TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA
TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL DAN JAWABANNYA
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Humanitarian Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden,Maine,in 1802 At the age of 19,the established a school for girls,the Dix Mansion School,in Boston,but had to close it in 1835 due to her poor health.She wrote and published the first of many books for children in 1824.In 1841,Dix accepted an invitation to teach classes at a prison in East Cambridge,Massachusetts.She was deeply disturbed by the sight of mentally-ill persons thrown in the jail and treated like criminals.For the next eighteen months,she toured Massachusetts institutio where other mental patients wre confined and reported the shocking conditions she found to the state legislature.When improvements followed in Massacusetts,she turned her attention to the neighboring states and then to the West and South.
Dix's work was interrupted by the Civil War,she served as superintendent of women hospital nurses for the federal government.
Dix saw special hospitals for the mentally ill in some fifteen states.Although her plan to obtain public land for her cause failed,she aroused concern for the problem of mental ilness all over the United States as well as in Canada and Europe.
Dix's success was due to her independent and thorough research,her gentle but persistent manner,and her ability to secure the help of powerful and wealty supporters.
1.In what year was the Dix Mansion School closed?
a.1821
b.1824
c.1835
d.1841
2.Why did Dorothea Dix first go to a prison?
a.She taught classes there
b.She was sent there by the state legislature
c.She was convicted of a crime
d.She was doing research for a book
3.Where was Dorothea Dix first able to bring about reforms in the treatment of the mentally ill?
a.Canada
b.Massacusetts
c.The West and South
d.Europe
4.Doruthea Dix was NOT successful in her attempt to
a.become superintendent of nurses
b.publish books for children
c.arouse concern for the mentally ill
d.obtain public lands
5.At what point of the passage does the author discuss specific reasons for Dix's success?
a.Lines 7-8
b.Lines 9-10
c.Lines 11-12
d.Lines 14-15
reference:
TOEFL SUCCESS(PETERSON'S)
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