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Benjamin Banneker was born a few months before another great American —George Washington. Benjamin was black, but he was not a slave. He and his mother and his grandmother were free.
Benjamin's grandmother came from England. In America she got a job and worked for many years to pay for her boat trip across the ocean. After working many more years, she saved enough money to buy a farm. Benjamin lived with her for a while. She taught him to read and write and do arithmetic.
Benjamin's neighbors knew that he was clever. They were not surprised when he built a large wooden clock. He made each piece after studying a small pocket watch. The clock made him famous, for it was one of the first clocks built in America. People from other places began to send hard problems of all kinds for Benjamin to settle.
Thomas Jefferson learned of Benjamin Banneker's ability to settle hard problems. He asked Banneker to help build the city that was to be the capital of the United States —Washington, D.C..
Banneker worked hard on the plans for the city. He marked where the streets and buildings —the Capitol (国会大厦), the White House, and many others —should be built.
Later, L' Enfant, the Frenchman who had designed the new city, had a quarrel, and went back to France in anger. He took all of the plans with him. The workmen couldn't build without any plans to follow.
For a while it seemed that the plans for the capital might have to be changed. But Benjamin Banneker remembered the plans he has helped draw. He drew each again just as he once has built each piece of his clock.
If it weren't for Benjamin Banneker, Washington, D.C.might look very different from the way it does today.
1．Benjamin Banneker is remembered to this day mainly because ________.
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A．he made one of the first clocks in America
B．he used to be an assistant to L' Enfant, who has designed the city Washington
C．he designed the city Washington when L' Enfant left with his plans
D．he was able to build the city Washington as L' Enfant left with his plans
2．When Banneker built a large wooden clock, ________.
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A．people in America showed no surprise
B．his name spread all over America
C．he became the first man in America to build a clock
D．people came from other places to congratulate him
3．Thomas Jefferson asked Banneker to help build the city Washington because he was told that Banneker was
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4．In building the city Washington, Banneker showed ________.
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A．he has a good memory
B．he was never tired of working
C．he feared no difficulties
D．he was good at drawing
5．When L' Enfant left with his plans, Banneker was in ________ of building the Capital Washington.
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The time he has devoted in the past years _______ the disable is now considered ________ of great value.
A. to help; being B. to helping; to be
C. to help; to be D. helping; being
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Recently I was invited to a friend’s house for supper—and had a meal I have never had before.
All the friends invited were a little 36 . It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never 37 more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something 38 for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a 39 table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the 40 for my friends! ” said Ben. We all sat down and looked 41 at each other—what was he 42 ?
Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It’s a 43 of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes, ”said Ben. The next 44 was also a little strange 45 we didn’t quite know what it was again. “It’s just another mixture of vegetables. ”
As we ate we chatted and finally the 46 turned back to what we were eating. “Was there a recipe(菜谱) for this, ”asked Marina, “or did you 47 it up? ”Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked 48 what I could find. ”Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days. ”“But there’s 49 choice in what you can find 50 supermarkets, ” he replied.
51 that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually 52 away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of 53 , boxes of thrown-away vegetables and fruit.
So Ben had 54 provided a decent meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to 55 millions of people.
36.A. excited B. disappointed C. surprised D. delighted
37.A. takes B. spends C. uses D. does
38.A. cheap B. special C. practical D. usual
39.A. new B. separate C. booked D. laid
40.A. freshest B. most C. best D. least
41.A. nervously B. carefully C. sadly D. happily
42.A. in for B. up to C. away from D. out of
43.A. mixture B. liquid C. matter D. dish
44.A. course B. food C. soup D. salad
45.A. in that B. on condition that C. in case that D. so that
46.A. dinner B. idea C. food D. subject
47.A. pick B. look C. make D. take
48.A. referred B. depended on C. lay in D. resulted from
49.A. less B. more C. some D. any
50.A. within B. beyond C. inside D. outside
51.A. Feeling B. Seeing C. Realizing D. Thinking
52.A. store B. move C. throw D. hide
53.A. order B. place C. season D. date
54.A. successfully B. possibly C. hardly D. hopefully
55.A. enrich B. please C. affect D. Feed