In mid-February 1917 a
women’s movement independent
of political affiliation erupted in
Line New York City, the stronghold of
(5) the Socialist party in the United
states. Protesting against the high
cost of living, thousands of women
refused to buy chickens, fish, and
vegetables. The boycott shut.
(10) down much of the City’s foodstuffs
marketing for two weeks, riveting
public attention on the issue of ---------------------------Q26
food prices, which had increased
partly as a result of increased
(15) exports of food to Europe that had
been occurring since the outbreak
of the First World War. 一段在讲一个历史事件，纽约的妇女制止高物价。
By early 1917 the Socialist
party had established itself as a
(20) major political presence in New
York City. New York Socialists,
whose customary spheres of
struggle were electoral work and
trade union organizing, seized the
(25) opportunity and quickly organized
an extensive series of cost-of-
living protests designed to direct
the women’s movement toward
Socialist goals. Underneath the
(30) Socialists’ brief commitment to ------------------------------------Q25
cost-of-living organizing lay a
basic indifference to the issue
itself. While some Socialists did
view price protests as a direct
(35) step toward socialism, most ----------------------------------Q28
Socialists
ultimately sought to
divert the cost-of-living movement
into alternative channels of protest.
Union organizing, they argued,
(40) was the best method through which
to combat the high cost of living.
For others, cost-of-living or oganiz-
ing was valuable insofar as it led
women into the struggle for suf-
(45) frage, and similarly, the suffrage
struggle was valuable insofar as
it moved United States society
one step closer to socialism. 二段开始介绍New York Socialists，他们接下来的反应，和他们的真实目的。
Although New York’s Social-
(50) ists saw the cost-of-living issue -----------------------------Q27 承上启下，上段说的是how Socialists saw the cost-of-living issue, 相反的， 妇女是如何对待the issue
as, at best ,secondary or tertiary
to the real task at hand, the boy-
cotters, by sharp contrast, joined
the price protest movement out of
(55) an urgent and deeply felt commit-
ment to the cost-of-living issue.
A shared experience of swiftly
declining living standards caused
by rising food prices drove these
(60) women to protest. Consumer
organizing spoke directly to their
daily lives and concerns; they
saw cheaper food as a valuable
end in itself. Food price protests
(65) were these women’s way of orga-
nizing at their own workplace, as
workers whose occupation was
shopping and preparing food for
their families. 三段开始说，尽管Socialists别有企图，但是妇女抵制者还是加入了抗议，接着分析她们这个做的原因：1她们感受到了生活质量下降因为高物价，这些抗议帮她们说话，她们以为目的能够达到 2，物价抗议跟她们的工作有关系。
Q25 A
D选项说的socialists' attempt 文章没说。"most Socialists
ultimately sought to divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest. ”
Q26 C
关键词“food prices”
Q 27 A
二段说的Socialists是怎么看待cost-of-living issue. 三段妇女如何看待cost-of-living issue。
Q28 B | 
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