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高考英语阅读系列（9） A Ida Tarbell was one of the first investigative reporters. She and other journalists wrote about the political, economic, and social wrongs in the early 1900s. President Theodore Roosevelt gave these writers the name muckraker. Ida Tarbell accepted the title as a mark of honor, for she thoroughly researched her subjects and carefully documented her findings. After graduating from Allegheny College, Ida Tarbell became head of a private school, where she also taught eight subjects. When her contract expired, she began writing magazine and newspaper articles and books. She wrote biographies of Manon Roland (a leader of the French Revolution), Napoleon Bonaparte, and Abraham Lincoln. Her most famous work, however, was The History of the Standard Oil Company, an expose of the corrupt business practices of the oil industry. When she began investigating the Standard Oil Company, she expected that her findings would fill about three articles. The first installment appeared in McClures Magazine in November 1902. By the time she had finished her investigation, she had written eighteen installments, the last of which appeared in October 1904. The articles were later combined into a two-volume book of 554 pages. Her research was thorough and her information accurate. She exposed the companys power and the corrupt practices it followed to achieve that power. Because of her findings, the movement to end the powerful monopolies was greatly strengthened. In 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States won its case to break the Standard Oil Company monopoly. 1. Judging from the context, the original meaning of the term muckraker in the first paragraph is _____. A) a reporter who writes about politics, economy, and social life B) a reporter who searches out and tell unpleaseant stories C) a reporter who is very careful in their reporting D) a reporter who is eagerly engaged in some research subjects Key； B。文章第一段中“muckraker”一词系由 muck（dirty thing, 污秽）与 raker（有哪些信誉好的足球投注网站者）组