摘要: A. led to B. pointed to C. stuck to D. puzzled

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In 1930, a young African American, Vivien T. Thomas, a professional carpenter, was hired as a lab assistant by a famous white doctor named Dr. Alfred Blalock. Although he 26 went to college, he had an enormous 27 to learn and explore the power of knowledge. Whenever Dr. Blalock left his office, young Thomas used to 28 study the medical books on the shelves of the office.   

Thomas 29 a great interest in learning more and more about 30 when he started to assist Blalock during his practice of surgeries on dogs. 31 Dr. Blalock understood Thomas’s ability to help him perform a complicated surgery, he still did not 32 Thomas as a smart person because of the social 33 of prejudice towards African Americans.

Dr. Blalock wanted to 34 to believe that Thomas was just a(n) 35 by profession and a lab assistant. Employees, white or black, at the hospital could not     36 that an African American, Thomas, could run the lab. He was the 37 and thus a history maker.

In those days, the society expected that black people were 38 to be janitors (管理员). Despite this reality, Thomas’ cleverness, perseverance, and passion had 39 a need in Dr. Blalock’s mind. Thomas ran John Hopkins Hospital’s surgical (外科的) lab 40 Dr. Blalock. At the time, all other 41 employees in the hospital were janitors. Dr. Blalock and Thomas became a 42 and conducted a joint research that 43 the first heart surgery performed at John Hopkins University Hospital in 1941.

Many years later, Thomas’s contribution was 44 and he was eventually awarded an honorary doctorate, for his creative work in the 45 procedures of modern cardiac(心脏病的) surgery. As he became Dr. Thomas, he also inspired and lifted the confidence of the future generation. He used his knowledge for the betterment of humankind.

26. A. always

B. often

C. occasionally

D. never

27. A. chance

B. desire

C. income

D. success

28. A. secretly

B. publicly

C. nervously

D. proudly

29. A. discovered

B. avoided

C. developed

D. protected

30. A. literature

B. medicine

C. politics

D. history

31. A. While

B. When

C. As

D. Because

32. A. praise

B. reward

C. criticize

D. accept

33. A. benefit

B. position

C. pressure

D. revolution

34. A. agree

B. continue

C. regret

D. remember

35. A. carpenter

B. professor

C. engineer

D. scientist

36. A. promise

B. argue

C. explain

D. understand

37. A. next

B. last

C. first

D. same

38. A. hardly

B. merely

C. luckily

D. mostly

39. A. created

B. searched

C. built

D. missed

40. A. over

B. above

C. without

D. under

41. A. common

B. noble

C. black

D. poor

42. A. unit

B. team

C. family

D. system

43. A. led to

B. resulted from

C. accounted for

D. gave up

44. A. changed

B. followed

C. exhibited

D. recognized

45. A. pioneering

B. surprising

C. interesting

D. worrying

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  Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming.Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would   1   him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it   2  .But Henry proved a   3  .He hated farm work and did everything he could to   4   it.It was not that he was lazy.  5   from it!Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending a gate to sharpening tools,   6   he would set to work eagerly.It was the daily life of the farm, with its dull tasks,   7   upset him.

  Henry was excited by the development in technology that could   8   farmers like his father from wasteful and   9   labor.But these developments, in Henry’s boyhood, had touched farming   10   at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done.So Henry   11   his attention elsewhere.When he was twelve, he became   12   in clocks and watches.Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom.

  In 1876, Henry suffered a serious   13  .His mother died in childbirth.  14   was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he   15   to get away as soon as he could.Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit.  16   this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination.Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen.

  A chance meeting with an old-work   17   a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company.When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life.

  Henry learned   18   a slow, pains taking business it was to build an engine by hand.Every piece of every part had to be made individually, checked and rechecked, and tested.  19   the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop.Even so.it was two years   20   they succeeded in building a working car.Henry called it“Quadricycle.”(四轮驱动脚踏车)

(1)

[  ]

A.

learn

B.

find

C.

work

D.

join

(2)

[  ]

A.

away

B.

down

C.

over

D.

off

(3)

[  ]

A.

success

B.

discouragement

C.

surprise

D.

disappointment

(4)

[  ]

A.

do

B.

avoid

C.

work

D.

make

(5)

[  ]

A.

Apart

B.

Far

C.

Free

D.

Aside

(6)

[  ]

A.

and

B.

or

C.

otherwise

D.

so

(7)

[  ]

A.

that

B.

which

C.

what

D.

where

(8)

[  ]

A.

prevent

B.

free

C.

take

D.

bring

(9)

[  ]

A.

boring

B.

exciting

C.

funny

D.

inspiring

(10)

[  ]

A.

almost

B.

something

C.

hardly

D.

always

(11)

[  ]

A.

drew

B.

caught

C.

turned

D.

attracted

(12)

[  ]

A.

worried

B.

interested

C.

upset

D.

bored

(13)

[  ]

A.

disease

B.

blow

C.

beat

D.

defeat

(14)

[  ]

A.

It

B.

There

C.

This

D.

That

(15)

[  ]

A.

decided

B.

avoided

C.

stuck

D.

took

(16)

[  ]

A.

At

B.

Afar

C.

In

D.

By

(17)

[  ]

A.

attended to

B.

related to

C.

turned to

D.

led to

(18)

[  ]

A.

how

B.

what

C.

why

D.

where

(19)

[  ]

A.

To reduce

B.

To bear

C.

To carry

D.

To place

(20)

[  ]

A.

when

B.

before

C.

after

D.

unless

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  About ten years ago, I was on a plane going west, and a young woman boarded and sat across the aisle(过道)from me.I   1   her for two reasons.She was very attractive, and she was holding a teddy bear about half her   2  .I teased her by asking if she had a   3   for the bear.She laughed and said no.

  About halfway through the flight she   4   over and told me she was going to Tucson to enter rehab(进行康复治疗).She   5   to share her life story with me.She had been working as a dancer in a nightclub.That   6   had led her down a dark   7   to drugs and alcohol.As I listened to her story.I was   8   at all she had gone through.I listened to all she shared and told her I was sure she was going to   9   it.At the end of the flight, she   10   me for listening to her.

  A few years later, I got a   11   in the mail saying, “Wow, it's been years since we met on that plane.It is   12   how you touched my life.” She went on to tell me that she had   13   to stay away from drugs, and had been working for a radio station.She felt she had achieved things she could not have   14   that day on the plane.We agreed to set up a time to get   15  

  When I saw her, she was   16   the attractive young woman I remembered.She told me that that little   17   we had had turned her life around.She had boarded the plane   18   anything would work in her life, and my affirmation(肯定)of her as a person and of her   19   had given her the last bit of   20   she needed to work through her problems.

  The young woman taught me it's never too late to make a new start in life.

(1)

[  ]

A.

found

B.

helped

C.

recognized

D.

noticed

(2)

[  ]

A.

shape

B.

size

C.

weight

D.

leg

(3)

[  ]

A.

name

B.

friend

C.

ticket

D.

cloth

(4)

[  ]

A.

moved

B.

leaned

C.

looked

D.

pulled

(5)

[  ]

A.

agreed

B.

learned

C.

continued

D.

refused

(6)

[  ]

A.

manner

B.

feeling

C.

event

D.

lifestyle

(7)

[  ]

A.

door

B.

path

C.

key

D.

point

(8)

[  ]

A.

disappointed

B.

worried

C.

surprised

D.

blamed

(9)

[  ]

A.

own

B.

reach

C.

leave

D.

make

(10)

[  ]

A.

criticized

B.

avoided

C.

thanked

D.

remembered

(11)

[  ]

A.

note

B.

word

C.

case

D.

text

(12)

[  ]

A.

effective

B.

amazing

C.

easy

D.

clear

(13)

[  ]

A.

managed

B.

tried

C.

decided

D.

worked

(14)

[  ]

A.

realized

B.

produced

C.

required

D.

imagined

(15)

[  ]

A.

through

B.

along

C.

together

D.

off

(16)

[  ]

A.

never

B.

still

C.

once

D.

even

(17)

[  ]

A.

expectation

B.

explanation

C.

information

D.

conversation

(18)

[  ]

A.

doubting

B.

promising

C.

believing

D.

admitting

(19)

[  ]

A.

condition

B.

discoveries

C.

criticism

D.

possibilities

(20)

[  ]

A.

delight

B.

interest

C.

strength

D.

character

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