Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who began the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus . She stood up for what she believed was right , and her courage inspired countless others to do the same.
Born in Alabama in 1913 , Mrs. Parks grew up on a farm just outside Montgomery in a town called Pine Level . She was home-schooled until she was 11. She later attended the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery. She briefly attended the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes , but had to drop out to take care of her mother and grandmother when they became ill.
Mrs. Parks married Raymond Parks in 1932 . He encouraged her to finish her education . This was very uncommon at that time , especially for a woman. Less than 7 percent of African-Americans studied in a high school in the 1930s.
Mrs. Parks also succeeded in gaining the right to vote, which was very difficult for blacks under the segregation laws( 种族隔离制度 ) . In 1943, she began working as a secretary for the NAACP----National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Mrs. Parks made her historic decision on December 1,1955. She recalled in her autobiography(自传) ：
“When the driver saw me still sitting, he asked if I was going to stand up and I said , ‘ No, I’m not.’ Then he said , ‘ Well , if you don’t stand up , I’m going to have to call the police and have you arrested .’ I said , ‘ You may do that.’”
Mrs. Parks died on October 24,2005. “ She sat down in order that we might stand up,” said civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson. “ Her imprisonment opened the doors for our long journey to freedom.”
1. From the passage we can infer that in Rosa Parks’ time black people ______________.
A．were not allowed to take buses
B．only stood in the buses
C．were looked down upon
D．had no right at all
2.From the second paragraph we know that Rosa Parks ____________________.
A．began to learn at the age of 11
B．studied at home until she was 11
C．attended the Industrial School when she was 11
D．graduated from the Alabama State Teachers College
3. Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat to a white person because ________________.
A．she was tired after a day’s work
B．there were empty seats on the bus
C．she didn’t want to stand on the bus
D．she wanted to be treated equally
4. In this passage the phrase “ stood up for ” in the first paragraph probably means “___________”.
A．acted to protect B．paid attention to
C．looked forward to D．gave up to
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From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 1 a note. Often written on a napkin, it might be a thank-you for a 2 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting , or a bit of 3 for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they 4 their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious( 有自我意识的 )，and 5 he reached high school , my older son, Marc informed me he no longer 6 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 7 them but I still needed to write them. I 8 until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation , Marc called and asked if he could move 9 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college , 10 two internships ( 实习 ) in Washington, D.C. , and 11 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.12 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home . With his younger sister leaving for college , I was 13 happy to have Marc back . Since I was 14 making lunch for his younger brother , I 15 one for Marc , too. Imagine my 16 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 17 his lunch.
“Did I do something 18 ?” Don’t you love me 19 , Mom ?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 20 asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom .” he answered . “ Where’s my note?”
1. A．carried B．found C．included D．held
2. A．difficult B．special C．comfortable D．separate
3. A．congratulation B．improvement
C．explanation D．encouragement
4. A．loved B．answered C．wrote D．examined
5. A．lately B．by the way C．by the time D．gradually
6. A．received B．understood C．enjoyed D．collected
7. A．copy B．read C．take D．send
8. A．held up B．gave up C．followed D．continued
9. A．out B．home C．to college D．to Sacramento
10. A．organizing B．planning C．comparing D．completing
11. A．hopefully B．finally C．particularly D．certainly
12. A．Because of B．Instead of C．Except for D．As for
13. A．especially B．immediately C．Equally D．generally
14. A．once B．again C．still D．even
15. A．packed B．fetched C．Bought D．filled
16. A．fear B．surprise
C．anger D．disappointment
17. A．waiting for B．worrying about
C．caring for D．asking about
18. A．wrong B．funny C．strange D．smart
19. A．any more B．enough C．once more D．better
20. A．interestingly B．bitterly
C．politely D．laughingly
To get a better view of the stage, ____________________.
A．our seats had to be changed.
B．our seats were changed
C．our seats are changed
D．we had to change our seats.
We should do more such exercises in the future，I think，_____ those we did yesterday.
A．as B．like C．about D．than
Has it been warned that all the children in this area stay at their homes until the Flu has been controlled ?
A．can B．will C．may D．shall
_________ smoking, he would not have got cancer in the lung.
A．Was he given up B．Had he given up
C．Did he give D．If he gave up
