单选题 通读下面的短文,掌握其大意。然后,从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of America’s 32nd president, Franklin Roosevelt.She helped her husband in many ways during his long
21 life.She also became one of the most
22 women in America.She fought for equal rights for all people.
Eleanor was born in New York City in 1884.Her family had great wealth.But Eleanor did not have a happy
23 .Her parents died when she was very young.She was raised by her grandmother.Eleanor
24 that as a child, her greatest happiness came from helping others.
In the early 1900s, many people were worried about the problems of
25 people who came to America in
26 of a better life.Eleanor could not
27 how people lived in such poor conditions while she and some others had so much
28 .
After she finished school, Eleanor began
29 children to read and write in one of the poorest areas of New York City.She also looked into
30 where workers were said to be badly
31 .She saw little children of four and five years old working until they
32 to the floor.She became involved(参与)with other women who
33 the same ideas about improving social conditions.
Franklin Roosevelt began
34 Eleanor when he was in New York.They got
35 in 1905.In the next eleven years, they had six children.The Roosevelt moved to Washington D.C.in 1913.____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.praising赞美(praise的ing形式);B.attacking攻击(attack的现在分词);C.visiting拜访,参观(visit的现在分词);D.controlling控制,管理(coutrol的ing形式)。根据下文,罗斯福是在纽约工作的时候与埃莉诺相识,他应是在那时期开始拜访埃莉诺。故选C。