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阅读理解 　　John H．Johnson was born in a family in Arkansas City in 1918．His father died in an accident when John was six．He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high schools for the blacks． 　　Fortunately he has a strong-willed and caring mother．John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe．”She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother．“You have to earn success，”said she, “all the people who work hard don't succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard．” 　　These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education．She also knew that believing and working hard don't mean everything．So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son to Chicago． 　　Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for．John's mother could not find work．But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words－as an editor of a newspaper．His wish was to publish a magazine for the blacks． 　　While others discouraged him, John's mother offered him more words to live by：“Nothing beats a failure but a try．”She also let him sell her furniture to get the 500 dollars he needed to start the Negro magazine． 　　It's natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful．He always keeps his mother's words in mind．“Son, failure is not in your dictionary．”Now John H．Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America－worth 150 million dollars． (1) Why did John's mother decide to move to Chicago? Because ________． [　　] A． life in Chicago would be better for the blacks than for the whites B． John's father died in his hometown when John was very young C． there were no high schools for the blacks in their hometown D． John needed education and he could go to school there (2) The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________． [　　] A． if you try, you will surely succeed B． a try is always followed by a failure C． only by trying can you get out of failure D． a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try (3) We can learn from this passage that John's mother ________． [　　] A． didn't depend on others or give up easily B． thought success only came from working hard C． thought one could be whatever one wanted to be D． believed one would succeed without working hard (4) What can be inferred from this passage? [　　] A． If someone wants to be successful, he should always stand firm． B． Chicago was the promised land for the whites in 1933． C． John's father died in an accident during the war． D． John's mother was caring for him．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．C;3．A;4．A;
解析：

(1)	细节题。根据第1段…but his hometown offered no high school for the blacks可知母亲把他带到北方去是因为家乡没有向黑人提供教育的学校。
(2)	句意理解题。Nothing beats a failure but a try，从句子本身直译“除了尝试没有什么能击败失败”，其实这句意思是说“只有尝试(努力)才能避免失败”，因此答案选择C。
(3)	推理判断题。文章中杰克逊的母亲一直鼓励儿子努力进取，要勇敢尝试，不要畏惧困难，可见她本人肯定也是一位坚强勇敢，从来不依赖别人的人。
(4)	解析：推理判断题。杰克逊从一个一贫如洗的南方黑人经过自己努力而成为美国400个最富裕的人之一。从他的经历可看出一个人若想成功首先必须得有坚强的信念加上不懈的努力才行。 　　文章大意：作为一个南方黑人，想在白人世界干出一番事业是何等的困难，但在坚强、体贴，虽然只上过三年级但却睿智的母亲教育和关照下，杰克逊成功了。