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题源阅读第18期（难度40-55） 篇章1 “超级全能生”2019高考全国卷26省5月联考甲卷(A)B TL指数 42TL 全文长度 303 段落数 4 句子数 23 平均句长 13 难词比 7% 长/难句 0 建议用时 6-7min In the spring of 1870, a young man called Jacob Riis traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City, who came from Denmark. He was just twenty-one years old. In his first years in America it was difficult to get a job. Jacob Riis had to go from place to place seeking work. At last, Jacob Riis got a job writing for a newspaper in New York City. This was his chance. He finally found a profession that would lead to his life work—making the world a better place for poor people. The newspaper sent him to police headquarters for stories. There he saw life at its worst, especially in a very poor part of New York which was known as Mulberry Bend. People had no way of finding out how terrible the lives of people were in Mulberry Bend. But as a newspaper reporter, he could find the truth. And he wrote many stories about the life there. Riis started a personal war against slum houses(贫民窟), the sort he saw in Mulberry Bend. He also worked to get laws against child labor, and made sure that these laws were obeyed. And he helped establish centers for and fun for older people. His book,How the Other Half Lives, was published in 1890. He became famous. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, called Riis the most useful citizen in New York City. Riis continued to write about conditions that were in need of major reform. His twelve books, including Children of the Poor, helped improve conditions in the city. The books also made him popular as a speaker in other cities. Jacob Riis’s concern for the poor kept him so busy writing and speaking around the country that he ruined his health. He died in 1914. 1. What did Riis do to help people in Mulberry Bend? A. Made laws against child labor. B. Fought with the people in slum houses. C. Worked hard to change the poor’s living conditions there. D. Helped to found centers for young children and old people. 2.