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Norman Borlaug is often called "the man who saved a billion lives" and "the father of the Green Revolution."
His work helped fight starvation in India and Pakistan in the nineteen sixties. He won the nineteen seventy Nobel Peace Prize.
He, ninety-three years old ,still works as an adviser at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico.
In accepting the medal, he urged Congress and the administration to increase development assistance for agriculture. He said the world needs better and more technology to deal with hunger. In his words: "Hunger and poverty and misery are very fertile soils into which to plant all kinds of "isms," including terrorism."
In the 1940s, Norman Borlaug and a team developed highly productive and disease-resistant wheat for farmers in Mexico. About twenty years later, millions of people in India and Pakistan were in danger from grain shortages.
The improved wheat from Mexico also grew well in South Asia, combined with changes in growing methods. Norman Borlaug persuaded farmers to use more fertilizers and pesticide chemicals and to water their crops with irrigation systems. Also many a crop can be planted in the same field. The results were big production gains that many believe saved as many as a billion lives.
President Bush noted that hunger still affects much of the developing world. He said the most fitting honor for Norman Borlaug is to lead a second Green Revolution that feeds the world. Yet his support for new agricultural technologies has been criticized at times over the years.
Some researchers worry about the effects of industrial methods of modern farming.
Population researcher Paul Ehrlich, for example, wrote a nineteen sixty-eight book called
"The Population Bomb." He predicted that population growth would cause widespread harm to the planet.
But now, some people are saying there should be greater attention and respect for Norman Borlaug. A major theme of his work is that people can deal with difficulties and that technology can improve their lives.
小题1:Norman Borlaug is called “the Father of the Green Revolution” mainly lies in that_______.
| A．he developed highly productive wheat to help fight against hunger |
| B．he made a great contribution to fighting against terrorism and hunger |
| C．he developed a kind of wheat that is environmentally friendly |
| D．he sticks to the belief that technology can improve our lives. |
| A．Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution |
| B．Golden Moments----a Long-life Struggle |
| C．Hunger------a Serious Problem That Affects the Developing World. |
| D．Norman Borlaug, the Savior of the Developing Country. |
| A．Despite his age, Norman Borlaug still works for the improvement in agriculture |
| B．Norman Borlaug thinks that hunger and poverty tend to breed crimes and evil |
| C．Without Norman Borlaug’s work, hunger problem wouldn’t completely be settled now |
| D．Paul Ehrlich thinks that population growth would cause widespread harm to the planet. |
| A．Congress and the administration are to blame for hunger and poverty |
| B．not all people are in favor of his new agricultural technologies |
| C．people can defeat terrorists by improving modern farming |
| D．the Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor given by Congress. |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
小题1:细节理解题。由文章第二段中的 “His work helped fight starvation in India and
Pakistan in the nineteen sixties.”和第六段中 “The results were big production gains that
many believe saved as many as a billion lives.”可知, 他被称为 “绿色革命之父”是因为帮助人们发展农业, 使成千上万的人免于饥饿和贫困。故答案为A。
小题2:标题归纳题。本文介绍了一位为世界农业的发展作出了巨大贡献的美国农业科学家Norman Borlaug的故事，他被称为“绿色革命之父”，故A项符合主题。其他选项均偏离主题。
小题3:正误判断题。由倒数第四段中 “President Bush noted that hunger still affects much of the developing world.”可知, 目前饥饿问题还没有完全解决, C项表述错误，符合题意。
小题4:推理判断题。由倒数第三段中的Yet his support for new agricultural technologies has been criticized at times over the years. Some researchers worry about the effects of industrial methods of modern farming. 可以推出并不是所有的人都对他的农业新技术赞许，故B项符合题意。A、C项与文意不符；D项文中有明确表述，不符合题意。
核心考点
试题【American agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug has received the Congressional Go】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Doyle gave Holmes a masterly skill of deduction---the ability to come up with interesting conclusion from the simplest clues found at the scene of a crime. Doyle said that the description of Holmes was modeled on one of his lecturers at Edinburgh University where he studied medicine. That man was Dr Joseph Bell. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet published in 1887. Holmes was so loved by all that when his author killed him off in one of his stories, readers wrote in anger to complain. They refused to allow Holmes to die! Holmes was brought back to “life” and appeared in further stories.
The stories of Sherlock Holmes have been reprinted many times ever since then. Today we can watch Holmes at work on cinema and television screens as well as on stage.
小题1:Sherlock Holmes was________.
| A．the greatest detective who ever lived |
| B．Dr Joseph Bell |
| C．Arthur Conan Doyle |
| D．only a character made up by Arthur Conan Dolye |
| A．tall and learn |
| B．lovable but always clumsy |
| C．lovable but sometimes clumsy |
| D．lovable and never clumsy |
| A．with Dr Watson | B．with Dr Joseph Bell |
| C．with the greatest detective | D．with Doyle |
| A．from his own imagination |
| B．based on a famous London doctor |
| C．based on Dr Joseph Bell at Edinburgh University |
| D．based on a model of Holmes |
When my parents went to see Teresa Heinz Kerry speak, they told me that she was amazing! And they thought John Kerry would make a great President. I decided to find out more about John Kerry. I talk about what I learned by using my ABCs. “A” is America. John Kerry is a hero to America, and he will help our futures. He is a great and positive role model. “B” is Better education. John Kerry wants to make class sizes smaller, so that children get the best part out of learning. He wants to help teachers because being a teacher is educating children, and letting them out into the world to do the good things. “C” is Compassion（怜悯;同情） towards children. John Kerry wants to make sure that health care is not a privilege, but it is something that we can all afford. This summer, I was supposed to go to my favorite camp But instead, I decided to go to John Kerry’s office every day. Kids can really help!
On KidsforKerry.org, we have an interactive presidential quiz. There are 270 questions for the electoral votes John Kerry will win. Plus, 25 questions to make up for Florida from the last election. Out next goal is to have a petition (请求) for “National No Name—Calling Day”, a day that the candidates don’t say anything negative about one another. When our Vice President had a disagreement with a Democratic Senator, he used a REALLY BAD word. If I said that—if I said that word, I would be put in a “time-out (暂停休息)”. I think he should be put in a time-out.
小题1:What would be the best title for this passage?
| A．John Kerry | B．A letter to John Kerry |
| C．Kids for Kerry | D．John Kerry: Our to-be President |
| A．only children in America want John Kerry to be their next President |
| B．John Kerry cares much for education but takes little compassion on teachers |
| C．Liana wishes John Kerry to be the President of America |
| D．Liana thinks John Kerry should be put in a time-out |
| A．a good | B．a hero to America |
| C．a confident man | D．a persuasive speaker |
| A．“Kids for Kerry” is a grassroots organization of kids that support whoever wins the presidential election. |
| B．Liana Wexler is the founder of “Kids for Kerry” |
| C．“Kids for Kerry” has an interactive presidential quiz on-line. |
| D．Education and health care are two things-with which American citizens concern themselves most. |
One kilogram——that was all it took to crown（给……加冕） the world"s strongest man.
German weightlifter Matthias Steiner pulled ahead of Russian rival Evgeny Chigishev to win the Olympic men"s +105 kg weightlifting gold medal on Tuesday.
Steiner lifted a total of 461kg, 203kg in the snatch(抓举) and 258kg in the clean and jerk(挺举), to beat Chigishev by a single kilogram. The German won the battle of giants in his last lift, winning his country"s first gold medal in the event at this year"s Games.
Steiner"s winning lift was also the last effort of the sport for this Olympics at which China earned eight of the 15 golds.
Steiner was born in Austria and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago, placing seventh in the lower 105kg category, but had a falling out with Austria"s weightlifting federation afterwards.
He applied for German citizenship in 2005 and got married, but his career went into deep freeze（困境）as he could not compete without a passport. He finally obtained the document last January.
The German, who turns 26 on Monday, had come to these Games on a mission to win the title for his wife Susann, who died in a car accident in July last year. The German team said he used the personal tragedy to motivate himself to win the gold medal.
Chigishev was the strongest in the snatch session Tuesday. He kissed his fists after a 210-kg lift that gave him a 7-kg advantage over fourth-placed Steiner going into the second event -- the clean and jerk. He let out a victorious roar after clearing 250 kg in his last lift, but the glory was short-lived as Steiner stunned（使瞠目）everyone with his final, winning clean and jerk effort.
Steiner had finished seventh in the 2004 Olympics in the 105kg weight category, and took the gold in the 2008 European Championship +105kg snatch competition, bronze in the clean and jerk and silver overall, with a total weight of 446kg.
World champion Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia settled for bronze.
小题1:Four years ago at the Athens Olympics Steiner represented ______.
| A．Australia | B．Germany | C．Austria | D．Russia |
| A．Steiner beat Chigishev by one kilogram |
| B．Chinese weightlifting team won eight of the 15 gold medals at this year’s Games |
| C．Steiner didn’t get the passport until last February |
| D．Steiner got a bronze in the 2008 European Championship +105kg clean and jerk competition |
| A．Steiner was inspired by his unfortunate wife to win the gold medal |
| B．Chigishev was also the strongest in the second event |
| C．it is hard to get a German citizenship |
| D．Steiner was determined to win the medal for the German team |
| A．Narrow Victory | B．Pitiful Failure |
| C．Gold Medal for His Dearest Wife | D．Strongest Man of the World |
News of this election appeared on the front pages of newspapers everywhere in the United States. Here is how one major newspaper reported the event:
LOS ANGELES ELECTS BRADLEY MAYOR UNSEATING YORTYBLACK WINS 56% OF VOTES
Bradley called his victory over Yorty “the fulfillment (实现) of a dream”. During his childhood and youth, people had kept telling him, “You can’t do this, you can’t go there, because you are a Negro.” Nevertheless he had won a decisive victory over a man who had been won 43.7 percent.
Los Angeles voters have had many opportunities to judge. Thomas Bradley had to form an opinion of him. The son of a poor farmer Texas, he joined the Los Angeles police force in 1940. During his twenty-one years on the police force he earned a law degree by attending school at night. He was elected to the city council (市政厅) ten years ago.
At the time of the Los Angeles election, three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles. Besides, the percentage of blacks in those other cities was much larger. Cleveland, Ohio, had thirty-six percent black when Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967. In the same year Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Cary. In Newark, New Jersey, sixty percent of the population were black when Kenneth Gibson was elected in 1970. Thus election of a black mayor in those cities was not very surprising.
In Los Angeles thousands of white citizens voted for Thomas Bradley because they believed he would be a better mayor than the white candidate(候选人). Bradley had spent forty-eight of his fifty-five years in Los Angeles. Four years ago Bradley lost mayoral election to Yorty. This time Bradley won.
小题1:In the author’s opinion, it was surprising that _______.
| A．the whites would vote for a black mayor |
| B．a black mayor would be elected in such a large city |
| C．a black from a poor farmer’s family could be elected mayor of Los Angeles |
| D．there would be so many black mayors |
| A．voted for Bradley because of his black color |
| B．didn’t care much about his color when they voted |
| C．voted for him to give a chance to fulfill his dream |
| D．voted for Bradley because they trust him |
| A．he was the first black mayor in history |
| B．he was the first black mayor in the south of USA |
| C．he was the first black mayor of one of the largest cities in USA |
| D．a poor farmer’s son could also win an important election |
| A．blacks had equal rights as whites in the USA |
| B．black people’s situation began to be improving much more than before |
| C．one can be successful through hard work in the USA no matter what color he is |
| D．it is certain that someday the USA will have a black president |
William E. Hoy was born in Houckstown Ohio on May 23, 1862. He became deaf when he was two years old. He attended the Columbus Ohio School for the deaf. After graduation he started playing baseball while working as a shoemaker.
Hoy began playing professional baseball in 1886 for Oshkosh(Wisconsin) of the Northwestern League. In 1888 he started as an outfielder(外场手) with the old Washington Senators. His small figure and speed made him an outstanding base runner. He was very good at stealing bases during his career. In the 1888 major league season he stole 82 bases. He was also the Senators’ leading hitter in 1888. Hoy was clever and he threw right-handed and batted left-handed. On June 19,1889 he threw out three batters(击球手) at the plate from his outfield position.
The arm signals used by judges today to show balls and strikes began because of Hoy. The judge lifted his right arm to show that the pitch was a strike and his left arm to signal that it was a ball.
For many years people talked about Hoy’s last ball game in 1903. He was playing for Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast Winter League. It was a memorable game because Hoy hit a wonderful ball which won the game. It was a very foggy day and therefore very hard to see the ball. In the ninth inning(棒球的一局) with two men out, Hoy managed to catch a fly ball to make the third out in spite of the fog. Los Angeles defeated their opposition and won the game.
After he retired Hoy stayed busy. He ran a dairy farm near Cincinnati for 20 years. He also became a public speaker and traveled giving speeches. Until a few years before his death he took 4-10 mile walks several mornings a week. On December 15, 1961 William Hoy died at the age of 99.
小题1:In which order did the following things happen in Hoy’s life?
a. Hoy worked as a shoemaker.
b. Hoy began to run a diary farm.
c. Hoy played a memorable game in the heavy fog.
d. Hoy threw the first ball of the World Series.
e. Hoy became deaf.
| A．d e a c b | B．e a c b d | C．d a e c b | D．e a b c d |
| A．became famous | B．led a relaxed life |
| C．traveled around the world | D．was in good physical condition |
| A．a deaf player devoted to the game of baseball |
| B．baseball game rules and important players |
| C．the rise in the social position of the deaf people |
| D．where the baseball judge hand signals came from |
| A．Hoy was the greatest baseball player in his time. |
| B．Speaking and listening are not necessary in baseball games. |
| C．The judge had to study the hand signals very seriously. |
| D．Hoy’s family encouraged him to become a baseball player. |
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