentfromthoseofmanyAfrican-Americansatthattime.Theblackwoman,however,turned
thecourseofAmericanhistoryinDecember1955whensherefusedtogiveupherseatonabustoawhite
man."Bysittingdown,"remarkedJohnLewis,"shewasstandingupforallAmericans."
AmongthenumerousawardsParksreceivedinherlifewerethePresidentialMedalofFreedom(1996)and
theCongressionalGoldMedal(1999).
ParksdiedonOct.24,2005.AtSt.PaulA.M.E.ChurchinMontgomery,alargecrowdincluding
SecretaryofStateCondoleezzaRicecelebratedherlife.Ricesaidsheandothers,whogrewupwhenthe
politicalactivitiesofParksheldpublicattention,mightnothaverealizedherimpact(影响)ontheirlives,"but
IcanhonestlysaythatwithoutMrs.Parks,IprobablywouldnotbestandinghereasSecretaryofState."
Afterhercasket(灵柩)wasplacedattheCapitol,U.S.PresidentBush,membersofCongressandordinary
Americanspaidtheirrespects.InAmericanhistoryParksisthefirstwomantolieinstateattheCapitol,avery
highregardusuallyreservedforPresidentsoftheUnitedStates.1.WhatisthemainpurposeofSusan'semail?A.TomakearrangementsforProfessorHume'sclass.
B.TointroducetothestudentsRosaParks.
C.Tohelpthestudentsorganizealecture.
D.ToanswerProfessorHume'slastemail.2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"forward"m