George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隶). 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(费用). 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(农业). 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.
| 小题1: |
| A．animals |
B．plants |
C．buildings |
D．photos |
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| 小题2: |
| A．much |
B．many |
C．little |
D．few |
|
| 小题3: |
| A．house |
B．farm |
C．hospital |
D．school |
|
| 小题4: |
| A．brown |
B．yellow |
C．black |
D．white |
|
| 小题5: |
| A．when |
B．until |
C．for |
D．since |
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| 小题6: |
| A．cost |
B．spend |
C．pay |
D．take |
|
| 小题7: |
| A．love |
B．hate |
C．question |
D．surprise |
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| 小题8: |
| A．accepted |
B．refused |
C．understood |
D．cared |
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| 小题9: |
| A．situations |
B．suggestions |
C．plays |
D．plans |
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| 小题10: |
| A．farmers |
B．scientists |
C．doctors |
D．inventors |
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| 小题11: |
| A．helpful |
B．harmful |
C．careful |
D．wonderful |
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| 小题12: |
| A．pumpkin |
B．peanut |
C．cotton |
D．potato |
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| 小题13: |
| A．soil |
B．water |
C．air |
D．weather |
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| 小题14: |
| A．seen |
B．look |
C．found |
D．called |
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| 小题15: |
| A．time |
B．year |
C．age |
D．season |
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