练习1每日一篇阅读和完型.doc

练习(一) Name______________ 完形填空 George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隶). When he was still a baby, his mother was stolen. He was kept by his master. All his life George loved__1__. When he was only seven years old, he already knew so__2__ about plants that people in his hometown called him “the plant doctor”． George wanted to learn as much as he could, but there was no __3__ for black children where he lived. When he was ten, he left home to find a town that would allow __4__ children to attend school. He studied in Missouri and Kansas __5__ he finished high school. All this time he had to work to__6__ his own expense(费用). He worked as a cook and opened his own laundry. In 1890, George began college. At first he studied art, but he still had a __7__ of plants. He began to study agriculture(农业). After he graduated, the famous inventor Thomas Edison asked him to work in his lab but George __8__ . He had other __9__. He started an agricultural organization for black students in Alabama. In those days, many __10__ in the south grew only cotton. This was __11__ to the soil(土壤). After a while the __12__ would not grow as well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers in the south to grow plants like peanuts and sweet potatoes. These plants helped the __13__. Over the years he invented hundreds of ways to use these two plants. George Washington Carver invented so many things that he was __14__ “The Wizard(能手) of Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the__15__ of 79. ()1. A. animals　 B. plants　 C. buildings D. photos ( )2. A. much B. many　 C. little D. few ( )3. A. house B. farm　 C. hospital D. school ( )4. A. brown　　 B. yellow　 C. black　 D. white ( )5. A. when B. until C. for D. since ( )6. A. cost B. spend　 C. pay D. take ( )7. A. love B. hate C. question D. surprise ( )8. A. accepted　 B. refused　 C. understood D. cared ( )