大學英語四級文章閲讀及單詞連連看7

大家好！文章來自1996年6月試題。主要講勞工節的起源，選了第一段，生詞不多很簡單。這期目標是連連看和與這一段相關的兩道閲讀理解題。
　　The picnics, speeches, and (1)parades of today’s Labor Day were all part of the first celebration, held in New York City in 1882. Its (2)promoter was an Irish-American labor leader named peter J. McGuire. A (3)carpenter by trade, McGuire had worked since the age of eleven, and in 1882 was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (UBCJ). Approaching the City’s Central Labor Union that summer, he (4)proposed a holiday that would applaud（贊許）”the (5)industrial spirit-the great vital force of every nation,” On September 5 his suggestion bore fruit, as an (6)estimated 10,000 workers, many of them ignoring their bosses’ warnings, left work to march from Union square up Fifth Avenue to 42nd Street. The event gained national attention, and by 1893 thirty states had made Labor Day an annual holiday.
　　連連看
　　（下列abcdef是上文著色單詞的解釋，但順序已打亂。請找出正確的對應關系，按數字順序重新排列字母，如deacfb）
　　a.relating to industry or the people working in it
　　b.someone whose job is making and repairing wooden objects
　　c.someone who arranges and advertises concerts or sports events
　　d.to suggest something as a plan or course of action
　　e.a public celebration when musical bands, brightly decorated vehicles etc move down the street
　　f.a calculation of the value, size, amount etc of something
　　閲讀理解
　　56. Judging from the passage, McGuire was ____________.
　　A) a moderate labor leader
　　B) an extreme-anarchist in the labor movement
　　C) a devoted socialist fighting against exploitation of man by man
　　D) a firm anti-capitalist demanding the elimination of wage slavery
　　57. We can see from the first paragraph that the first Labor Day march _________.
　　A) immediately won nationwide support
　　B) involved workers from 30 states
　　C) was opposed by many factory owners
　　D) was organized by the UBCJ
　　答案：ecbdafAC
　　parade: n. *v. 檢閲,*
　　promoter: 發起人
　　carpenter: n. 木匠
　　propose:v. 計劃,打算,曏...提議
　　industrial: a. 工業的,産業的
　　estimate:n. 估計,估價v. 估計,估價,評價