Question

George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave（奴隶）. 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(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. 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】本篇短文讲述了一个奴隶孤儿George自强不息的奋斗经历。他不仅自学成才，而且矢志为改善黑人同胞的生活努力。

31. B 根据后文可知George很喜欢植物，故选B。

32. A George对植物知道很多，many后面要跟可数名词。

33. D句意是：George想尽可能多的学习，住的地方没有黑人孩子的学校。

34. C结合上句可知他找到一所接受黑人孩子的学校。

35. B他在这两个地方学习，直到高中毕业。Until，直到。

36. C 句意是：一直以来他必须自己工作（挣钱）支付学习的费用。cost, spend, take都是“花费”的意思，不符合句意。只有pay, 是“支付”的意思。

37. A 开始他学的艺术，但他仍然喜爱之物。通过上下文可知，他一直很喜爱植物。

38. B 根据前后文可知，他拒绝了爱迪生的邀请，故选B，refuse，拒绝。

39. D从下文看出，他拒绝爱迪生，是因为他有自己的计划。

40. A句意是：在当时，南方的农民只种植棉花。

41. B 从下文看出，只种植棉花对土壤是有害的。故选B，harmful，有伤害的。

42. C 结合上下文可知，长时间只种植棉花，对土壤不利，棉花的生长也不好。

43. A 与上文对应，种植这些植物对土壤是有利的。

44. D 句意：他发明了很多东西，因此被称为塔斯基吉的能手。be called 被称为。

45. C 固定用法 at the age of 在……岁时