________ his way home, he helped an old woman cross the road.

________ his way home, he helped an old woman cross the road.

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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

【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

【小题6】

A．cost B．spend C．pay D．take

【小题7】

A．love B．hate C．question D．surprise

【小题8】

A．accepted B．refused C．understood D．cared

【小题9】

A．situations B．suggestions C．plays D．plans

【小题10】

A．farmers B．scientists C．doctors D．inventors

【小题11】

A．helpful B．harmful C．careful D．wonderful

【小题12】

A．pumpkin B．peanut C．cotton D．potato

【小题13】

A．soil B．water C．air D．weather

【小题14】

A．seen B．look C．found D．called

【小题15】

A．time B．year C．age D．season

Now throwing shoes at President Bush is a popular game on the Internet. It turns out that there are times when it’s good to throw shoes.
After leaving his office in the center of the city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home. He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe hit the car door . The man got very angry. He jumped out of the car and caught a boy who still had a shoe in his hand.
“Who are you? Why did you do that?” the young man shouted at the boy.
“I’m sorry. But I don’t know what else to do. My sister has been hurt. I cried for help but nobody stopped,” the boy said.
The man looked around and saw a girl by the road. Her leg was bleeding(流血).
“She is my sister. She wanted to cross the road but fell out of her wheelchair. She is too heavy for me. I can’t get her back into the wheelchair. ”The man was moved. He helped the bleeding girl back into her wheelchair.
“Thank you. You’re so kind,” said the little boy. Life speaks to our hearts. Sometimes we don’t have time to listen and it will throw a shoe at us.
【小题1】The young man drove his new car ______.

A．to the city

B．home

C．to his office

D．to his school

【小题2】Who threw a shoe at the car?

A．A small boy

B．A bleeding girl

C．A young man

D．An old lady

【小题3】The underlined word “wheelchair” means ______ in this passage.

A．自行车

B．电动车

C．手推车

D．轮椅

【小题4】Why did the boy throw the shoe?

A．Because he liked the car.	B．Because her sister was hurt.
C．Because he was hurt.	D．Because he was naughty.

【小题5】What can we learn from the story?

A．We should be kind and helpful.

B．We should drive slowly and safely.

C．Life always throws shoes at our cars.

D．Nobody wants to be hit by a shoe.