Question

【题目】A.managed to B.showed off C.products D. death E.research

What can you do with nuts?A scientist named George Washington Carver answered that question,

over and over again.We should say thanks to him for more than 300【1】. When Carver was born in 1864,he was a slave(奴隶）on a farm in Missouri.

Later, he got freedom. As a teenager,he worked on a farm and【2】finish high school. At the age of 30, he became the first back student at the college in lowa.In 1896,he became the first black teacher working at another college in lowa.Several years later, he took a job at a college in Alabama, where he worked until his【3】in 1943.

Carver studied agriculture, the science of farming.His【4】made huge improvements in farming in the southern United States.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】E

【解析】本文介绍了科学家乔治·华盛顿·卡佛的生平经历以及他所做的贡献。

【1】C

句意：我们应该感谢他的300多件作品。有数词300修饰，故用复数名词，故为products，故选C。

【2】A

句意：当他在青少年时，他在农场上劳动，设法学完了中学。根据后文的At the age of 30, he became the first back student at the college in lowa可知他去上大学了，应是设法学完了中学，manage to do sth设法做某事，故选A。

【3】D

句意：几年后，他在亚拉巴马州的一所大学里找到一份工作，在那里他一直工作，直到1943年他去世。根据where he worked until可知此处表示他一直工作到的时间，应是他去世。有形容词性物主代词his修饰，故用名词death，故选D。

【4】E

句意：他的研究在美国南部的农业上取得巨大进展。根据Carver studied agriculture, the science of farming.可知此处表示的是研究，有形容词性物主代词his修饰，故用名词，故为research,故选E。