Some people like to fish. Some like to build things. Others like to paint. George Washington Carver liked to grow things. He was happy when he was with flowers and plants. He liked farming.

　　Today, farmers of the South are glad that George Washington Carver felt this way. Thanks to Mr Carver, they grow good crops. Once Southern farmers only planted cotton. But George Washington Carver told them, plant peanuts (花生). They will make your land rich. Your other crops will grow better. The farmers listened to him. They planted peanuts. Then they came to him again. Where could they sell thousands of peanuts?

　　Once again George Washington Carver helped them. He found hundreds of ways of using peanuts. Some things that could be made from peanuts were butter (花生醬) and candy. Soap, oil (油), paint (油漆), ink, and any other things would be made from peanuts, too.

　　George Washington Carver was a Black. Today, his work is known all over the world.

(1) George Washington Carver liked to ________.

[　　]

A．paint
B．play ball
C．build things
D．grow things

(2) The story says, “Where could they sell thousands of peanuts?” The word “they” means ________.

[　　]

A．Listeners
B．students
C．farmers
D．workers

(3) The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that ________.

[　　]

A．George Washington Carver is not well known

B．Southern farmers would not listen to Mr Carver

C．George Washington Carver was a great scientist

D．George Washington Carver was a great inventor

(4) What did George Washington Carver find?

[　　]

A．He found hundreds of ways to pick peanuts.

B．He found hundreds of ways for using peanuts.

C．He found thousands of ways to get peanuts.

D．He found hundreds of ways to plant peanuts.

(5) The main idea of the whole story is that ________.

[　　]

A．George Washington Carver helped the Southern farmers

B．George Washington Carver liked to row things

C．George Washington Carver was a farmer

D．All butter and candy can only be made from peanuts

答案：D;C;C;B;A
解析：

(1) farming就是種地。

(2) 從上文知這是指這些農(nóng)民。

(3) 從文章的意思看，說他是個(gè)偉大的農(nóng)業(yè)科學(xué)家是最合適的。

(4) 從第二段可以知道本題的答案。

(5) 結(jié)合Carver的事跡和第二段開頭的一句可以知道本題答案。


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