单选题
It was so hard to keep her eyes open. She had cleaned all day and now must rock the cradle into the night. Behind her slept the infant"s mother. Before her, the baby. Her hand rocked, and rocked, ever a little slower. She could force her wary eyes no longer. Her head drooped. And the cradle stopped. A moment later her brief repose was shattered by a flash of fiery pain as an angry lash whipped across her neck. The infant had begun to cry when the cradle stopped. The mother had woken. And Harriet Tubman, the slave girl, was for a season wide awake as adrenaline flooded her aching body. Little did anyone realize it, but those cruel lashes would ultimately work against those who imposed them; for in her trials, Harriet was learning the endurance she would need in later years as she spent many sleepless nights leading hundreds of slaves to freedom. Harriet"s own escape took place when she was in her early twenties. Rumor had it she and two of her brothers would be separated from their family and sent further south the following day, never to return. That night, Harriet and her brothers ran, guided only by the North Star and hearsay that "lovely white ladies" waited in the North to receive fugitives. Some distance into the night, Harriet"s brothers grew frightened. There was no logical basis for hope that they would make it. The North was so far away, and search parties would be after them in the morning. Harriet"s brothers gave up and turned back. She could not convince them to press on, but press on she did. Alone. Hiding by day and moving by night, appealing for food from those she prayed would be friendly—and were—Harriet crossed into free territory many days later. " I had crossed the line of which I had so long been dreaming, " Harriet recalled, " I was free; but there was no one to welcome me, ... I was a stranger in a strange land, and my home after all was down in the old cabin quarter, with the old folks, and my brothers and sisters. But to this solemn resolution I came; I was free, and they should be free also; I would make a home for them in the North, and the Lord helping me, I would bring them all there. " And this she did. She endured hunger and hardship, danger and difficulty, returning nineteen times to lead three to four hundred slaves to freedom—including all her family except one sister and her three children. When the Civil War began, Harriet served as a scout and hospital nurse for the Union Army without pay, helping to free hundreds more of her people. Aptly she came to be known as "Moses" among northerners and southerners alike. Toward the end of her life, as the first biography of Harriet Tubman"s life was being written, one of those who knew her well summed up Harriet"s character, saying "... Harriet"s willingness to endure hardship and face any danger for the sake of her poor followers was phenomenal. "
单选题
When freeing slaves, Harriet endured all the following except______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：由题干定位到第七段第二句“She endured hunger and hardship，danger and difficulty，returningnineteen times to lead three to four hundred slaves to freedom”可知，哈里特在解放奴隶过程中经历了饥饿(hunger)，苦难(hardship)和危险(danger)等，但没有凄凉(desolation)，正确答案为D，排除其他选项。
单选题
Harriet"s brothers turned back because______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：由题干定位到第五段前三句“Some distance into the night，Harriet"s brothers grew frightened．Therewas no logical basis for hope that they would make it．The North was so far away，and search parties would beafter them in the morning．”可知，哈里特的兄弟们是因为感觉逃脱无望才选择放弃的，并非没有食物、想念家人或害怕迷路，故A项符合文意。
单选题
According to the text, Harriet"s experience as slave could be a better basis for her______ later.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：由题干定位到第三段“Harriet was learning the endurance she would need in later years as．．．”可知，哈里特从这次经历中学会了忍耐，而这为她以后的经历打下基础，C项符合文意。health“健康”，optimism“乐观”，bravery“勇敢”，文中没有提及，均排除。
单选题
From the sixth paragraph, we can see that______.