John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Fortunately he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success,” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago. Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words---as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try. ” She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine for blacks.
It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.: “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”
Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America---worth $150 million.
1.John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because_______.
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A．his father died when John was very young. |
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B．life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown |
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C．John needed more education badly |
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D．there were no school for Negroes in their hometown |
2.John’s mother________.
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A．didn’t believe in or depend on others |
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B．thought one could be whatever one wanted to be |
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C．believed one would succeed without working hard |
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D．thought no one could succeed without working hard. |
3.The sentence “Nothing beats a failure but a try” means _______.
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A．if you try, you would succeed |
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B．a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try |
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C．a try is always followed by a failure |
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D．no failure can be beaten unless you try |
Bolivia has a population three and a half million . About one tenth of the total population are white ; one-fourth are mixed Indians and white ; and more than half are full-blooded Indians . The government and the industries are under the control of the white people .
The Indians today live in much the same way as their ancestors . Most of them are farmers . Many work in the mines , for mining is the most important industry on Bolivia’s . Of all the mining products , tin is the most important , which makes up three-fourths of all Bolivia’s exports . The eastern slopes of the Andes , since there are very few roads there , are fertile but not highly developed . The two primary means of transportation are river boats and porters . East of the hill region are the great plains where tropical plants are grown . A serious problem for Bolivia is the transport of food from the warm regions , where it is grown to the mountainous regions , where most of the people live .
Bolivia gained its independence from Spain about a hundred years ago . It has been slow in developing , but its rich resources promise a better future in it .
1.The majority of the Bolivian population are .
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A．full-blooded Indians |
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B．mixed Indian and white |
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C．white citizens |
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D．all whites and mixed-blooded people |
2.The Indian’s way of life today is
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A．quite different from that of their ancestors |
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B．quite interesting |
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C．almost the same as their ancestors’ |
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D．very exciting |
3.The main product Bolivia exports is
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A．tropical plants |
B．gold and silver |
C．tin |
D．food |
4.Bolivia has been slow in developing , but it has hope for a better future because of its .
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A．mining products |
B．rich resources |
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C．independence from Spain |
D．two primary means of transportation |
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview（面试）. He felt so 36 that he didn’t know what to do with37 .The person who had gone in 38 him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. 39 James. He felt 40 that she had already got the 41 . The problem was that he wanted this job 42 .It meant 43 to him. He had 44 it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 45 brilliantly at the interview and 46 the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 47 .He couldn’t48 all those things he had 49 to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 50 .But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 51 like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened . The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 52 with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James 53 her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly 54 that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 55 and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
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--- Have we ______ water?
--- Yes, _____. We’d better get some.
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A．run out of; we have run it out |
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B．run out of; our water has run out |
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C．run out of; our water has been run out |
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D．run out; our water has been run out. |
The hotel has been enlarged; ____, it’s service is improving.
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A．as a result |
B．on the other hand |
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Your body, which has close relation with the food you eat, is the most important thing you own. So it needs proper treatment and proper nourishment(营养).
The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is not silly as some people think. The body needs fruit and vegetables because they contain vitamin C Many people take extra vitamins in the form of pills(药丸), believing that these will make them healthy. But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need. The body doesn’t need or use extra vitamins. So why waste money on them?
In the modern western world many people are too busy to care about eating properly. They throw anything into their stomachs, eating hurriedly and carelessly. The list of illness caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening.
1.The old saying in the passage tells us that_______.
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A．the apple is the best among all kinds of fruits. |
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B．apple can take the place of doctors. |
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C．eating apples regularly (有规律的) does lots of good to our health. |
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D．an apple is a sure cure for illness. |
2.In the second paragraph the writer tries to let us know______.
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A．our bodies need food or we can’t live. |
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B．often eating apples is a good habit. |
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C．taking extra vitamin pills is completely useless. |
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D．a good diet is very important to our health. |
3.From the passage we can draw a conclusion that if we want to keep healthy, we should______.
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A．only eat an apple a day. |
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B．eat properly. |
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C．take as many vitamins pills as possible. |
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D．throw food into our stomachs slowly and carefully. |
