Question

  George Black's father died in1889. George was eleven years old. His brother was fourteen. "We will not be able to go to school," his brother said, "we are going to have to work for a living. If we work hard and make men out of ourselves,even if we do not know the difference between A and   B. people will call us Mr. Black someday."George repeated his brother's words proudly more than 80 years later. By then he was a very old man,everybody called him Mr. Black.

 The two little boys,George and his brother,set out on their own in1889. They walked 40 miles from their village in North Carolina to the nearest big city Winston-Salem. They worked for a brickmaker for a while. After they learned how to make bricks,they started their own business. By the time I met George Black,he had been making bricks for a very long time. He still used the same method. He tied a mule to what he called a"mudmill (磨) ". The mule walked slowly in a circle turning the mill. The mill mixed dirt and water creating the wet mud from which bricks are made. Mr. Black gathered up the mud in his big hands and put just the right amount in each form. It was then ready to be heated in a hot fire. Each form made six bricks.

  "How many bricks do you think you have made in your life?" I asked him.

"Oh”， he said, "I do not know,I would be afraid to know. I made a million bricks one year. Mr. Arge Renals wanted to build a tobacco factory. He asked me if I thought I could make a million bricks. I studied and said' Yes,I could.,I did too. You can go see them if you want to. That building is still there. They are all my bricks,yes sir."I found myself filled with great respect for this man. He was standing in a hole in the ground covered in mud. He had made a life of earth and water and fire. He had made the building blocks of a city.  

(   ) 5. George Black became a brick maker because         .

   A. his brother was a brickmaker

   B. he had been old enough to find a job

   C. he had to support himself

   D. he wanted to start his own business

(   ) 6. All the following statements are true EXCEPT         .

   A. George made a million bricks every year

   B. Both George and his brother were ambitious people

   C. George insisted on making bricks by hand all his life

   D. George was over90 years old when he was interviewed

(   ) 7. From the passage we know that George is a person who is         .

   A. educated and hardworking   B. oldfashioned and lonely

   C. intelligent and easygoing   D. strong and struggling

(   ) 8. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

   A. A Brick maker   B. Mr. Black

   C. A Million Bricks   D. Builder of the City

Answer 1

5. C由第1段得知。

6. A只是有一年应别人的要求他做了 100万块砖，但不是每年都如此。

7. D坚强的和努力的。

8. B Mr. Black这个称呼代表了人们对他的尊敬,是对他辛勤一生的肯定。