With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the_21_ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy _22_ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he _23_cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that _24_ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26  achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school  27  he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28  by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They   29  more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30  seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31  I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was   34  of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35  to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
【小题1】
A.largestB.highestC.earliestD.latest
【小题2】
A.seldomB.hardlyC.alwaysD.almost
【小题3】
A.enjoyedB.neededC.madeD.kept
【小题4】
A.whileB.afterC.ifD.though
【小题5】
A.heartB.hopeC.bodyD.love
【小题6】
A.byB.forC.inD.from
【小题7】
A.asB.sinceC.untilD.before
【小题8】
A.pleasedB.beatenC.movedD.asked
【小题9】
A.usedB.spentC.tookD.wasted
【小题10】
A.HereB.ThereC.HeD.It
【小题11】
A.HoweverB.SometimesC.AgainD.Then
【小题12】
A.friendsB.helpersC.timeD.exercise
【小题13】
A.triedB.sawC.didD.met
【小题14】
A.thinkingB.talkingC.worriedD.proud
【小题15】
A.pointB.goC.turnD.hurry

 
George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隶). When he was still a baby, his mother was stolen. 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 allow   34  children to attend school. He studied in Missouri and Kansas   35  he finished high school. All this time he had to work to   36  his own expense(费用). 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(农业). 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 Alabama.
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 as well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers 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(能手) of  Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the   45  of 79.
【小题1】
A.animalsB.plantsC.buildingsD.photos
【小题2】
A.muchB.manyC.littleD.few
【小题3】
A.houseB.farmC.hospitalD.school
【小题4】
A.brownB.yellowC.blackD.white
【小题5】
A.whenB.untilC.forD.since
【小题6】
A.costB.spendC.payD.take
【小题7】
A.loveB.hateC.questionD.surprise
【小题8】
A.acceptedB.refusedC.understoodD.cared
【小题9】
A.situationsB.suggestionsC.playsD.plans
【小题10】
A.farmersB.scientistsC.doctorsD.inventors
【小题11】
A.helpfulB.harmfulC.carefulD.wonderful
【小题12】
A.pumpkinB.peanutC.cottonD.potato
【小题13】
A.soilB.waterC.airD.weather
【小题14】
A.seenB.lookC.foundD.called
【小题15】
A.timeB.yearC.ageD.season

It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink(下沉) far away from land. When this happens, the sailors(海员) have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die.

Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). He did not take any food or water with him.

Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.

Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.

He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.

1.Alain Bombard was ______.

A.an old sailor

B.a fisherman

C.a cook

D.a doctor

2.He wanted to show that _____.

A.sea water was dangerous

B.sailors often died

C.people could drink sea water and not die

D.fish were good for people

3.He went across ______.

A.a large ocean

B.a town

C.a boat

D.a ship

4. Dr. Bombard lived on ______.

A.sea water

B.food that he cooked

C.only fish

D.sea water, fish and small plants

5.The story is about _____.

A.drinking sea water

B.a dying sailor

C.a kind doctor

D.eating good food

 

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