阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
Harriet Tubman was born a slave.She didn't get a ____ to go to school.____ a child，Harriet had to work very hard in ____ all day.That way，her owner could _ __ a lot of money when he sold his crops.Harriet ____ think that she was being treated fairly.
____ Harriet grew up，she ran away from the plantation(庄园) to the northern United States.There，and in Canada，____ could be free.
Harriet liked to be free.She felt ____for all of the black people who were ____ slaves.
Harriet returned to ____ to help other slaves to run away.She made ____ that they got to the North and became free.
Harriet was in great ____ because of a ____ law.The law said it was not permitted to ____ slaves run away.She also ____ that the slave owners said they would ____ $4,000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman.
There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away.In all，she made nineteen ____ back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to ____.When the Civil War broke out，the northern states ____ with the southern states.Harriet ____ the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free.She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war.
1.A．day B．chance C．permission D．moment
2.A．As B．Being C．Since D．Like
3.A．the farm B．a school C．the fields D．a factory
4.A．make B．pay C．got D．spend
5.A．certainly B．didn't C．did D．no longer
6.A．Since B．After C．Then D．With
7.A．the white B．white C．black D．black people
8.A．happy B．sure C．wrong D．sorry
9.A．still B．yet C．only D．not
10.A．Canada B．the South C．the North D．the U．S.
11.A．perfect B．way C．possible D．sure
12.A．anger B．anxiety C．hurry D．danger
13.A．explained B．gained C．passed D．broken
14.A．help B．set free C．stop D．catch
15.A．found B．noticed C．found out D．made sure
16.A．pay B．make C．spend D．get
17.A．letters B．incidents C．trips D．trials
18.A．freedom B．safety C．North D．southern states
19.A．united B．fought C．made peace D．gave in
20.A．looked for B．stood for C．looked on D．went to
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I was having trouble with a bully(恃强凌弱者)at school once when I was younger. One day I eventually confided(吐露)my trouble to my grandmother. I told her that I was being bullied at school.
She surprised me a little bit when she asked me what it was about.__ 1.__. She said she knew what it was about. She said it was because I hadn't done anything wrong and was simply being me. _2._ Why would I be bullied for not doing anything wrong?
_3.__I was sure that couldn't be right. We weren't very well off(富裕的) so I had secondhand clothes，simple shoes，etc. while the other person was always in the latest fashion and had new things.
Then my grandmother explained that the jealousy(嫉妒)was not of material things but of what I carried inside—my “hidden gems（宝石）”．My grandmother said that the bully was jealous that I had so many wonderful gems hidden inside of me. __4.
When I was at school the next week，I had a whole different view of the bully. I think the pity must have shown in my eyes because the bullying stopped.
__5.__.And it is，I think，of great help to them when they are in such trouble.
A．I fought with him bravely following my grandmother's advice.
B．Hearing that made me feel sorry for the bully.
C．This is the message that children need to hear to increase their confidence.
D．I said that I really didn't know.
E．What the bully did was completely wrong.
F．I really didn't understand her.
G．She said that the other person was jealous of me because of something he lacked.
If a husband accuses his wife of missing the bigger picture or the wife says her husband has no eye for detail，there may be more than an element of truth to it.
Scientists have shown that men are better at dealing with distant targets，while women are good at shortrange focusing.
The finding reflects（反映） the way men and women's brains evolved(进化)thousands of years ago. Hunters，usually the men，needed the ability to find targets in far places. Women，on the other hand，had to be_adept_in searching the area immediately within reach for fruits，nuts，berries and roots.
Researchers asked 48 men and women to mark the midpoint of lines on a piece of paper with a laser（激光） pointer. Men were more accurate(准确的)than women when the target was placed at a distance of 100cm or out of reach. When the paper was only 50cm away—within hands' reach—the women did a much better job.
Psychologist Helen Stancey，from Hammersmith and West London College，said，“Evidence already exists that separate pathways in the brain process visual（视觉上的） information from near and far space. Our results suggest that the near pathways is favored in women and the far pathway is favored in men. ”The findings are published online in the British Journal of Psychology.
In a second study，volunteers were asked to carry out the same tasks by using a stick. This time women were much better than men at judging both distances. The finding suggests that the stick provides a focal point(集中点)to help the brain to process distant information as if it is in the near space.
1.What's the function of Paragraph 1?
A．To tell us the difference between men and women.
B．To explain why men see farther than women.
C．To tell us what couples often quarrel about.
D．To lead to the topic of the passage.
2.The underlined part“be adept in”in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “________”．
A．be good at B．get interested in
C．be proud of D．give up
3.In the second study，________.
A．men were proved to be good at dealing with distant targets
B．women were proved to be poor at dealing with distant targets
C．volunteers were asked to mark the midpoint of lines using a laser pointer
D．women did much better than men in judging both short and long distances.
I was born in Tuckahoe，Talbot Country，Maryland. I have no accurate(准确的)knowledge of my age，never having seen any record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs，and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant(不知情的)．I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than plantingtime，harvesting，springtime，or falltime. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages，but I could not tell. Why the same right ought to be taken away from me！I was not allowed to ask my master about it. He considered all such questions on the part of a slave improper and impolite. The nearest estimate(估计)I can live makes me now between twentyseven and twentyeight years of age. I come to this，from hearing my master say，some time during 1835，I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey，both colored，and quite dark.
My father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father；but of the correctness of this opinion，I know nothing and I have no means to know. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant—before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom，in the part of Maryland from which I ran away，to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently，before the child has reached its twelfth month，its mother is taken from it，and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off，and the child is placed under the care of an older woman，too old for field labor.
1.It can be learned from the text that________.
A．the slaves forgot the exact time when they were born
B．the writer didn't know whether his master was his father
C．the writer was about twentyseven years old in 1835
D．the writer's mother left him as soon as he was born
2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.
A．their birthday B．my age
C．a record D．Maryland
3.The author was most probably raised________.
A．by his grandparents
B．by an old woman slave
C．with his master's support
D．together with other children
4.How does the writer feel about not knowing his age?
A．Curious. B．Unhappy.
C．Astonished. D．Ashamed.
About the year 1900，a small，darkhaired hot boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London Theatre.He looked thin and hungry.He was hoping to get work in show business.He could sing and dance；above all，he knew how to make people laugh.But he couldn't get work and so he wandered about the city streets.Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.
But twenty years later this name Chaplin became the greatest，bestknown，and bestloved comedian in the world.Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplin's filmstrips (胶片)．People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces.Even people who don't understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films though most of them are silent.It isn't what he says that makes people laugh.His comedy doesn't depend upon words and languages.It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world.Acting out，without words，common human situations play an important part in the dances and plays of many countries.It's a kind of world language.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day,1977，at the age of eightyeight.The world was astonished at the news of the death and burst into sadness.
1.Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre?
A．Because he had no money to buy a ticket.
B．Because he wanted to get a returned ticket.
C．Because he wanted to play a part in a play in order to make a living.
D．Because he wanted to see the famous actors or actresses after the performance.
2.It was ________that made people enjoy his films.
A．wonderful dialogues B．the beautiful music
C．his funny appearance D．his own manner of acting
3.The reason why Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy is that ________.
A．his films are most silent
B．he knew how to make people laugh
C．he could not only act but also write comedies
D．he acted out the common human situation best in his comedy
4.What's the best title of this passage?
A．Charlie Chaplin，A Famous Humorous Actor
B．Charlie Chaplin，A Worker
C．Charlie Chaplin，A Small Boy
D．Charlie Chaplin，A Director
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