Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, then he sold
1 he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had
2 schooling, for being so poor, how could they
3 school fees?
When he was fifteen, he worked
4 a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt
5 for himself. How he
6 to have the same chance! He decided to study by
7 . In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he
8 stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he
9 during the day. He worked
10 hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater
11 he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and
12 him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the
13 one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship if he
14 a regular student of the school.
Robeson
15 through six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which captured the
16 of some university professors. They admired his talent
17 his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and
18 him free guidance. Robeson felt
19 , for he was sure that before him there was a broad road
20 success.
| 小题1: | | A．whether | B．which | C．that | D．what |
|
| 小题2: | | A．many | B．few | C．little | D．much |
|
| 小题3: | | A．buy | B．afford | C．send | D．read |
|
| 小题5: | | A．angry | B．ashamed | C．proud | D．sorry |
|
| 小题6: | | A．hated | B．decided | C．wished | D．regretted |
|
| 小题7: | | A．the teacher | B．himself | C．his parents | D．his schoolmates |
|
| 小题8: | | A．could | B．ought to | C．should | D．would |
|
| 小题9: | | A．had learned | B．has been taught | C．has heard | D．had been written down |
|
| 小题11: | | A．joy | B．interest | C．time | D．taste |
|
| 小题12: | | A．allowed | B．agreed | C．let | D．refused |
|
| 小题13: | | A．worst | B．only | C．last | D．laziest |
|
| 小题14: | | A．had been | B．has been | C．is | D．was |
|
| 小题15: | | A．learned | B．listened | C．mastered | D．struggled |
|
| 小题16: | | A．notice | B．influence | C．eyes | D．attention |
|
| 小题17: | | A．except for | B．according to | C．as well as | D．in spite of |
|
| 小题18: | | A．taught | B．offered | C．lent | D．sent |
|
| 小题19: | | A．sad | B．angry | C．happy | D．disappointed |
|
| 小题20: | | A．leading to | B．coming from | C．made of | D．covered with |
|