The Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
In 1955，bus seats for African Americans and whites were separated in parts of the U．S.. On December 1,1955，in the city of Montgomery，Alabama，a conflict，or disagreement，started when an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man and go to the back of the bus. The police took 42yearold Parks to jail.
The African American community was extremely angry. They had a meeting and decided to work together to protest discrimination. They agreed to boycott(抵制) the buses on the day that Parks went to court. The day was a success. Empty buses drove through the streets. The city lost money. The community decided to continue the boycott. They elected a man named Martin Luther King，Jr. to be the leader.
The boycott continued. It was difficult for African Americans to get to work without buses，but they didn’t stop the boycott. The city continued to lose money. Finally，the U．S. Supreme Court decided that Montgomery’s bus laws were unfair and gave the African American community equal right. On December 21,1956，the bus boycott ended.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. The movement eventually led to the Civil Rights Act in 1964，a set of laws that made discrimination a crime. During the Montgomery Bus Boycott，people worked together to change the government. Today，people in the U．S. continue to work together for a change. Now hundreds of organizations and community groups work to protect the rights of U．S. citizens and residents.
1.How is the situation for the black in the U．S. in 1955?
A．They were treated equally.
B．They were treated unfairly.
C．They had no rights to take a bus.
D．They were not allowed to take the same bus with the white.
2.What is the cause of the Civil Rights Movement?
A．Bus seats for African Americans and white were separated in parts of the U．S.
B．Rosa Parks was sent to jail for she refused to give her bus seat to a white man.
C．The African American community had a meeting to protest discrimination.
D．A man named Martin Luther King，Jr. was elected to be the leader.
3.How long did the boycott continue?
A．Less than a year. B．Less than a month.
C．More than a year. D．More than a month.
4.How did the black people fight for the civil rights?
A．By refusing to take buses.
B．By refusing to talk to the white.
C．Through fights with the white people.
D．By doing nothing.
5.What is the final result of the Civil Rights Movement?
A．The U．S. Supreme Court decided that Montgomery’s bus laws were unfair and gave the African American community equal right.
B．They elected a man named Martin Luther King，Jr. to be the leader.
C．Black people and white people can take the same bus.
D．The movement eventually led to the Civil Rights Act in 1964，a set of laws that made discrimination a crime.
School uniforms（制服）are becoming more and more popular across the U.S.A. That’s no surprise，because they offer many benefits. They immediately end the powerful social sorting and labeling （标记）that come from clothing. If all students are dressed in the same way，they will not pay too much attention to their clothing，and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes.
Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms，but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule — wanting to look just like their friends. The difference is that the clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers（障碍）; school uniforms tear those barriers down.
As in other places，uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties. For example，when a man or woman puts on a police uniform，he or she becomes，for a time，the symbol（象征）of law and order. The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to everyone the wearer meets. People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another. For students，the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an education.
Some parents are unhappy about uniforms，saying that school uniforms will affect their children’s “creativity”. First，as noted above，the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily express their individuality （个性）. They just copy their classmates. Second，students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they’re in school，their job is to master reading，writing，and maths; this should take up all the creativity they have. Mastery of those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way.
1.In Paragraph 1，the word “benefits” probably means .
A. tasks B. messages C. differences D. advantages
2.From the passage we learn that uniforms in general .
A. prevent the wearers from being laughed at
B. help the wearers keep their duties in mind
C. are seen as a symbol of power
D. help to create social barriers
3.Some people are against school uniforms because .
A. they fail to realize that students have accepted the uniforms
B. they believe that uniforms will make students less creative
C. they don’t agree that uniforms can remove social barriers
D. they think that school uniforms are too popular
4.The author would probably agree that .
A. it makes no difference whether to wear school uniforms or not
B. students’ individuality may not come from school education
C. students’ creativity is related to the clothes they choose
D. school uniforms help to create equality among students
5.School uniforms are becoming more and more popular and important because _____
A. they can stop the powerful social sorting and labeling.
B. if all students are dressed in the same way，they will not pay too much attention to their clothing.
C. uniforms can remind the wearers of their purposes and duties
D. school uniforms will affect their children’s creativity.
Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York., in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store., selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”
1.Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.
A. earn more money for his family B. learn something from a salesman
C. get away from the farm D. get enough to eat.
2.Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _____________.
A. he knew how to get people to buy his goods.
B. he cut down the price by half
C. he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way.
D. the sign he put on the table was well designed.
3.The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______________.
A. the factory workers worked 24 hours a day.
B. knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.
C. the knives were made in Germany, where labour (劳动力) was cheap.
D. the knives were produced in one factory.
4._____________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.
A. His business skills and his wealth.
B. The low price of the goods he sold.
C. His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.
D. His natural skill for showing things.
5.The belief that : “ The customer is always right” suggests that _______________.
A. whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.
B. If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way.
C. stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money.
D. stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful.
Two years after the First World War (1914-1918), a small group of soldiers left the army and returned to their hometown in France. Most of them lived well, but one of them was poor. His name was Clinton. Once a year they had supper in Barton’s house. Barton was very rich.
One evening Barton showed his friends a large gold coin at the supper table. The coin was passed around and praised by everyone. At the same time they were talking and talking. They soon forgot about the coin. After supper, Barton asked for his coin, but nobody could tell where it was. It was lost. One man said that everyone must be searched. One by one they turned their pockets inside out. Only Clinton refused, however. “I didn’t steal the coin, and I will not be searched,” he said. After that, people turned their heads away from Clinton when they met him. He grew poorer. Soon his wife died.
A few years later, Barton had his house repaired. The lost coin was found under the floor. Barton felt sorry and went to Clinton to apologize. “But,” he asked, “you knew the coin was not in your pocket. Why did you refuse to be searched?” “Because I was a thief,” Clinton answered. “My pockets were full of food at that time. I had taken some food from the table to carry to my hungry wife and children.”
1.The story took place ________.
A. in 1920 B. after 1945 C. in 1950 D. 1916
2.The coin was passed and praised because ________.
A. Clinton was rich B. the supper was good
C. it was a large gold coin D. they were happy
3.Everyone was to be searched because _________.
A. they were thieves B. the gold coin was lost
C. Clinton stole the gold coin D. they stole the gold coin
4.Clinton refused to be searched because _________.
A. he was afraid to be found that there was some food in his pockets
B. he didn’t steal the coin
C. he was poor enough
D. the gold coin was in his pocket
5.“After that, people turned their heads away from Clinton when they met him.” From the sentence we know that _____.
A. people thought of him as a beggar
B. people took no notice of him
C. people look down upon him
D. Clinton refused to see his friends
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An 8.8magnitude earthquake struck Chile on 27 Feb,2010.More than 300 people are reported __36__(kill) in Chile after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the South American nation early Saturday，__37__(cause)considerable destruction as well，and creating tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean.
Rescuers worked frantically for hours to help survivors of the quake __38__centered 100 kilometers from the city of Concepcion but caused damage and deaths in several parts of Chile.
Homes，buildings and bridges collapsed or caught fire，cars __39__(overturn)，and the main international airport had to be shut down because of damage. One survivor said it was terrible. She said she thought she was not __40__(scare)of earthquakes but then，she says，it looked as if everything was going to collapse. There were at least eight aftershocks and tidal waves of up __41__ two meters that hit Chile’s coast. Residents in lowlying areas and living on islands off the mainland tried to flee __42__higher ground. Chile experiences many earthquakes but the early Saturday natural disaster was __43__of its most severe (剧烈的). Thorne Lay，a geophysicist at the University of California，Santa Cruz，said it was much stronger than __44__one that caused devastation(废墟)in Haiti last month，but probably less __45__(destroy)，because of where it was centered.
I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experience actually. I changed 21 many times.
I first went to school at five. None of my teachers or classmates liked me, because I always gave them a lot of 22 . I once put a worm in a girl's pocket. When I was seven, I was asked to 23 the school. Then I was sent off to a boarding school. I missed my 24 very much at first; I didn't want to leave once I returned home. Later I met a very 25 teacher, who cared for me and helped me with study. He was also the 26 person to encourage me to act and write. At 13, I moved to Malvern College, but I was kicked out at 15 for 27 school rules. Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level. In fact, I didn't like studying.
I finally 28 that life shouldn't be like this. So I retook the 29 and got an A grade. And more 30 , I made a decision: to go to college, so I began to 31 for the entrance exam. I 32 passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English. I met my wife there and I was 33 I made that decision, otherwise I wouldn't have had a happy family. Looking back on what I've 34 , I come to know that if you devote yourself to it, nothing is 35 .
1.A. schools B. majors C. jobs D. directions
2.A. attention B. respect C. trouble D. help
3.A. leave B. join C. visit D. describe
4.A. friend B. childhood C. teacher D. family
5.A. rude B. good C. terrible D. new
6.A. first B. youngest C. last D. right
7.A. following B. changing C. misusing D. breaking
8.A. guessed B. doubted C. remembered D. realised
9.A. lesson B. exam C. photo D. position
10.A. difficultly B. effectively C. importantly D. likely
11.A. prepare B. call C. wait D. hope
12.A. suddenly B. unluckily C. accidentally D. finally
13.A. sorry B. proud C. glad D. afraid
14.A. written B. experienced C. seen D. concerned
15. A. strange B. perfect C. impossible D. false
