George Washington Carver had a goal. This was...

George Washington Carver had a goal. This was to help southern farmers who needed good crops. They needed crops that didn’t hurt the soil. Carver went to Simpson College in Iowa, in which he studied for three years. Then he went to Iowa State, where he got two degrees. The college knew he was smart and wanted him to stay. So he joined the team. He was put in charge of a huge greenhouse. There he grew over 20,000 kinds of fungi（真菌），which made him famous.

Carver had many job offers. Thomas Edison offered $175,000 a year. Henry Ford tried to hire him too. Joseph Stalin invited him to the Soviet Union to help with cotton. But Carver refused all offers. Instead, he took a job at Tuskegee Institute. This was a school for African Americans. Carver was paid only $1,000 a year. But he was happy because he had goals to reach and he knew he could reach them at Tuskegee.

Carver worked at Tuskegee for 47 years. He never asked for a raise in pay. And he never received one. He worked so hard that he died in his office chair on January 4, 1943.

Carver came up with over 300 products from peanuts （花生）, all of which could have been patented (申请专利). He could have made millions. But he did not want to. Here is what he said, “Mr. Creator did not charge to grow the peanut. I cannot accept money for my work with it.”

Through his efforts, Carver set up a fund, for he wanted research to continue. He gave his life’s savings to it, which came to $40,000. One honor came after his death. His birthplace was made a national shrine (圣地). How surprised the modest Carver could have been!

1.One job offer which Carver accepted was to work for ______.

A.Thomas Edison B.Henry Ford

C.Joseph Stalin D.Tuskegee Institute

2.How much did Carver offer to the fund？

A.$1,000. B.$20,000.

C.$40,000. D.$175,000.

3.Which of the following best describes Carver?

A.Selfless. B.Stubborn.

C.Stupid. D.Reliable.

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A.Carver preferred work to money.

B.Carver devoted his whole life to achieving his goals.

C.Carver refused many job offers that would make him rich.

D.Some scientists would rather do good than make much money.

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“Indeed,” George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, English had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.

Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install (安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others’ conversation. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant “to cheat”, and since the 1940s it has been annoying.

We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering ‘a bug’ in his invented record player.”

1. We learn from Paragraph 1 that ___________.

A. Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug

B. George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug

C. the word bug was still popularly used in English in the nineteenth century

D. both Englishmen and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century

2.What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A. Explanation. B. Finding. C. Origin. D. Fault.(故障，毛病)

3. The passage is mainly concerned with__________.

A. the misunderstanding of the word bug

B. the development of the word bug

C. the public views of the word bug

D. the special characteristics of the word bug

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"Indeed," George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, "some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home." But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen hade been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

　The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.

　Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, "to install (安装) an alarm". Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others' conversation. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant "to cheat", and since the 1940s it has been annoying.

　We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he explained bugs as "little problems and difficulties" that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison "had been up the two previous nights discovering 'a bug' in his invented record player."

1.We learn from Paragraph 1 that __________________.

A. Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug

B. George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug

C. the word bug was still popularly used in English in the nineteenth century

D. both Englishman and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century

2.What does the word "flaw" in the last paragraph probably mean?

A. Fault.      B. Finding.        C. Origin.      D. Explanation.

3.The passage is mainly concerned with__________________.

A. the misunderstanding of the word bug

B. the development of the word bug

C. the public views of the word bug

D. the special characteristics of the word bug

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She was grateful _____ George _____ all _____he had done.

A. to; for; that   B. to; for; what C. for; to; that   D. for; to; what

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She was ________to George for all that he had done for her.

A．loose             B．lonely            C．tired             D．grateful

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When he was a little over twenty years old, Carver thought he was ready to _____ forward into the future. There was a college in the Minnesota town _____ his wandering life had taken him to. He was sure that _____ washing clothes he could _____ enough money to attend school. He was full of excitement _____ the thought of learning new subjects. _____ he went to the office _____ “Entrance Application (报名处)” and said he _____ like to be a student there. The man in the office looked at him _____ his glasses and told him that the college did not ______ colored people.

How was Carver ______ as he walked out of the office? We can ______ that at first he felt breathless. But we ______ know that some time later he tried again in the ______ state of Iowa. He asked ______ to enter Simpson College. This ______ a white woman behind the desk asked him some questions about high school subjects. She thought ______ and ______ to show her ______. And then she said, “All right, my boy, I’ll give you a ______.”

1.A. speed　　 B. look　　 C. step　　 D. throw

2.A. where　　 B. which　　 C. when　　 D. in which

3.A. when　　 B. through　　 C. by　　 D. while

4.A. collect　　 B. spare　　 C. find　　 D. make

5.A. upon　　 B. at　　 C. for　　 D. by

6.A. But　　 B. However　　 C. So　　 D. Yet

7.A. listened　　 B. signing　　 C. naming　　 D. marked

8.A. might　　 B. would　　 C. could　　 D. had

9.A. under　　 B. above　　 C. over　　 D. from

10.A. receive　　 B. take　　 C. allow　　 D. enter

11.A. thinking　　 B. looking　　 C. feeling　　 D. finding

12.A. be sure　　 B. come to the conclusion　　 C. judge　　 D. imagine

13.A. should　　 B. must　　 C. do　　 D. have to

14.A. other　　 B. neighbouring　　 C. another　　 D. promising

15.A. allowing　　 B. being allowed　　 C. to permit　　 D. to be permitted

16.A. while　　 B. moment　　 C. time　　 D. instant

17.A. a number　　 B. a while　　 C. a little　　 D. a few

18.A. laughed　　 B. let out a cry　　 C. nodded　　 D. burst into tears

19.A. anger　　 B. satisfaction　　 C. sorrow　　 D. celebration

20.A. position　　 B. change　　 C. chance　　 D. luck

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Bill Bowerman was a track coach. He wanted to help athletes run faster. So he had learnt how to make running shoes. He had also started a shoe company with a friend. It was 1971.Running shoes at the time were heavy. They had spikes(鞋钉)on the sole(鞋底). The spikes tore up the track and slowed down runners.

To make a lighter shoe, Bill tried the skins of fish. To make a better sole, he wanted to replace the spikes. Bill dug through his wife Barbara's jewelry box. He hoped to find a piece of jewelry with an interesting pattern. He would then copy the pattern onto the new soles. Nothing worked. Bill was defeated.

Then, one Sunday morning, Barbara made Bill waffles(华夫饼)for breakfast. Bill watched her cook.

He studied the criss-cross pattern on a waffle iron.

Inspiration struck. The pattern on the waffle iron was just what Bill was looking for. The squares were flatter and wider than sharp spikes. The pattern would help the shoes hold any surface without tearing into it.

When Barbara left the house, Bill ran to his lab. He took the liquid chemicals that, when mixed, would harden into the sole of a shoe. He poured the mixture into the waffle iron---and the Waffle Trainer was born.

Bill’s company put the Waffle Trainer on market in 1974.It was a huge hit. Maybe you’ve heard of that company---it’s called Nike. And today it’s worth around $100 billion.

It was the waffle iron that had changed the course of Bill’s life---and helped turn Nike into a well-known name. Today, the waffle iron is kept at Nike headquarters. It serves as a reminder that if we keep trying, we can find a solution to even the most difficult problems. And those solutions can come from unlikely places, even the breakfast table.

1.What shortcomings did the old-style running shoes have?

A.They were hard to wear. B.They were too large.

C.They were impractical. D.They were easy to break.

2.Where did Bill get the inspiration to invent the famous Waffle Trainer?

A.From the skins of the fish. B.From his wife’s jewelry.

C.From the colour of the iron. D.From his wife’s cooking tools.

3.What can we learn from Bill’s success?

A.A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

B.Two heads are better than one.

C.Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

D.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Waffles and Nike B.Inspiration and Invention

C.A Great Inventor D.A Well-Known Company

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Bill Bowerman was a track coach. He wanted to help athletes run faster. So he had learned how to make running shoes. He had also started a shoe company with a friend. It was 1971. Running shoes at the time were heavy.They had spikes (鞋钉) on the sole (鞋底). The spikes tore up the track and slowed down runners.

To make a lighter shoe, Bill tried the skins of fish. To make a better sole, he wanted to replace the spikes. Bill dug through his wife Barbara’s jewelry box. He hoped to find a piece of jewelry with an interesting pattern. He would then copy the pattern onto the new soles. Nothing worked. Bill was defeated.

Then, one Sunday morning, Barbara made Bill waffles (华夫饼) for breakfast. Bill watched her cook.

He studied the criss-cross pattern on a waffle iron.

Inspiration struck. The pattern on the waffle iron was just what Bill was looking for. The squares were flatter and wider than sharp spikes. The pattern would help the shoes hold any surface without tearing into it.

When Barbara left the house, Bill ran to his lab. He took the liquid chemicals that, when mixed, would harden into the sole of a shoe. He poured the mixture into the waffle iron---and the Waffle Trainer was born.

Bill’s company put the Waffle Trainer on market in 1974. It was a huge hit. Maybe you’ve heard of that company---it's called Nike. And today it's worth around $100 billion.

It was the waffle iron that had changed the course of Bill’s life---and helped turn Nike into a well-known name. Today, the waffle iron is kept at Nike headquarters. It serves as a reminder that if we keep trying, we can find a solution to even the most difficult problems. And those solutions can come from unlikely places, even the breakfast table.

1.What shortcomings did the old-style running shoes have?

A. They were hard to wear. B. They were too large.

C. They were impractical. D. They were easy to break.

2.Where did Bill get the inspiration to invent the famous Waffle Trainer?

A. From the skins of the fish. B. From his wife’s jewelry.

C. From the color of the iron. D. From his wife’s cooking.

3.What can we learn from Bill’s success?

A. A cheer wife is the joy of life. B. Two heads are better than one.

C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. D. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Waffles and Nike B. Inspiration and Invention

C. A Great Inventor D. A Well-Known Company

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The minute he heard someone shouting for help, out_______ to see what was happening.

A. had he rushed　　 B. did he rush

C. he rushed　　 D. rushed he

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