Question

George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave（奴隸）. When he was still a baby, his mother was dead. He was kept by his master.

     All his life George loved __31___. When he was only seven years old, he already knew so __32__about plants that people in his hometown called him “the plant doctor”.

George wanted to learn as much as he could, but there was no __33___for black children where he lived. When he was ten, he left home to find a town that would allowed __34___children to attend school. He studied in Misscari and kanses __35___he finished high school. All this time he had to work to __36___his own expenses(費用). He worked as a cook and opened his own laundry.

In 1890, George began college. At first he studied art, but he still had a ___37__ of plants. He began to study agriculture. After he graduated, the famous inventor Thomas Edison asked him to work in his lab but George ___38___. He had other __39___. He started an agricultural organization for black students in Ala----.

In those days, many __40__in the south grew only cotton. This was __41__to the soil(土壤). After a while the __42____would not grow well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmer in the south to grow plants like peanuts and sweet potatoes. These plants helped the __43___. Over the years he invented hundreds of ways to use these two plants.

George Washington Carver invented so many things that he was ___44__ “The wizard(奇才) of Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the __45___of 79

31. A. animals          B. plants           C. buildings   D. photos

32. A. much             B. many         C. little      D. few

33. A. house            B. farm             C. hospital         D. school

34. A. brown            B. yellow           C. black            D. white

35. A. when        B. until        C. for              D. since

36. A. cost        B. spend        C. pay              D. take

37. A. love        B. hate             C. question    D. surprise

38. A. accepted         B. refused      C. understood  D. cared

39. A. situations       B. suggestions      C. plays            D. plans

40. A. farmers     B. scientists       C. doctors      D. inventors

41. A. helpful          B. harmful          C. careful          D. wonderful

42. A. pumpkin     B. peanut           C. cotton           D. potato

43.A. soil         B. water            C. air              D. weather

44. A. seen        B. looked      C. found            D. called

45. A. time        B. year             C. age              D. season

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本篇短文講述了一個奴隸孤兒George自強不息的奮斗經(jīng)歷。他不僅自學(xué)成才，而且矢志為改善黑人同胞的生活努力。

31. B 根據(jù)后文可知George很喜歡植物，故選B。

32. A George對植物知道很多，many后面要跟可數(shù)名詞。

33. D句意是：George想盡可能多的學(xué)習(xí)，住的地方?jīng)]有黑人孩子的學(xué)校。

34. C結(jié)合上句可知他找到一所接受黑人孩子的學(xué)校。

35. B他在這兩個地方學(xué)習(xí)，直到高中畢業(yè)。Until，直到。

36. C 句意是：一直以來他必須自己工作（掙錢）支付學(xué)習(xí)的費用。cost, spend, take都是“花費”的意思，不符合句意。只有pay, 是“支付”的意思。

37. A 開始他學(xué)的藝術(shù)，但他仍然喜愛之物。通過上下文可知，他一直很喜愛植物。

38. B 根據(jù)前后文可知，他拒絕了愛迪生的邀請，故選B，refuse，拒絕。

39. D從下文看出，他拒絕愛迪生，是因為他有自己的計劃。

40. A句意是：在當(dāng)時，南方的農(nóng)民只種植棉花。

41. B 從下文看出，只種植棉花對土壤是有害的。故選B，harmful，有傷害的。

42. C 結(jié)合上下文可知，長時間只種植棉花，對土壤不利，棉花的生長也不好。

43. A 與上文對應(yīng)，種植這些植物對土壤是有利的。

44. D 句意：他發(fā)明了很多東西，因此被稱為塔斯基吉的能手。be called 被稱為。

45. C 固定用法 at the age of 在……歲時