英语六级考试冲刺的练习阅读篇49
<p> <span word="Conditions">Conditions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Late">Late</span> <span word="Nineteenth">Nineteenth</span> <span word="Century">Century</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="slum">slum</span> <span word="dwellers">dwellers</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="foul">foul</span>-<span word="smelling">smelling</span> <span word="tenements">tenements</span> , <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="sweatshop">sweatshop</span> <span word="industries">industries</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remedy">remedy</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="change">change</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="tenements">tenements</span>, <span word="four">four</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="high">high</span>, <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="alleys">alleys</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="air">air</span>-<span word="shafts">shafts</span>. <span word="Only">Only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rooms">rooms</span> <span word="faced">faced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alley">alley</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rooms">rooms</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="neither">neither</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="air">air</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="plumbing">plumbing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="frequently">frequently</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="sink">sink</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="tenement">tenement</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="playgrounds">playgrounds</span>, <span word="no">no</span> <span word="parks">parks</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="schoolhouses">schoolhouses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="saloons">saloons</span> ; <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="plenty">plenty</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vice">vice</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crime">crime</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p> <span word="On">On</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Yorks">Yorks</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="Side">Side</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1888 <span word="was">was</span> 140 <span word="per">per</span> 1000. <span word="Today">Today</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="about">about</span> 7 <span word="per">per</span> 1000. <span word="Contagious">Contagious</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="typhoid">typhoid</span> <span word="fever">fever</span>, <span word="smallpox">smallpox</span>, <span word="diphtheria">diphtheria</span>, <span word="scarlet">scarlet</span> <span word="fever">fever</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tuberculosis">tuberculosis</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="frightful">frightful</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1890<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="Jacob">Jacob</span> <span word="Riis">Riis</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Danish">Danish</span> <span word="immigrant">immigrant</span>, <span word="began">began</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Murderers">Murderers</span> <span word="Alley">Alley</span>, <span word="Hells">Hells</span> <span word="Kitchen">Kitchen</span>, <span word="Poverty">Poverty</span> <span word="Gap">Gap</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Lung">Lung</span> <span word="Blocks">Blocks</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bowery">Bowery</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="How">How</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="Half">Half</span> <span word="Lives">Lives</span>, <span word="stirred">stirred</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conscience">conscience</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="vividly">vividly</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="exist">exist</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="lived">lived</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="equally">equally</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>. <span word="Hamlin">Hamlin</span> <span word="Garland">Garland</span>, <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="twentieth">twentieth</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span>, <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="graphically">graphically</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hardships">hardships</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="Border">Border</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="farm">farm</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="romance">romance</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="oclock">oclock</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="temperature">temperature</span> <span word="thirty">thirty</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="below">below</span> <span word="zero">zero</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="discipline">discipline</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span> <span word="warmed">warmed</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stovepipe">stovepipe</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="draw">draw</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="icy">icy</span> <span word="socks">socks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="frosty">frosty</span> <span word="boots">boots</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="milking">milking</span> <span word="cows">cows</span>. </p>
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