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  Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn't get a 1 to go to school. 2 a child, she had to work very hard in the fields all day. In this 3 her master could 4 a lot of money when he 5 his crops. Harriet 6 , think that she was being treated fairly. After Harriet grew up, she ran away from the farm to the northern states. 7 , and in Canada, black people were free. Harriet liked to be free, she felt 8 for all of the black people who were 9 slaves. Harriet returned to the south W help other slaves to run away. She made sure they got to 10 .

  Harriet was in great 11 12 a law that had just been passed. The law 13 it was not permitted to 14 slaves run away. She also found out 15 the slave owners said they would pay $40,000 to anyone who could catch H. Tubman.

  There were many stories about Harriet 16 , slaves run away . In all, she made nineteen 17 back to the south and led about 300 slaves to freedom. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states 18 against the southern states. Harriet 19 the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied 20 enemy lines until the northern states won the war.

1.

[  ]

A.time
B.moment
C.chance
D.day

2.

[  ]

A.As
B.Like
C.Since
D.Because of

3.

[  ]

A.way
B.place
C.town
D.means

4.

[  ]

A.make
B.do
C.give
D.pay

5.

[  ]

A.sell
B.sold
C.buy
D.bought

6.

[  ]

A.did
B.didn't
C.certainly
D.of course

7.

[  ]

A.There
B.Soon
C.Then
D.So

8.

[  ]

A.sure
B.sorry
C.happy
D.wrong

9.

[  ]

A.yet
B.only
C.again
D.still

10.

[  ]

A.the north
B.the west
C.the east
D.the south

11.

[  ]

A.anger
B.hurry
C.danger
D.difficulty

12.

[  ]

A.because
B.because of
C.as
D.for

13.

[  ]

A.told
B.wrote
C.said
D.spoke

14.

[  ]

A.help
B.ask
C.set
D.take

15.

[  ]

A.about
B.that
C.what
D.when

16.

[  ]

A.help
B.helped
C.helping
D.to help

17.

[  ]

A.trips
B.letters
C.walks
D.telegraphs

18.

[  ]

A.united
B.fought
C.quarrelled
D.agreed

19.

[  ]

A.waited for
B.searched for
C.stood for
D.looked for

20.

[  ]

A.behind
B.in
C.on
D.before

  Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn't get a 1 to go to school. 2 a child, she had to work very hard in the fields all day. In this 3 her master could 4 a lot of money when he 5 his crops. Harriet 6 think that she was being treated fairly. After Harriet grew up, she ran away from the farm to the northern states.

   7 , and in Canada, black people were free. Harriet liked to be free, she felt 8 for all of the black people who were 9 slaves. Harriet returned to the south to help other slaves to run away. She made sure they got to 10 .

  Harriet was in great 11 12 a law that had just been passed. The law 13 it was not permitted to 14 slaves run away. She also found out 15 the slave owners said they would pay $40,000 to anyone who could catch H. Tubman.

  There were many stories about Harriet 16 slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen 17 back to the south and led about 300 slaves to freedom. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states 18 against the southern states. Harriet 19 the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied 20 enemy lines until the northern states won the war.

1.

[  ]

A.time
B.moment
C.chance
D.day

2.

[  ]

A.As
B.Like
C.Since
D.Because of

3.

[  ]

A.way
B.place
C.town
D.means

4.

[  ]

A.make
B.do
C.give
D.pay

5.

[  ]

A.sell
B.sold
C.buy
D.bought

6.

[  ]

A.did
B.didn't
C.certainly
D.of course

7.

[  ]

A.There
B.Soon
C.Then
D.So

8.

[  ]

A.sure
B.sorry
C.happy
D.wrong

9.

[  ]

A.yet
B.only
C.again
D.still

10.

[  ]

A.the north
B.the west
C.the east
D.the south

11.

[  ]

A.anger
B.hurry
C.danger
D.difficulty

12.

[  ]

A.because
B.because of
C.as
D.for

13.

[  ]

A.told
B.wrote
C.said
D.spoke

14.

[  ]

A.help
B.ask
C.set
D.take

15.

[  ]

A.about
B.that
C.what
D.when

16.

[  ]

A.help
B.helped
C.helping
D.to help

17.

[  ]

A.trips
B.letters
C.walks
D.telegraphs

18.

[  ]

A.limited
B.fought
C.quarrelled
D.agreed

19.

[  ]

A.waited for
B.searched for
C.stood for
D.looked for

20.

[  ]

A.behind
B.in
C.on
D.before


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Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as "Baby Doe". Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or perhaps he was attracted by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. "A large amount of lead is sure to be found here." he said.  
  As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to "grubstake" prospective(预期的) miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or"grub", while they looked for ore(矿石), in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
  Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for "grub". Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent(坚持的), however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. "Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference," He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountainside and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the "Pittsburgh Mine," made $1,300, 000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.
  Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000.This turned out to be even more abundant than the Pittsburgh, producing $35 000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became the governor of the state.  
49. The word "grubstake" in paragraph 2 means __________ .
 A. to supply miners with food and supplies
 B. to open a general store
 C. to do one’s contribution to the development of the mine
 D. to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered
50.Tabor made his first fortune_________.
 A. by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings
 B. because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying
 C. by buying the shares of the other
 D. as a land speculator(投机商)
51. The underlying(潜在的)reason for Tabor’s successful life career is __________.
   A. purely accidental
B. based on the analysis of miner’s being very poor and their possibility of discovering
profitable mining site
C. through the help from his second wife
  D. he planned well and accomplished targets step by step
52. If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following  part?
A. Tabor’s life.                               B. Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.
  C. Other colorful characters.           D. Tabor’s other careers.  

Microsoft founder  Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his fortune(财富),largely to the cause of global health,during the course of his lifetime.With an estimated(估计)worth of more than $40 billion,according to Forbes,the project will be no small fate(功绩) for Gates.Having already provided the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $24 billion to address global health issues,Gates said that finally his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids”.

So what has made the richest man in the world to channel his resources so heavily into one interest?Gates believes that “the equality of opportunity(机会)”in which Americans take such pride needs to extend to other nations around the world. Improving the health of the populations,he says,has proven to be an essential method in helping poor countries to be financially successful.“National borders allow inequalities,”said Gates.“We all need  to take a more global view,rather than just saying my country is doing well.We have to step up these health issues,knowing how few resources are going into them.”

Gates said that both his parents set up an example for him as a child.His father,William H.Gates,was the head of the local Planned Parenthood,and his mother,Mary,volunteered for the United Way.As he gathered his fortune,Gates knew he would finally want to give back as well,but he didn’t expect to devote himself whole?heartedly to one project until he was about 60.

However,Gates,47,began to question his ability to wait that long.“It seemed there was a real time urgency,”Gates said.“I started to think how many lives I could save before then.”

1.Bill Gates will give away his vast fortune to    .

A.improve the health of population all over the world

B.improve the health of population in America alone

C.avoid leaving his children too much money

D.spare the American government the burden of health care

2.Bill Gates believes that one important way of developing poor countries is    .

A.to set up more foundations for them

B.to help them with natural resources

C.to put more efforts into the health issues in them

D.to help them take a more global view

3.It can be learned from the passage that Bill Gates thinks    .

A.Americans can be world?famous by giving away vast fortune

B.Americans should treat fellow citizens well

C.Americans should devote themselves to certain projects

D.Americans should care about people in other countries

 

 

Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his

second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as "Baby Doe". Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or perhaps he was attracted by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. "A large amount of lead is sure to be found here." he said.

  As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to "grubstake" prospective(预期的) miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or"grub", while they looked for ore(矿石), in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.

  Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for "grub". Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent(坚持的), however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. "Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference," He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountainside and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the "Pittsburgh Mine," made $1,300, 000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.

  Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000.This turned out to be even more abundant than the Pittsburgh, producing $35 000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became the governor of the state.

1. The word "grubstake" in paragraph 2 means __________ .

  A. to supply miners with food and supplies

  B. to open a general store

  C. to do one’s contribution to the development of the mine

  D. to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine,  if one    

was discovered

2. The underlying(潜在的)reason for Tabor’s successful life career is __________.

  A. purely accidental

B. based on the analysis of miner’s being very poor and their possibility of   discovering profitable mining site

C. through the help from his second wife

  D. he planned well and accomplished targets step by step

3. If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following  part?

A. Tabor’s life.                             B. Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.

  C. Other colorful characters.           D. Tabor’s other careers.  

 

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