阅读理解。     Booker T. Washington was born in a black slave family in Virginia of t

阅读理解。     Booker T. Washington was born in a black slave family in Virginia of t

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阅读理解。     Booker T. Washington was born in a black slave family in Virginia of the USA in 1856, seven years
before slavery was abolished (废除) by Abraham Lincoln in January, 1863.
     He wrote a book about his life called Up From Slavery, which was published in 1901. In the book,
he said that he had no choice but to work in a coal mine when he was 16 years old. He had no chance to
go to school. He heard two coal miners talking about a school for black children which was called the
Hampton Institute.
     He determined that he would go there. He gave up his job and told other members of his race that he
was going to school across the state. The older people had spent their best years as slaves and were poor. However, some gave Booker some pocket money or a handkerchief. Hardly had anyone expected any
of their race to leave home to attend a boarding school. He took a train to Richmond, Virginia, where he
ran out of money. It was 82 miles from the Hampton Institute. He slept under a wooden sidewalk(人行道).            
     He helped unload pigs and iron from a ship for some money and when he had enough, he continued
his journey, arriving at school with 50 cents.
     This diligence(勤奋) pushed him to graduate and become a teacher at the Hampton Institute. When
he was 25 years old, he was asked to start a new school for black children in Alabama. called the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Thirty-four years later, this school had 1,500 students and 200
teachers and Booker T. Washington became the most influential black leader of his generation.1. What"s the purpose of the passage?A. To show the significance of education for black children.
B. To introduce Booker T. Washington"s working experience as a slave.
C. To present a brief introduction of Booker T. Washington.
D. To explain the reason why Booker T. Washington becomes a writer.2. Booker T. Washington didn"t go to school early in life because ________.A. there were no schools for slave in America.
B. blacks were not allowed to receive education.
C. he had to work as a coal miner.
D. he was not smart enough to receive education.3. The older people didn"t give Booker much money because _________.A. they had no jobs to do.
B. they didn"t have much money.
C. they didn"t believe Booker would succeed.
D. they didn"t wish Booker to go to school.
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1-3: CCB
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阅读理解。     Jean-Francois Millet (October 4,1814-January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founder of the Barbizon School in rural France. Born of a peasant family, Millet was encouraged by his father to
study art in Cherbourg, France. He can be categorized as part of the movement called "naturalism"(自然主义). His understanding of the peasant" hard life was perfectly expressed in his choice of subject and
natural preference for powerful but simple drawing and coloring.
     One of the most well-known of Millet"s paintings, The Gleaners(《拾穗者》),first came in a vertical
composition (垂直式构图) painted in 1854,and then there came the horizontal version in 1856, which is
now preserved in the Musee d"Orsay. It depicts women bending over in the fields to collect the leftover"s
from the harvest, and it is a monumental composition devoted to the working class.
     Previously, servants were depicted in paintings as obedient to a noble or a king, and picking up what
was left of the harvest was regarded as one of the lowest jobs in Millet;s times. However, Millet offered
these women as the heroic focus of the picture. Besides, in the painting, light lights up the women"s
shoulders as they carry out their work. Behind them, the field that stretches into the distance is bathed in
golden light, under a wide , magnificent sky. The forms of the three figures, standing against the lighter field, show balance and harmony. 1. According to the passage , we can know that Millet ______.A. was born in rural France        
B. belongs to neither naturalism nor realism
C. became famous for his love of the countryside
D. received his high school education in Barbizon2. As for the painting The Gleaners, ________.A. it is originally a horizontal composition
B. it is based on the effort of Musee d"Orsay
C. it presents women in the field as the chief focus
D. it shows how women are stopped from working in the field3. In the painting, the viewer can appreciate Millet"s_______.A. crazy interest in blue color      
B. strong focus on the city life
C. absolute respect for the king     
D. particular choice of main characters4. In which of the following books can we probably find this passage?A. Kings and Nobles in France            
B. A Guide to French Painting
C. French Agricultural History            
D. The Founder of Musee d"Orsay
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阅读理解。     John "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796-1834) was a carefree English aristocrat who was born into
immense wealth. However, he died a poor man after a life that was once described as "a series of
suicide attempts
". So, what went wrong?
     As a young boy, Jack went to Westminster School, but after only one year he was expelled for
fighting with a teacher. He was then sent to Harrow School but only lasted three days before he was
also thrown out. He was eventually educated by private tutors.
     After school, Jack went to Cambridge University. He arrived with 2,000 bottles of port, but left
without graduating - he found university life boring. Later, he joined the army, enlisting with the 7th
Hussars. As a young officer, he spent a year with the regiment in France as part of the occupation
force after Napoleon"s defeat in 1815. Jack passed the time gambling and drinking before resigning
his commission. At the age of 21, he returned to his country house just in time to receive his inheritance.
     With an annual income of over £800,000 in today"s money, Jack was extremely rich… but it didn"t
take him long to spend it all. In 1819, he became an MP. In order to secure his seat, he offered voters
£10 notes to vote for him, spending more than £10,000 in total. However, he found politics dull and
went to parliament only once. Back at home, he would often drop bank notes in the gardens of his
estate, and gave his servants vast amounts of spending money. Once he lost his racetrack winnings
(several thousand pounds) when the wind blew all the money away.
     One of Jack"s favorite pastimes was hunting. He would go in any kind of weather, occasionally
with no clothes on. Sometimes, he would get up in the middle of the night, take off with a gun to look
for something to shoot.
     Jack also kept a large number of pets. These included about 2,000 dogs. Some were fed on steak
and Champagne and even wore livery. A favorite horse had free range inside Halston Hall and would
often lie with Jack in front of the fire.
     Jack was a bit of a practical joker, too. He once left a horse in the bedroom of a guest. Another
visitor fell asleep and woke up to find a live bear and two bulldogs in his bed. In 1826, as a result of a
bet, Jack rode his horse into the Bedford Hotel, up the grand staircase and onto the balcony. Then,
still sitting on the horse, he jumped off the balcony, landing among the diners in the restaurant below.
     Another time, he invited a local doctor to dine at Halston Hall. As soon as the doctor had left,
Jack put on a highwayman"s costume and raced ahead to rob the unsuspecting man. On another
occasion, a passenger in Jack"s carriage admitted that he"d never been in an accident, so Jack drove
the carriage up a hill and turned it over. He would also slip red-hot coals into people"s pockets as a
joke.
     Eventually, Jack ran out of money and fell into debt. In 1830, he fled to France to avoid his
creditors(债主), but returned a couple of years later, ending up in prison in Southwark, London. Jack
died there in 1834, a poor, lonely man. 1. It can be inferred in the passage that ________.A. Jack was first educated by private tutors and eventually graduated from Cambridge University.
B. Jack joined the army and succeeded in defeating Napoleon"s army in 1815.
C. Jack bribed the voters in order to gain a position of MP.
D. Jack fed his favorite horse with meat and wine and often lay with it in front of the fire.2. Once Jack rode his horse into a grand hotel and jumped off the balcony in order to pay for his _____.A. bet        
B. debt        
C. joke        
D. gambling3. The examples in paragraph 7 tell us that _______.A. Jack was always ready to help people experience what they hadn"t experienced.
B. Jack always punished people by all means to let out his hatred.
C. Jack always played tricks on people to have fun.
D. Jack went mad and treated people unfriendly and even cruelly.4. The word _________ would be more proper to describe Jack"s life. A. ridiculous    
B. luxurious      
C. tricky    
D. greedy5. By writing "a series of suicide attempts" in paragraph 1, the author probably means that ________.A. Jack attempted to kill himself because he was too poor.
B. Jack pretended to suicide to avoid his creditors.
C. Jack lost his life in fighting with poverty.
D. All that Jack had did in his life contributed to his own failure and poverty.
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阅读理解。     When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing
course so when this show business thing doesn"t work out, you"ll have something to rely on." Mary
responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about
doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.
    The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her morn," I don"t know how to use
a computer," she admits.
    Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an
award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is
intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as
international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says."I didn"t want to lecture, but
I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we"re self-controlled and do our part in
managing the disease."
    But she hasn"t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost
40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was
carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and
treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow
up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her
three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
    Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she
refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, "why me?" about something or other," she
insists. "It doesn"t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments.
Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I"ve come to realize the importance of that as
I"ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."1. Why did Mary feel regretful?  A. She didn"t achieve her ambition.
B. She didn"t take care of her mother.
C. She didn"t complete her high school.
D. She didn"t follow her mother"s advice.2.We can know that before 1995 Mary         .  A. had two books published
B. received many career awards
C. knew how to use a computer
D. supported the JDRF by writing3. Mary"s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her ____.A. living with diabetes
B. successful show business
C. service for an organization
D. remembrance of her mother4. When Mary received the life-changing news, she ____.A. lost control of herself    
B. began a balanced diet
C. Med to get a treatment
D. behaved in an adult way5. What can we know from the last paragraph?  A. Mary feels pity for herself.
B. Mary has recovered from her disease.
C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.
D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.
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阅读理解。   President-elect Barack Obama steps aboard a military(军事的) plane at Chicago Midway Airport
January 4,2009 before flying to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. Obama is moving to
Washington 16 days before being sworn(发誓)in as the 44th President of the United States on January 20.
   Barack Obama is not afraid to admit it-he got a little emotional before leaving Chicago for Washington
where he will soon become the next president of the United States. "I’ve got to say that I choked up a
little bit leaving my house today."
said Obama, who will become the nation’s first black president when he takes office on January 20.
   He took a moment to reflect before shutting the door of his house and heading off for his new life."The
house was empty.It was a little tough.It got me." he told reporters after boarding the Air Force Boeing 757 that would take him to Washington.
   But after his emotional farewell(告别) to their home, Obama headed to the airport to fly to Washington
and join his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasba.They arrived in Washington on Saturday to settle into a hotel without the media entourage(随行人员) that follows Obama everywhere.
   Asked if he was excited about the move, Obama mentioned indirectly the tiring presidential campaign when he said: "Yeah.Although living in a hotel for two weeks-we seemed to have done that for two years."
   The Obama will stay at the luxury Hay Adams Hotel across a park from the White House until January 15 when they move into Blair House,which serves as the official guest house and residence for presidents elect for several days before the inauguration(就职演说).
   Obama was already beginning to experience what it will be like to be a president.He traveled aboard the military aircraft which often used to fly Vice-President Dick Cheney around.Although the airplane was not called Air Force One because Obama is not yet president,it had all the outward signs of the real thing:the presidential seal(图章) at the front of the plane,name cards with the presidential seal and cups and plates marked with "Air Force one”.1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph Two may imply____________.
A.Obama was unwilling to leave his home in Chicago.
B.Obama was glad to be able to leave his home in Chicago at last.
C.Obama had a complicated feeling when he would soon host the White House.
D.Obama wanted to cry because he would be the nation first black president.
2. Obama would arrive at Washington on____________.
A.January 4th.    
B.January 15th.
C.January 16th.    
D.January 20th.
3. Obama’s wife and daughters____________.
A.had arrived at Washington before he did.   
B.would go to Washington together with Obama.
C.had stayed a night at the airport near Washington.
D.would take Air Force One to Washington.
4. The several days before his inauguration,Obama and his family would live in____________.
A.the White House.   
B.Blair House.   
C.a hotel .  
D.the airport.
5. Before he took office,____________.
A.Obama took the president’s plane "Air Force One".
B.Obama took the vice-president’s plane without any sign.
C.many things Obama used had the presidential seal.
D.Obama could enjoy all the rights belonging to the president.
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阅读理解。     Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the  greatest American CEOs of
his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56,  after a years-long and highly public battle with
cancer. Mourners gathered  outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world.                          
     Steve Jobs made technology fun. As tech leaders/they"re really happy if they have one hit in their life.
Steve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and Pixar.
     Steve Jobs was a college dropout. He was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountant,  They
supported his early interest in electronics. He and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple  
Computer-now just called Apple-in 1976. They stayed at the company until 1985. That year, Steve  
Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute with the chief executive.
     Mr. Jobs then formed his own company, called NeXT Computer. He rejoined Apple in 1997 after  it
bought NeXT, He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most
valuable companies in the world today. However, Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple"s chief executive
in August, 2011 because of his health. He died a day after the company released a new iPhone version
that met with limited excitement. Steve left behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit
will forever be the foundation of Apple.
     President Obama said in a statement: by building one of the planet"s most successful companies from
his garage, Steve Jobs showed the spirit of American ingenuity (独创性). By making computers personal
and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible. but
intuitive (直觉的) and fun.
     The fact that he was able to redesign American commerce top to bottom and across is really
astonishing. He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry
Ford, so one of the greatest of all time. Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also
revolutionized American business. Steve Jobs was remembered as a " great visionary and leader" and
a ^marketing genius.1. What does the underlined word "dispute" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?  A. Discussion.    
B. Permission.       
C. Argument.        
D. Experiment. 2. According to Paragraph 2, the author wants to show that _____.  A. Steve Jobs made fun of modem inventions
B. Steve Jobs makes great contributions to the world
C. tech leaders will be happy when they have one hit in their life
D. Steve Jobs owns many companies in America3. Which of the following statements about Steve Jobs is NOT TRUE?A. Steve Jobs quitted college because of poor health.
B. Steve Jobs and his friend built a company called Apple Computer in 1976.
C. President Obama spoke highly of Steve Jobs for his achievements.
D. Steve Jobs was remembered as the founder of Apple and the Internet. 4. How long did Steve Jobs work for Apple? A. 9 years.          
B. 14 years.        
C. 23 years.        
D. 35 years 5. This passage is mainly about _____.   A. the inventions of Steve Jobs            
B. a brief introduction of Steve Jobs
C. the childhood of Steve Jobs            
D. the death of Steve Jobs
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