题目内容
He _______ （捐赠）a lot of food and clothing to the poor last year.
donated
Alex Harley was born in the northeast of New York in 1921, but he spent most of his early life with his mother's family in southern Tennessee. His grandmother told him stories about their family. Their history, she said, began with Toby. He was a slave from Africa and his name was Kunta.
Alex Harley went to school and then to college. In 1939, he joined the US coastguard. As he was a black his job was to wait on table and wash dishes. In his spare time, be learned to write stories. He served in the coastguard for 20 years. After he retired（退休）, he put all his time into writing.
Alex Harley remembered the stories his grandmother had told him. He began to study his family history. After a lot of research, Harley decided that Toby was probably Kunta Kinte of the West African Mandingo people, who was caught near the village of Juffure on the Gambia River. He was sold as a slave in Annapolis, Maryland in 1767. Then Harley made a trip to Gambia and talked with a history expert in Juffure. The African historian made his conclusion stronger.
Alex Harley wanted to tell the experiences of the black people in 18th-and-19th-century America. He spent 10 years researching and writing his family story for the book Roots. It was published in 1976. It won a special Pulitzer Prize. A few years later, a film series（连续剧）based on Harley's book was shown on American television.
(1) Choose the right order of the events given in the passage.
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a. He made a trip to Gambia. |
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b. Alex Harley knew the stories about their family. |
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c. Kunta lived near the Gambia River. |
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d. Harley retired from the US coastguard. |
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e. Toby was sold as a slave. |
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f. He began to study his family history. |
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A．e,c,b,f,d,a. |
B．c,e,b,d,f,a. |
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C．e,b,d,c,a,f. |
D．e,b,d,e,a,f. |
(2) When did Harley learn to write stories?
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A．Before 1959. |
B．After 1921. |
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C．Before 1939. |
D．After serving in the army. |
(3) Which conclusion did he draw after doing a lot of research?
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A．Toby was a history expert.
B．Toby's hometown was near the Gambia River.
C．Toby was an African historian.
D．Toby's hometown was Annapolis.
(4) Which of the following might have happened after watching Roots on TV?
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A．Every American began to talk about their family history.
B．None of Americans began to talk about their family history.
C．Many Americans became interested in researching their family History.
D．Only the black people became interested in researching their Family history.
Hobbs was an orphan(孤儿). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will(遗嘱),” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”
“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.
【小题1】Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _____.
| A．study abroad | B．work abroad |
| C．pay off the debts | D．learn to paint pictures |
| A．Surprised. | B．Frightened. | C．Satisfied. | D．Excited. |
| A．planned to have a happy life for a few days |
| B．decided to give up his work in the factory |
| C．was to give a dinner to his friends |
| D．had no idea what to do |
| A．tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it |
| B．read his uncle’s will |
| C．tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money |
| D．buy some pictures |