George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隸). When he was still a baby, his mother was stolen. He was kept by his master.
All his life George loved 31 . When he was only seven years old, he already knew so 32 about plants that people in his hometown called him “the plant doctor”.
George wanted to learn as much as he could, but there was no 33 for black children where he lived. When he was ten, he left home to find a town that would allow 34 children to attend school. He studied in Missouri and Kansas 35 he finished high school. All this time he had to work to 36 his own expense(費(fèi)用). He worked as a cook and opened his own laundry.
In 1890, George began college. At first he studied art, but he still had a 37 of plants. He began to study agriculture(農(nóng)業(yè)). After he graduated, the famous inventor Thomas Edison asked him to work in his lab but George 38 . He had other 39 . He started an agricultural organization for black students in Alabama.
In those days, many 40 in the south grew only cotton. This was 41 to the soil(土壤). After a while the 42 would not grow as well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers in the south to grow plants like peanuts and sweet potatoes. These plants helped the 43 . Over the years he invented hundreds of ways to use these two plants.
George Washington Carver invented so many things that he was 44 “The Wizard(能手) of Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the 45 of 79.
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科目：初中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
| Great Inventor: 【小題1】 | |
| In 【小題2】 | He started work. |
| In1795 | He spent much time 【小題3】 . |
| In 1798 | He began to learn the English letters. |
| In 1799 | He could 【小題4】for the first time. |
| In his life | He invented many things, including 【小題5】 . |
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George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engines. And on holidays he often took one to pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we will think of this great man -- George Stephenson.
【小題1】 In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father?
| A．In 1781. | B．In 1789. | C．In 1795. | D．In 1798. |
| A．through reading and writing |
| B．by taking it to pieces and studying each piece carefully |
| C．a(chǎn)t lessons from a young teacher |
| D．by asking a lot of questions |
| A．a(chǎn) great man | B．a(chǎn) good maker |
| C．a(chǎn) good worker | D．a(chǎn) good student |
| A．didn’t go to school |
| B．had lessons from a very good teacher |
| C．lived an easy life |
| D．invented the train |
| A．everybody should work hard for a living |
| B．one can start studying at school at the age of 18 |
| C．George Stephenson liked working very much |
| D．hard work leads to success |
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從方框中選出單詞，用它們的適當(dāng)形式填空，是短文意思正確通順（每詞只能用一次）
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George Wilson was the owner of a watch shop .One day he told his son James, “I will 1 you all I know about watches .” For the 2 few weeks , James looked after the front of the shop . He wored hard and was 3 to the customers( 顧客). George was very 4 with him.
After about six months , James said to his father, “Is there anything else you want to teach me?”
“Yes,” said George , “ It’s time for me to teach you how to make 5 ..”
“I know that ,”said James, “You buy watches at one price and sell them at a 6 price.That’s how we get so much money .”
“That’s ture . 7 we don’t make most of the money from it .” He picked up a watch from the counter (柜臺(tái)). “What do you think of this watch?”
“That’s a cheep watch . We can only get a few dollars from 8 it .”
“You are 9, my son ,” George said , “Those cheap ones get us more money than any other watch in the shop.”
“I don’t understand,” James said .
“Becausa they are really cheap , they are always breaking, and we make our money from fixing 10.”
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At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（暈倒）. As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.
The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.
“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired （退休）, but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”
1. Which of the following do you think is TRUE?
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A．George wanted to protect the money for the bank. |
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B．George had been thinking of taking money away. |
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C．This bank had been robbed several times. |
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D．Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day. |
2.Why was George asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office?
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A．His stealing money was known to all. |
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B．Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him. |
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C．Mr. Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him. |
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D．Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back. |
3. In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means _________.
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A．to make everyone work hard |
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B．to keep everyone standing straight |
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C．to make everyone do a kind of exercise |
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D．to keep everyone preparing for the coming danger |
4. Which sentence can be used to end this story?
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A．George turned cold with fear. |
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B．George turned red with anger（憤怒）. |
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C．George was pleased with the end. |
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D．George was excited with the end. |
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科目：初中英語 來源：2013屆遼寧省凌海市初二下學(xué)期第一次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
George liked flying a plane. Once he bought a small plane and learned how to fly it. He soon became so good that he could make his plane do all kinds of tricks（技巧）.
George had a friend. His name was Peter. One day George said to his friend, “ Peter, would you like to have a trip in my plane?” Peter thought, “ I’ve traveled in a big plane several times, but I’ve never been in a small one, so I’ll go.”
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in a shaken voice（顫抖的聲音）, “ Well, George, thank you very much for these two trips in your plane.”
George was very surprised and asked, “ Two trips? ”
“Yes, my first and my last.” Answered Peter.
1.Peter ______ his friend’s plane.
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A．had to fly in |
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B．was asked to have a trip in |
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C．was asked to fly |
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D．a(chǎn)sked George to fly |
2.Peter went up with George in the plane because ______ .
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A．he liked traveling very much |
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B．George was good at flying his plane |
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C．he had never traveled in a small plane |
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D．Peter could do all kinds of flying tricks |
3.They were in the plane for ______ minutes.
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A．forty-five |
B．sixty |
C．thirty |
D．some |
4.How many times did Peter travel in his friend’s small plane?
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A．Once |
B．Twice |
C．Three times |
D．Several times |
5.From the passage we know that ______ .
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A．Peter thanked George for the nice trip |
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B．Peter thought it was wonderful to have such a trip |
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C．Peter felt surprised that his friend could fly so well |
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D．Peter was worried about his safety while George was doing tricks in the sky |
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