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【题目】46-50题根据文章内容判断下列表述。如果表述与文章内容一致，选A项；表述与文章内容不一致，选B项；文章中未提及表述的信息，则选C项。

51-54题判断下列词汇在文章中的含义，并从表格中选择恰当的释义。（提示：8个选项中有4项是多余的）

55题选择最佳答案。

George Washington Carver, who was born a slave in 1861, became one of America’s greatest scientists in the field of agriculture. His discoveries changed farming in the South of the United States. A quiet and kind man, he could have become rich from his discoveries but he preferred “to be of the greatest good to the greatest number of my people.”

George’s mother was a slave, but soon after he was born, he and his brother lost their mother and became orphans. They were raised by Moses and Susan Carver, who were their owners. Slaves took the names of their owners, so George Washington’s last name was Carver, too. In 1865, there were no longer slaves in the United States, but George and his brother continued to live with the Carvers. The Carvers gave him as much of an education as they could. At age 12, George left the Carvers to start life on his own.

For the next 12 years, he worked whenever he could and went to school whenever he could. He managed to finish high school and won a scholarship to go to Highland University. However, when he appeared at the university, they refused to admit him because he was black. This did not stop Carver. He continued to work and save money. Eventually, he went to Simpson College in 1890 to study painting and paid for his school by ironing clothes for other students. Soon, he realized he could not support himself as an artist and decided to study agriculture instead.

In 1891, he was accepted at Iowa Agricultural College. He was the only black student at the college, and as usual he supported himself by doing small jobs. He amazed everyone with his special work with plants. After he graduated, the college asked him to stay on as an instructor because his work with plants and chemistry was so outstanding. So Carver stayed on and taught, but he continued his research with plants while he was teaching.

One day he received a letter from Booker T. Washington, who was the most respected black educator in the country. Washington asked him to work at the Tuskegee Institute, a black agricultural school in Alabama. Tuskegee was a poor black school that could not give Carver a laboratory or a high salary, but Carver decided to go there.

In 1896, Carver started to teach and do research with plants at the Tuskegee Institute. He taught classes on agriculture, and through his experiments he found new ways to help the poor, struggling farmers of the South. Here, farmers had been growing cotton, which wore out the soil. He showed farmers how to plant different crops like peanuts to make the soil richer. After a while, farmers did what he said and were growing more and more peanuts. They were now making more money from peanuts than from cotton.

Carver developed many uses for the peanut. In fact, he found more than 300 uses for the peanut, and he became known as the “peanut man.” He received many prizes and awards for his work. He gave lectures about the uses of peanuts all over the United States and even spoke to Congress about peanuts in 1921. Meanwhile, Carver began to experiment with the sweet potato and discovered more than 100 products that could be made from it, including glue for postage stamps.

By the 1930s, Carver had become famous all over the country and the world. He visited the Prince of Sweden and the British Prince of Wales. Thomas Edison asked Carver to work for him at a salary of more than $100,000 a year. The car manufacturer Henry Ford also made him a generous offer. But Carver was not interested in money; he stayed on at the Tuskegee Institute with a monthly salary of $125.

In 1940, he gave all his life savings of $33,000 to the George Washington Carver Foundation to provide opportunities for African Americans to study in his field, because for Carver, “Education is the key to unlocking the golden door of freedom….” Carver died in 1943.

【1】Carver was the only black student at Iowa Agricultural College.

【2】Carver discovered more than 300 products from the sweet potato.

【3】Besides peanuts and sweet potatoes, Carver also did experiments on other plants.

【4】Carver gave his life savings to the George Washington Carver Foundation after he died.

【5】Not until he was 12 did Carver leave his former owners.

【6】field

【7】admit

【8】support

【9】struggling

A. earn money for a living

B. fighting

C. area of land

D. agree with and help somebody

E. trying to survive

F. agree unwillingly that something is true

G. allow to enter

H. area of interest or study

【10】According to the passage, which of the following could best describe the character of George Washington Carver?

A. Optimistic but stubborn.

B. Quiet but difficult.

C. Humorous and kind.

D. Creative and generous.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】H

【7】G

【8】A

【9】E

【10】D

【解析】本篇短文讲述了一个奴隶孤儿George Washington Carver自强不息的奋斗经历。他不仅通过自己的努力成为很有成就的农学家，而且矢志为改善黑人同胞的生活努力。

【1】根据第四段In 1891, he was accepted at Iowa Agricultural College. He was the only black student at the college可知，他是Iowa Agricultural College唯一的黑人学生。与文章内容表述一致，故填Ａ。

【2】根据第七段中Carver developed many uses for the peanut. In fact, he found more than 300 uses for the peanut, and he became known as the “peanut man.”可知，表述与文章内容不一致，故填B。

【3】通读全文内容可知，文章并未提及他实验其他植物，故填Ｃ。

【4】根据最后一段In 1940, he gave all his life savings of $33,000 to the George Washington Carver Foundation to provide opportunities for African Americans to study in his field, because for Carver, “Education is the key to unlocking the golden door of freedom….” Carver died in 1943.可知，他并不是在死后捐出钱的，而是在三年前就捐出了，与文章内容表述不符，故填Ｂ。

【5】根据第二段最后一句At age 12, George left the Carvers to start life on his own.可知，他十二岁离开原先的主人，自己谋生。与文章内容相符，故填Ａ。

【6】根据原文中became one of America’s greatest scientists in the field of agriculture.可知，field是“领域”的意思，故与H项相近，故选H。

【7】根据原文中they refused to admit him because he was black.可知，这里admit是“录取”的意思，与G项allow to enter意思相同，故选G。

【8】根据原文中he realized he could not support himself as an artist and decided to study agriculture instead.可知，support在这里是“谋生”的意思，故与Ａ项意思相同，故选A。

【9】根据原文He taught classes on agriculture, and through his experiments he found new ways to help the poor, struggling farmers of the South.可知，这里struggling是“挣扎生存”的意思，与Ｅ项意思相同，故选E。

【10】根据第一段中A quiet and kind man, he could have become rich from his discoveries but he preferred “to be of the greatest good to the greatest number of my people.”可知，他具有创造力和慷慨的个性。故选Ｄ。