69. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____.

A. active learning

B. passive learning

C. communication

D. knowledge

68. According to the passage, passive learning may occur in _______.

A. visiting an exhibition

B. solving a math problem

C. doing a medical experiment

D. doing scientific reasoning

67. We can infer from the story that the author______.

A. was in favor of slavery

B. was supportive about Harriet's work

C. thought the Fugitive Slave Law was good

D. thought slaves were treated well in the North

D

We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively(被动地). We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning.

We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. Conditioned as we are to passive learning, it’s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers.

Unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem. It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor(谣言).

Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesn’t show it to anyone. Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person. That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. Then the two written statements are compared. Typically, the original message has changed.

That’s what happens in daily life. The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then, too, most people listen imperfectly. And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping(打上标记)it with their own personal style. Yet those who hear it think they know.

This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be re-stated as fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts.

66. The Fugitive Slave Law______.

A. protected running slaves

B. set slaves free

C. offered good jobs for slaves

D. made Harriet's job more difficult

65. According to the story, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? ______.

A. Harriet Tubman used to work as a nurse during the Civil War.

B. The weight hit Harriet in the head and left a scar on her head.

C. Harriet led slaves to Canada where the law couldn't hurt them.

D. The Fugitive Slave Law protected running slaves in the North.

64. The story mainly tells us about______.

A. life of the slaves in the Old South

B. life of Harriet Tubman

C. Harriet Tubman's fight for freedom for the slaves

D. the Civil War

63. When the UFO came nearer to Libya, ______.

A. it disappeared all at once

B. it suddenly turned away and left

C. it was watched in the darkness

D. Bardens was looking at it

C

Harriet Tubman lived a life filled with adventure. Tubman worked with the Underground Railroad. She helped many slaves reach freedom in the North. She was a scout(侦察员)in the Civil War. She also worked as a nurse during the war.

Life in the Old South was very hard for slaves. Most slaves lived in small houses. They had large families, and even the children had to work in the fields. Most slaves dreamed of getting to the north. They wanted to be free.

One day Harriet saw a slave trying to run away. Then she saw the keeper running after him with a whip. Harriet stood in the keeper's way. The keeper took a weight and threw it at the slave. He hit Harriet above her eyes. It almost killed her. The scar(伤疤)on Harriet's head was an emblem(向征)of her will to fight for what she believed in.

The Fugitive(逃亡)Slave Law made Harriet's job harder. The law said that slaves could be caught even in the North. Harriet began leading slaves all the way into Canada. There they were safe. The law couldn't hurt them there.

When Harriet came for her mother and father, they were very old. Harriet was afraid they might not be able to make the trip. She got a horse. She and a friend made a wagon. She helped her mother and father ride to freedom.

62. The UFO looked like______.

A. smoke　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. light

C. a moving object　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a large plate

61. A UFO was seen one night______.

A. when they were walking across a yard to Bardens' room

B. while they were looking at the light

C. when Bardens noticed the moon appearing strange

D. while they were having dinner

60. The UFOs are______.

A. flying high up in the sky　　　 B. strange flying objects

C. difficult to believe　　　　　　 D. very interested