Question

【題目】A.managed to B.showed off C.products D. death E.research

What can you do with nuts?A scientist named George Washington Carver answered that question,

over and over again.We should say thanks to him for more than 300【1】. When Carver was born in 1864,he was a slave(奴隸）on a farm in Missouri.

Later, he got freedom. As a teenager,he worked on a farm and【2】finish high school. At the age of 30, he became the first back student at the college in lowa.In 1896,he became the first black teacher working at another college in lowa.Several years later, he took a job at a college in Alabama, where he worked until his【3】in 1943.

Carver studied agriculture, the science of farming.His【4】made huge improvements in farming in the southern United States.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】E

【解析】本文介紹了科學家喬治·華盛頓·卡佛的生平經(jīng)歷以及他所做的貢獻。

【1】C

句意：我們應該感謝他的300多件作品。有數(shù)詞300修飾，故用復數(shù)名詞，故為products，故選C。

【2】A

句意：當他在青少年時，他在農(nóng)場上勞動，設法學完了中學。根據(jù)后文的At the age of 30, he became the first back student at the college in lowa可知他去上大學了，應是設法學完了中學，manage to do sth設法做某事，故選A。

【3】D

句意：幾年后，他在亞拉巴馬州的一所大學里找到一份工作，在那里他一直工作，直到1943年他去世。根據(jù)where he worked until可知此處表示他一直工作到的時間，應是他去世。有形容詞性物主代詞his修飾，故用名詞death，故選D。

【4】E

句意：他的研究在美國南部的農(nóng)業(yè)上取得巨大進展。根據(jù)Carver studied agriculture, the science of farming.可知此處表示的是研究，有形容詞性物主代詞his修飾，故用名詞，故為research,故選E。