Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Carl Rowan was born in 1925 in the southern city of Ravenscroft, Tennessee. His family was very poor.   1. 

Growing up, Carl had very little hope for any change. There were not many jobs for blacks in the South.   2.   Racial tensions were high. Laws were enforced to keep blacks and white separate.

It was a teacher who urged Carl to make something of himself.   3.   She urged him to write as much as possible. She would even get books for him because blacks were banned from public libraries.

Carl entered Tennessee State College in 1942. Carl Rowan did so well in college that he was chosen by the United States navy to become one of the first fifteen black navy officers. In 1948, Carl Rowan became a reporter. He was one of the first black reporters to write for a major daily newspaper. As a young reporter, he covered racial tensions in the South of the USA and the war in the Middle East. He also reported from Europe, India and other parts of Asia.   4.   In 1987, Carl Rowan created a program called "Project Excellence", which rewards black students who do well in school.

Carl Rowan died on September 23, 2000, in Washington, D.C. During the last years of his life, he suffered from diabetes and heart problems.   5.  He worked until the end of his life.

A. The schools were not good.

B. He won several major reporting awards.

C. He said that experience changed his life.

D. But he never let bad things slow him down.

E. Bessie Taylor Gwynn taught him to believe he could be a poet or a writer.

F. The Rowan family had no electricity, no running water, no telephone and no radio.

G. The program provided millions of dollars to help African-American students for college.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.F

2.A

3.E

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Carl Rowan出生于贫穷的黑人家庭，由于美国当时的种族歧视严重，他当时没有想到要改变这一切，但是他的老师Bessie Taylor Gwynn鼓励他要多写他有可能成为一名诗人或作家，后来他成了一名记者，做了许多次报告，赢得了多次奖励。

1.根据His family was very poor.他的家庭很贫穷，所以后面的句子应该是对于贫穷的举例，故选F。

2.根据There were not many jobs for blacks in the South.在南方由于种族歧视黑人没有太多的工作，所以下文继续描写他们还有好的学校，故选A。

3.根据She urged him to write as much as possible. 她催促他尽可能的写，所以可以推着，她Bessie Taylor Gwynn一定相信他能成为一名诗人或作家，故选E。

4.根据He also reported from Europe, India and other parts of Asia.他报道过欧洲、印度及亚洲部分地区。所以可以推知他赢得过几次报告奖励，故选B。

5.根据During the last years of his life, he suffered from diabetes and heart problems.及He worked until the end of his life.虽然他患上了糖尿病和心脏病，但是这坏的境况并没有阻止他的努力，他工作直到去世，故选D。

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