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“J. C.” , he replied.
She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.
A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.
The stage was set for Owens’ victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic (体育的) but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners.
“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.”
Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone call from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.
Owens’ Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and dogs.
“Sure, it bothered (烦扰) me,” he said later. “But at least it was an honest living had to eat.”
In time, however, his gold medals (奖牌) changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”
小题1:Owens got his other name “Jesse” when _______.
A. he went to Ohio State University
B. his teacher made fun of him
C. his teacher took “J. C.” for “Jesse”
D. he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet
小题2: In the Big Ten meet, Owens _______.
A.hurt himself in the back | B.succeeded in setting many records |
C.tried every sports event but failed | D.had to give up some events |
A.he was not of the right race | B.he was the son of a poor farmer |
C.he didn’t shake hands with Hitler | D.he didn’t talk to the US president on the phone |
A.have been changed for money to help him live on |
B.have made him famous in the U.S. |
C.have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life |
D.have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs |
A.Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete |
B.Golden Moment—a Life-time Struggle |
C.Making a Living as a Sportsman |
D.How to Be a Successful Athlete |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析
小题1:本题考查理解文章细节信息的能力。从文章第一段最后一句“There, a school teacher asked the youth his name. “J. C.” , he replied. She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.”可知,当Owens告诉他老师他的名字叫“J. C.”时,他的老师误以为是“Jesse”,于是他有了一个新名字。
小题2:本题考查对文章细节信息进行认定的能力。从第四段最后一句“As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.”和第五段倒数第二句“He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book. ” 可知,Owens 在the Big Ten meet 创造许多记录。
小题3:本题考查根据文中细节进行推理判断的能力。由文章第一段“James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves.”可知Owens 是一名黑人,他在以后的体育生涯中尽管取得了辉煌的成就,却遭受了种族歧视。
小题4:本题考查根据短文某一细节对词语含义进行简单猜测的能力。从最后一段“In time, however, his gold medals (奖牌) changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said.”可知,奖牌鼓舞着Owens, 使他很好地生活下去。
小题5:本题考查归纳文章主旨大意的能力。通读全文可知,它主要讲述了一位伟大的美国体育运动员。Jesse Owens一生的奋斗历程。A项突出了人物的身份特点。
核心考点
试题【James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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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. |
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 |
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