阅读与完形专训(三)

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阅读理解与完形填空专项训练（三）



1、阅读理解

A

England became England, the land of English-speaking people, at the beginning of the Middle Ages. Before that it had been the home of Iron Age tribes（部落）known as Celts, and for a time, part of the Roman Empire. Then beginning in the 400s AD, tribes from the north, known as the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, moved in.

The most famous leader of this time period in England was Alfred the Great. Alfred lived in Wessex, the kingdom of the West Saxons, which was in the southern part of England. He was a good leader who made his kingdom stronger. He created a system of defenses（防御）, called burhs, across the country. He reorganized the army so that his men had time to fight and time to farm. Alfred’s efforts protected his people from the Vikings and allowed Wessex to grow. Eventually the rulers of Wessex would rule all of England.

Alfred also made other improvements. He made laws for his people. He encouraged learning and translated several important books into his Saxon language. This was the beginning of the language we call English today.

Two important pieces of literature（文学）from that time period are the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Beowulf, both written in Old English. Old English lasted through most of the Middle Ages. Middle English came in


during the late Middle Ages, and Modern English began about the time of the Renaissance.

England and English got their names, not from the Saxons, but from one of the other tribes, and Angles. The original name of England must have been something like Angle-land(only in old English of course).

1. According to the text, “English” was named after the _____.

A. Celts B.

Jutes C. Saxons D. Angles

2. Alfred the Great was the king of ________.

A. Romans B. the West Saxons C. Angles D. Vikings

3. Which of the following is NOT an achievements of Alfred the Great?

A. Defeating the Roman Empire. B. Making laws for the Saxons.

C. Building burhs across the country. D. Translating books into the Saxon language.

4. The English language began from about the time of ______.

A. the Renaisssance B. Alfred the Great


C. the Roman Empire D. the late Middle Ages

B

These people come from the poorest places of Kenya. They were beggars and plantation workers. However, they are people with dreams and hopes. Thanks to Jamii Bora, thousands of them are realizing their dreams.

The small bank got its start when Ingrid Munro retired (退休) from her work. She suggested that poor people should have houses of their own as well. The Swedish-born Munro and her Canadian husband had adopted(收养)a homeless boy in 1988. However, he had been run over by a bus and was unable to walk freely.

When Munro worked in the UK she learned about the lives of the poor, but her deep learning began through the eyes of that boy and increased when she adopted the boy?s two brothers.

In 1999 she decided to start a small club. The members would be 50 women, beggars who had been kind to children. No one imagined it could become so successful that it would change into Jamii Bora Bank, with over 300,000 customers across Kenya. Munro did not expect that it would turn out to be such a greet success.

Instead of employing experts, she has trained those women herself. And she employs ex-beggars, the ones who joined them in the way very early days and have come out of poverty(贫穷). She teachers these beggars how to do everything from the beginning.

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