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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.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

As a school librarian,I’m often asked what books are most appropriate for teaching particularconcepts.As the mother of a toddler,I’m now teaching my son to recognize letters and learn thealphabet.Boaks are a great help in teaching a child letters.Here is this librarian and mom’s picks for the best books to help teach your child letters.

  Eric Carle’s ABC

  Eric Carle is one of my favorite children’s authors and this colorful book is perfect for helping teach the alphabet.The block-style letters are easier to read

and recognize for toddlers than mitten ones.Each letter is tied to an animal name,so your child will have fun looking at the animals,and 1earn the animal

names while also learning letters.

Baby EinssteinMy First Book of Letters

      The Baby Einstein books always promote thinking skills and creativity in

young children.Baby EinsteinMy First Book of Letters is no exception.This

book includes letters in both upper and lower case,and asks questions about nature that go with each letter for your child to answer.This colorful book is great for helping teach your child letters.

    DrSeuss’ABC

    Dr.Seuss lends his wonderful writing and illustrating(插图)talent to this

great teaching book.His classic writing and funny pictures can be found throughout this alphabet book.The letters are block style,solid-colored,and easy

 to read.Your child will love learning letters from this fun book.

    Kipper’s A to Zan Alphabet Adventure

    In this book,children follow the little dog Kipper as he works his way through the entire alphabet.The clean,solid font used for the letter makes them

easy to read for young eyes.Author Mike Inkpen does a great job in this book,

which tells more of a story than the other books

Teaching your child letters can be a hard task.It’s import to try to make the alphabet fun and interesting for your child.

In Paragraph I,“toddler”probably means       

      A.baby                   B.teenager               C.student                   D.young child

If you want to make your son or daughter interested in nature you should choose      

      A.Eric Carle’s ABC                                     B.Baby Einstein;My First Book of Letters

      C.Dr.Seuss’ ABC                                        D.Kipper’s A to Z;an Alphabet Adventure

Why did the author write the passage?

      A.To recommend the books.                      B.To sell the books

      C.To adverfise the books                                D.To criticize the books

The home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States in the last ten years. Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses.

Computers have been designed to store information and compute problems that are difficult for human beings to work out. Some have voices that speak to their operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories and to send bills to their customers. Offices use computers to copy letters, record business and keep in touch with other offices. People also use computers in their homes to keep track of the money they spend.

    One important new use of computers is for entertainment. Many new games have been designed to be played on computers. People of all ages play these games. People also buy home computers to watch movies and listen to concerts at home. They have become very popular indeed.

1.Compared with those of today, computers used to ______.

A. work rapidly    B. be used for fun

C. be large and expensive      D. be easy to use

2.In recent years, computers have become ______.

A. more and more difficult to use       B. slower and slower

C. more and more expensive           D. smaller and smaller

3.Home computers can be used for ______.

A. doing business        B. writing letters

C. playing games       D. all of the above

4.Salesmen use computers mainly to ______.

A. talk with their friends

B. write letters

C. check the list of goods and send bills

D. play games for pleasure

 

Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to pre-school children. But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers.

The two-year study compared children who were read in this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding. These results were found one year and even two years later.

Shayne Piasta, an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, was an author of the study. She says most pre-school teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read story-books in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text. “If you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word recognition and spelling.” But she says research suggests that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way.

More than 300 children aged four and five were observed in classrooms. They came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. For thirty weeks, the children took part in a program called Project STAR--- Sit Together and Read. The project is based at Ohio State. It tests the short-term and long-term results of reading regularly to pre-school children in their classrooms.

There are different ways that adults can talk to children about print. They can point to a letter and discuss it, and even trace the shape with a finger. They can point out a word and discuss the meaning of the print or how the words tell the story. And they can talk about the organization of the print--- for instance, showing how words are written left to right in English.

1.What do we know about the ways pre-school children are usually taught?

A.More attention is paid to the pictures ,with words and letters being ignored.

B.Preference is given to the shape of letters and the organization of the print.

C.The focus of the teaching is on bringing them up to be good readers.

D.Equal attention is paid to the texts and the pictures.

2.What does Shayne Piasta suggest pre-school teachers should do in class?

A.Teach children how to draw pictures to get an idea of what they mean.

B.Change the way they teach and pay more attention to words and letters.

C.Adopt different methods according to the students’ difference in reading skills.

D.Read storybooks to children rather than explain the meaning of the pictures.

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the study on language skills of pre-school children?

A.Many teachers want to change their way of teaching pre-school children.

B.Attention on the pictures has made the children uninterested in reading.

C.Project STAR aims to research into the results of reading books to pre-school children in the classroom.

D.Teachers are often prevented from taking different approaches to language teaching.

4.Which section of a magazine does the passage probably come from?

A.Fashion.          B.Economy .         C.Entertainment.     D.Education.

 

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught in school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children.  Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women.

1.Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A.She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B.She decided to further her education in Paris

C.A serious eye problem stopped her

D.It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2.What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?

A.She was a woman.

B.She wrote too many letters.

C.She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D.She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3.How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A.Eight years

B.Ten years

C.Nineteen years

D.Thirty-six years

4.According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell,except that she ______.

A.became the first woman physician

B.was the first woman doctor

C.and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D.set up the first medical school for women

5.Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______.

A.England

B.Paris

C.the United States

D.New York City

 

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