The picnics, speeches, and parades of todays Labor Day were all part of the first celebration, held in New York City in 1882. Its promoter was an Irish-American labor leader named peter J. McGuire. A carpenter by trade, McGuire had worked since the age of eleven, and in 1882 was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners . Approaching the Citys Central Labor Union that summer, he proposed a holiday that would applaud(赞许)the industrial spirit-the great vital force of every nation, On September 5 his suggestion bore fruit, as an 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.
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(下列abcdef是上文着色单词的解释,但顺序已打乱。请找出正确的对应关系,按数字顺序重新排列字母,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
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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. 游行v. 检阅,游行
promoter: 发起人
carpenter: n. 木匠
propose:v. 计划,打算,向...提议
industrial: a. 工业的,产业的
estimate:n. 估计,估价v. 估计,估价,评价
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