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Please read Professor Hume"s email about his next lecture on Rosa Parks.
Susan Miller
Secretary.
Dear Susan,
Please forward this message to students of my history class.
Besides the life story of Rosa Parks in the textbook, the students are also required to read the passage
below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library.
Ted Hume.
The early experiences of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), long known as the "mother of the civil rights movement"
were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time. The black woman, however, turned
the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white
man. "By sitting down," remarked John Lewis, "she was standing up for all Americans."
Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and
the Congressional Gold Medal (1999).
Parks died on Oct. 24, 2005. At St. Paul A. M. E. Church in Montgomery, a large crowd including Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice celebrated her life. Rice said she and others, who grew up when the political activities
of Parks held public attention, might not have realized her impact (影响) on their lives, "but I can honestly say
that without Mrs. Parks, I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State."
After her casket (灵柩) was placed at the Capitol, U.S. President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary
Americans paid their respects. In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol, a very
high regard usually reserved for Presidents of the United States.
B. To introduce to the students Rosa Parks.
C. To help the students organize a lecture.
D. To answer Professor Hume"s last email.
B. Send.
C. Take.
D. Read.
B. joined the civil rights movement at a young age
C. made racial equality a common value in American society
D. set a good example in her early life for other black Americans
B. She was received by President Bush at the Capitol.
C. She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
D. She was honored to lie in state at the Capitol.
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试题【阅读理解。Dear all, Please read Professor Hume"s email about his next lecture on】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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But on Thursday, Viesturs became the only American to climb to the top of the world"s 14 highest mountains.
His last hike was up Mount Annapurna, in Asia"s snowcapped Himalayas. At 26,545 feet, its peak is the
10th highest in the world. It is the mountain that inspired him to start climbing.
"It tends to be the trickiest, the most dangerous," said Viesturs. "There"s no simple way to climb it. There
are threatening avalanches (雪崩) and ice falls that protect the mountain."
In high school, Viesturs read French climber Maurice Herzog"s tale of climbing the icy Annapurna. Herzog"s
story was of frostbite (冻伤) and difficulty and near-death experiences. Viesturs was hooked right away.
Viesturs got his start on Washington"s Mount Rainier in 1977, guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years
ago, he set out to walk up to the world"s highest peaks. Finally, he"s done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with
respect. "You have to use all of your senses, all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it,"
said Viesturs. "If we have the patience and the respect, and if we"re here at the right time, under the right
circumstances, they allow us to go up, and allow us to come down."
What"s next for a man who can"t stop climbing? "I"m going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back
and enjoy the summer," says Viesturs. But for a man who"s climbed the world"s 14 tallest mountains, he will
probably soon set off on yet another adventure.
B. He has been to the top of the world"s 14 highest mountains.
C. He has become the first to climb to the height of 26,545 feet.
D. He has become the first man to climb to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world.
B. discouraged
C. interested
D. upset
B. mountains should be regarded as living creatures
C. mountain climbing needs more skills than physical energy
D. those who like mountain climbing won"t stop climbing
B. Climbing to the top of the world"s 14 tallest mountains again.
C. Climbing another one of the highest mountains.
D. Writing down the experiences about his adventure.
New Mexico. His mother"s ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a
25,000 acre farm at Coutlla. Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their
farm.
Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He set up an electric alarm to keep his
younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents" garage into a laboratory for his science
projects.
After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering,
Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study
market trends. He rose quickly, becoming a senior vice president, and looked forward to a bright career in
finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.
In 1994, there was still no Internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that
Internet usage was increasing by 2,300 percent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce,
and immediately began considering the possibilities.
Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage. The company was
called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches. It started as an
online bookstore but soon diversified (多样化) to all kinds of products. His work with Amazon eventually led
him to become one of the most excellent dot-com entrepreneurs (企业家). He was named Time magazine"s
Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008, he was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of America"s Best
Leaders. Bezos" Amazon has become "the Earth"s biggest anything store". Amazon.com is now called" one of
the smartest strategies in business history".
Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity (慈善) activities.
"Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company," he has said.
B. showed great interest in science
C. didn"t get along well with his brothers and sisters
D. wanted to become a businessman
B. living a quiet life along the Amazon River
C. earning endless money and being wealthy
D. wishing his company to run smoothly and endlessly
B. "Amazon.com" only sold books in the beginning.
C. Bezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity.
D. The reason why Jeffrey Bezos decided to found Amazon.com.
B. Bezos invented e-commerce to win the world fame overnight
C. Bezos is aiming at being "the Earth"s biggest bookstore"
D. Bezos has a sharp business mind and a kind heart
scream with excitement at her concerts and rush to the store to buy her latest CD?
The answer is Miley Cyrus. After starring in popular TV shows and hit movies, the 16-year-old released
her fifth album, The Time of Our Lives, on August 28. Its lead single, Party in. the USA, is wildly popular.
Cyrus has built her success largely on a role she has played. On TV and the silver screen, Miley Cyrus is
Miley Stewart. She is popular at school during the day and at night. She is a famous pop singer named Hannah
Montana.
Her soaring popularity goes to her head. So Stewart"s father takes her home from Los Angeles to Tennessee,
a southern US state, for a dose of reality. The journey kicks off an adventure filled with fun, laughter and
romance.
While there, she has to cope with her city girl"s unfamiliarity with country life and gradually learn what
family is all about.
"Hannah Montana, at heart, is every Disney princess show you ve ever seen", writes Michael O"Sullivan, a
reporter with the Washington Post. "Only with a limo (豪华轿车) instead of a pumpkin-turned-coach, a
microphone stand instead of a magic wand (魔法棒) and a prince who wears a cowboy hat."
But the journey of looking for one"s inner self goes beyond the big screen. Actress Miley Cyrus has a
celebrity father, Billy Ray Cyrus, a famous country singer. The teenager doesn"t want people to think she has
taken a short-cut to success. "It"s about how I find out who I am. I get to know that you need to be able to
take time to realize who you are," She said. "I don"t want to be some celebrity"s daughter, just be me."
B. The Time of Our Lives is Miley Cyrus" fifth album.
C. Party in the USA, is very popular.
D. Thousands of American teenager boys rush to the store to buy Miley"s latest CD.
B. Because she wanted to play in the movies.
C. Because she wanted to make adventure.
D. Because her father liked country life.
B. She has to get to know her new friends.
C. She has to take the adventure.
D. She has to obey her father"s request.
B. She has to get to know her new friends.
C. She has to take the adventure.
D. She has to obey her father"s request.
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson"s imagination 1 ,
recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 2 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 3 . With
him were his American wife Fanny and his son 4 .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 5 over the hills. They had been 6 this for
several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt
the days 7 . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some 8 .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 9 that the boy had
drawn a large cross in the middle of 10 "What"s that?" he asked "That"s the 11 treasure." said the boy.
Robert suddenly 12 something of an adventure story in the boy"s 13 . While the rain was pouring Robert
sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 14 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who
would he the pirate (海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 15 of a wooden leg. Robert had
always wanted to 16 such a man in a story. 17 Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was 18 .
So, thanks to a 19 September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-
year-old boy we have one of the greatest 20 stories in the English language.
| ( )1. A. However ( )2. A. alone ( )3. A. meeting ( )4. A. Lloyd ( )5. A. talk ( )6. A. attempting ( )7. A. quiet ( )8. A. cleaning ( )9. A. doubted ( )10. A. the sea ( )11. A. forgotten ( )12. A. saw ( )13. A. book ( )14. A. star ( )15. A. help ( )16. A. praise ( )17. A. Yet ( )18. A. read ( )19. A. rainy ( )20. A. news | B. Therefore B. next door B. story B. Robert B. rest B. missing B. dull B. writing B. noticed B. the house B. buried B. drew B. reply B. hero B. problem B. produce B. Also B. born B. sunny B. love | C. Besides C. at home C. holiday C. Henley C. walk C. planning C. busy C. drawing C. decided C. Scotland C. discovered C. made C. picture C. writer C. use C. include C. But C. hired C. cool C. real-life | D. Finally D. abroad D. jib D. John D. game D. enjoying D. cold D. exercising D. recognized D. the island D. unexpected D. learned D. mind D. child D. bottom D. accept D. Thus D. written D. windy D. adventure |
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| When people hear a president speak, they seldom think about others helping to shape the presentation (报告). Today, however, presidents depend on writers such as J. Terry Edmonds to help them communicate (交流) effectively. Edmonds is the first African American ever to work as a full-time speechwriter for a U.S. president; he is so the first African American to serve as director of speechwriting for White House. His is an all-American story of success. Edmonds grew up in Baltimore, Maryland; his father drove a truck, and his mother worked as a waitress. A great reader, Edmonds showed a gift for writing at his high School, Baltimore City College After graduating in 1967 Edmonds went on to Morgan State University. Edmonds began his career in business, with jobs in public relations and communications. He joined the world of politics as news secretary for his congressman (国会议员) from Baltimore During Bill Clinton"s presidency, he wrote speeches for Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and worked in a number of job in the White House and in governmental departments President Clinton then appointed (任命) him to the office of directory of speechwriting. Following the 2000 elections Edmonds returned to Morgan State University as the school"s special assistant to the president for 2001-2002. | |||
| 1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? | |||
| A. Edmonds proved himself to be good at writing at high school. B. Edmonds graduated from Morgan State University in 1967. C. Edmonds was the first full-time speechwriter. D. Edmonds served the White House after 2000. | |||
| 2. Edmonds entered the world of politics first as _____. | |||
| A. news secretary for a Congressman B. a speechwriter for President Clinton C. news secretary in the White House D. a speechwriter for Secretary Donna Shalala | |||
| 3. The text is most likely to be found in a book about _____. | |||
| A. popular science B. historical events C. successful people D. Political systems |