Dorothea Dix left home at an early age of her own free will to live with her grandmother.
At fourteen,Dorothea was teaching school at Worcester,Massachusetts.A short time after she had begun teaching,she set up a school for young girls in her grandparents' home.Stress was placed on moral character at Dorothea's school,which she conducted until she was thirtythree.
She was forced to give up teaching at her grandparents home,however. When she became ill,a few years of inactivity followed.
In 1841 Dorothea began to teach again,accepting a Sunday school class in the East Cambridge,Massachusetts prison.Here she first met insane people(精神病患者)locked up together with prisoners.
In those days insane people were treated even worse than prisoners. There were only a few madhouses in the entire country.Therefore prisons,poor houses,and houses of correction were used to keep the insane.
Dorothea Dix made a careful investigation(调查)of the inhuman treatment of the insane.It was considered unfeminine(不适合女性的)for a woman to devote herself to such work at that time.But this did not stop Dorothea Dix from providing proper medical care for the insane.
Gradually,because of her investigation,conditions were improved.More than thirty mental institutions were founded or rebuilt in the United States because of her hard work.Dorothea also spread her investigations to England and to other parts of Europe.
During the Civil War,Dorothea served as superintendent(负责人)of woman hospital nurses in the Union army.When the war was over,she returned to her work of improving conditions for insane people.
根据文章内容，选择最佳答案。
26.This article is mainly about .
A.social problems of the nineteenth century
B.how Dorothea Dix got her education
C.how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to education
D.how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to the work of improving conditions for insane people
27.How did Dorothea Dix first realize the mistreatment of insane people?
A.Her grandmother treated the mistreatment of insane people.
B.She worked in an insane hospital as a young woman.
C.She taught Sunday school in a prison.
D.She was asked to investigate the problem.
28.Which of the following statements about Dorothea Dix is best supported by the passage?
A.She spent time studying law.
B.Her grandmother was a teacher.
C.She considered most insane well treated
D.Many people believed that her work wasn't proper
29.The writer implies that Dorothea Dix's work with the insane was interrupted because of .
A.an illness B.the Civil War C.her trip to England D.her grandmother's death
30.How are the events of Dorothea Dix's life presented in the passage?
A.In space order.
B.In time order.
C.In FLASHback order.
D.In the order of importance.
Key: 26.D 27.C 28.D 29.B 30.B
