Nelson Mandela
a. she had sacrificed a few dollars to her children.
b. her son bought a worthless piece of junk .
c. her son told her why he bought the piggy bank.
d. she lacked the time and money for the children.
44.the piggy bank atop the author's refrigerator reminds the author of her son's_______.
a. naughty
b. unselfishness
c. business
d. bad behavior
45. after knowing the reason why her son bought the piggy bank, the author probably felt________.
a. a bit angry
b. deeply touched
c. very discouraged
d quite excited
b
one of the sad stories in american history has something to do with slavery. for a short time between 1800 and 1865, british and american ships would go to africa and buy africans from people who forced young men and women to leave their villages. they were brought to coastal (沿海的）cities and put on ships which came to the states where cotton was grown. the american farmers would buy the africans and put them to work picking cottons. the africans had to work for these farmers all of their lives.
it was president abraham lincoln who signed a law that slavery was unfair to the africans. he thought all the black slaves should be set free. but the slave owners in the southern states did not agree with him. there was a fight over this disagreement and it was called the american civil war. the southern states lost the war and africans could now become free americans. however, 100 years after lincoln signed the law, some american blacks were not voting and did not have an equal chance to eat in a restaurant or ride on a bus.
it was martin luther king, an american minister who began the equal rights movement in the 1960's. he was successful in telling the american people that american blacks were still not equal. his most famous speech was given in the capital city of american, washington, d.c..
his speech, i have a dream, is now taught in most schools of the world. martin luther king became so famous that the american congress(國會) declared a special national day in his name in january. only two other americans, president george washington and president abraham lincoln, have a national holiday after their names.
though martin luther king was never a president, he turned a sad story into a happy one that american blacks could be equal to everyone else.