V Reading
Ellas’ story
My name is Ellas .I am a poor black worker in South Africa .The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life .I was twelve years old . It was in 1952 and he had opened a black law firm to advise black poor people on their problems .
I began school at six . The school where I studied only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave, because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare .I could not read or write. After trying hard ,I got a job in a gold mine, This was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried about whether I would be out of work.
The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest days of my life .He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg .I never forgot how kind he was and when he organized the ANC Youth League ,I joined it as soon as I could .He said:
“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”
It was the truth .Black people has no vote and could not choose who ruled them .The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people .They could not get jobs they wanted .The places there they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa .No one could grow food there .In fact as  Nelson Mandela said:
“…we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important ,or fight the Government .We chose to attack the law .We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful ;when this was not allowed… only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.”
As a matter of fact, I do not like violence… but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings .It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison for years .But I was happy to help because I knew it was to realize our dream of making black and white people equal.
1 Read the text and answer the following questions.
1) When and where was the writer born?
2) What difficulty did he meet when he worked in a gold mine in Johannesburg?      
3 )why did Mandela organize the ANC Youth League?      
4 )What position were the black in and what did they do

V Reading

Ellas’ story

My name is Ellas .I am a poor black worker in South Africa .The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life .I was twelve years old . It was in 1952 and he had opened a black law firm to advise black poor people on their problems .

I began school at six . The school where I studied only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave, because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare .I could not read or write. After trying hard ,I got a job in a gold mine, This was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried about whether I would be out of work.

The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest days of my life .He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg .I never forgot how kind he was and when he organized the ANC Youth League ,I joined it as soon as I could .He said:

“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”

It was the truth .Black people has no vote and could not choose who ruled them .The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people .They could not get jobs they wanted .The places there they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa .No one could grow food there .In fact as  Nelson Mandela said:

“…we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important ,or fight the Government .We chose to attack the law .We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful ;when this was not allowed… only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.”

As a matter of fact, I do not like violence… but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings .It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison for years .But I was happy to help because I knew it was to realize our dream of making black and white people equal.

1 Read the text and answer the following questions.

1) When and where was the writer born?

2) What difficulty did he meet when he worked in a gold mine in Johannesburg?      

3 )why did Mandela organize the ANC Youth League?      

4 )What position were the black in and what did they do

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分）
【小题1】I have not been able to be_______(在户外) for so long.
【小题2】After_______(毕业)from college，we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.
【小题3】The water pipes in some buildings cracked and _____(爆裂).
【小题4】She is very ______(可靠)and I knew I did not need to encourage her.
【小题5】Some of the rescue workers and doctors were_____(陷入困境) under the ruins.
【小题6】Only then did we decide to answer_______(暴力) in a peaceful way.
【小题7】 ______(事实上)，he is a dishonest businessman.
【小题8】The baby felt_____(忽视)by her parents.
【小题9】The earthquake nearly ______（毁坏）everything in the city.
【小题10】The officer ordered the soldiers to stand______(挺直).

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分）

1.I have not been able to be_______(在户外) for so long.

2.After_______(毕业)from college，we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.

3.The water pipes in some buildings cracked and _____(爆裂).

4.She is very ______(可靠)and I knew I did not need to encourage her.

5.Some of the rescue workers and doctors were_____(陷入困境) under the ruins.

6.Only then did we decide to answer_______(暴力) in a peaceful way.

7. ______(事实上)，he is a dishonest businessman.

8.The baby felt_____(忽视)by her parents.

9.The earthquake nearly ______（毁坏）everything in the city.

10.The officer ordered the soldiers to stand______(挺直).

   根据课文内容完成以下空格，每空一词。

I.           I am fond of my sister but she has one serious _____76_____. She can be really ____77______. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she _____78_____ the trip properly.……

II.         …… Some of the ____79______ workers and doctors were _____80_____ under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food, and _____81_____ were hard to get. People began to wonder how long the _____82_____ would last.

III.        “……we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the government. We chose to _____83_____ the laws. We first broke the law in a way which was ____84______; when this was not allowed…… only then did we _____85_____ to answer violence with violence.”