4.【2011·河南许昌新乡平顶山第三次调研】 A  阅读理解

In many cultures, the wealthy hired servants or kept slaves to take care of their children．This is a true story of an ex-slave．

My mother was a cook in the house for about twenty-two years．She cooked for from twenty-five to thirty—five, taking the family and the slaves together．The slaves ate in the kitchen．After my mistress's （女主人） death, my mother was the only woman kept in the house．She took care of my master's children, some of whom were then quite small, and brought them up．One of the most trying senses I ever passed through, when I would have laid down my life to protect her if I had dared, was this: after she had raised my master's children, one of his daughters, a young girl, came into the kitchen one day, and for some unimportant things about the dinner, she struck my mother, who pushed her away, and she fell on the floor．Her father was not at home．When he came, which was while the slaves were eating in the kitchen, she told him about it．He came down, called my mother out, and, with a wooden stick, he beat her fifteen or twenty strokes, and then called his daughter and told her to take her satisfaction of her, and she did beat her until she was satisfied．Oh! It was dreadful, to see the girl whom my poor mother had taken care of from her childhood, thus beating her, and I must stand there, and did not dare to protect her．

56．From the second sentence in the second paragraph we can know _____．

A．the age Curry's mother was when she was a cook．

B．the number of people Curry's mother cooker for．

C．the years during which Curry's mother cooked．

D．a system of measurement not used nowadays．

57．Which word can best replace the underlined one "trying” ?

A．Troublesome．     B．Daring．           

C．Secure．           D．Painless．

58．By saying "take her satisfaction of her", the author means "_____"．

A．please her                     B．punish her until contented

C．show her the correct way             D．calm her

【答案】：BAB