The next time you enjoy a sandwich of peanut（花生） butter，say thanks to George Washington Carver.This African-American（1）CC invented hundreds of products，including everyone's favorite（2）AA jam.
Carver was born in Missouri，the USA around 1860.It's interesting that nobody knows the（3）DD year and date of his birth.Young Carver was very interested in plants and enjoyed looking after them，especially the sick ones.He was so（4）BB that his neighbours often asked him for advice about their plants，and he was known as the Plant Doctor.Carver went on later to become one of the most important scientists and inventors of his time.
In 1897，he（5）CC that farmers in the Southern U.S.jye.ai having a problem.These farmers grew a lot of cotton，and the cotton plants were（6）BB their soil.Carver offered to jye.ailp.He believed that everything in the natural world was part of a great whole and that human begins must work with（7）AA in a friendly way.He discovered that（8）CC peanuts every other year would make the soil rich again.Southern farmers（9）AA planting peanuts，and the problem was solved.
But soon，there was a new problem.The farmers had too（10）DD peanuts!Carver got to work.He invented 325 different ways to use peanuts.Soon，people were using peanuts to make everything from cooking oil ink - and，of course，peanut butter!
| （1） | A．a(chǎn)rtist | B．farmer | C．scientist | D．doctor |
| （2） | A．peanut | B．cheese | C．chocolate | D．fish |
| （3） | A．last | B．hard | C．next | D．exact |
| （4） | A．unlucky | B．successful | C．interested | D．unhappy |
| （5） | A．decided | B．showed | C．learned | D．said |
| （6） | A．helping | B．damaging | C．developing | D．littering |
| （7） | A．nature | B．grass | C．God | D．cotton |
| （8） | A．eating | B．cooking | C．planting | D．studying |
| （9） | A．began | B．stopped | C．enjoyed | D．disliked |
| （10） | A．ugly | B．few | C．beautiful | D．many |
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【答案】C；A；D；B；C；B；A；C；A；D
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