II．认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题。根据短文的内容从四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共1 O小题，每小题2分，共 20分)
Passage 1
Agnes Miller was one of the earliest leaders of the women’s liberation movement in the United States. She was born on a farm in Missouri in 1892. She had a very happy life as a child. She was the only daughter and the youngest child of five. Her parents and her brothers always treated her as their favorite.
In 1896, the family moved to Chicago. Three years later they moved back to St. Louis where Agnes spent the rest of her childhood. She enjoyed her years in school and was an outstanding student of mathematics. She was also quite skillful as a painter.
It was when Agnes went off to college that she first became aware that women were not treated as equals. She didn’t like being treated unequally but she tried not to notice it. After graduating from college she tried to get a job in her major field-physics. She soon found it was almost impossible for a woman.
It took Agnes a full year to look for a job. Finally she gave up in anger. She began writing letters of protest to various newspapers. An editor in New York liked her ideas very much. He specially liked her style. He asked her to do a series of stories on the difficulties women had in finding a job.
She traveled to several large cities to write stories about them. Her articles began to appear in more and more newspapers. She decided to write a book in support of women’s liberation. The book became a bestseller. She also began to write detective stories and published several books of poetry. But it was her work on equal rights for women that provided most of her income. Although she never saw full equal rights for women, she never gave up her fight. And she showed many other women the way to continue the fight.
21. How many children did Mr. and Mrs. Miller have?
A. Only one. B. Four.
C. Five. D. Six.
22. When did Agnes Miller’s family moved back to St. Louis?
A. In 1892. B. In 1893.
C. In 1896. D. In 1899.
23. What subjects was Agnes Miller good at when she was in school?
A. Physics and painting. B. Mathematics and painting.
C. Writing and mathematics. D. Physics and writing.
24. What did Agnes Miller realize when she was in college?
A. Men and women were unequal.
B. It was impossible for a woman to be a scientist.
C. She could become a leader of women’s liberation.
D. She would not find a job after graduating from college.
25. According to last paragraph, Agnes Miller ______.
A. became rich because of her work on equal rights
B. did a lot of writing to support women’s liberation
C. succeeded in her fight for equal rights for women
D. also wrote detective stories and poetry
