Question

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

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A 

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