阅读短文还原句子。 Alex Harley was born in the northeast of New York in 1921,but he spen
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most of his early life with his mother"s family in southern Tennessee. His
grandmother told him stories about their family. 1 He was a slave(奴隶) 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 tables and wash dishes. 2
He served in the coastguard for 20 years. After he retired. he put all his time
into writing.
Alex Harley remembered the stories his grandmor.her 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. 3 The
African historian made his research stronger.
Alex Harley wanted to tell the experiences of the black people in 18th and
19th century of America. He spent 10 years researching. 4 It was published
in 1976. After that,it won a special prize. A few years later, a film series
(连续剧)based on Harley"s book was shown on American television.
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 One day a man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come our easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never bale to fly. The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid (流体) from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle (拼搏) to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly. | |||||||||||||
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| 1. What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story? | |||||||||||||
| A. It was trying to make a cocoon for itself. B. It was struggling to get out of it  s cocoon.C. It was flying among the trees in the forest. D. It was crawling around quietly on the ground. | |||||||||||||
| 2. The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon _____. | |||||||||||||
| A. to take the butterfly home B. to help the butterlfy come out easily C. to kill the butterfly D. to stop the butterfly growing bigger | |||||||||||||
| 3. What do you think of the man? | |||||||||||||
| A. Patient but cruel. B. Careful and wise. C. Kind but unwise. D. Brave and funny. | |||||||||||||
| 4. What does the last paragraph (段落) tell us? | |||||||||||||
| A. Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life. B. Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it. C. Every good deed will come back with good result. D. The greatest happiness in the world is to help others. | |||||||||||||
| 5. What is the best title for the story? | |||||||||||||
| A. The Love for the Cocoon B. The Joy of Helping Each Other C. The Lesson of the Cocoon D. The Expectation for the Butterfly | |||||||||||||
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| Jenny, an ll-year-old American girl, spent the Spring Festival with her parents in China. Her 1 planned a good old-fashioned (老式的) Spring Festival celebration:a dinner of Peking duck 2 by watching Spring Festival Gala (春节联欢晚会) of CCTV. Jenny"s father,Robert,a businessman in an Internet company, 3 his first Spring Festival in China in 1994,making dumplings at a friend"s house. Robert noticed 4 the Chinese character (汉字) "fu"was turned upside down (颠倒) on the wall. He 5 the "mistake" to his friends. But they laughed 6 his puzzle. In China, people believe that the tuming upside down of the character "fu" is the coming of good fortune 7 their same pronunciation " fu dao". Here, " dao" 8 “come " . For the past week,workers have been busy decorating the streets. "Chinese believe that the beginning of the New Year will bring 9 happiness and success," Robert said. On his holiday table at home,Robert 10 the traditional Chinese wine" er guo tou" to his friends. They enjoyed the traditional Chinese culture. | |||||||||||||
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