2009华南师大附中高三英语综合测试(三）

第—节  阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

“I sat-in at a restaurant for six months, and when they finally agreed to serve me, they didn’t have what I wanted” – so went a famous line. In reality, the sit-in movement was not a joke. It began in Greensboro, North Carolina, at 4:30 p.m. on the afternoon of February1, 1960. On that day, Ezell Blair Jr., Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, and Franklin McClain entered an F.W. Woolworth store. They sat down at a segregated lunch counter, ordered coffee, and then refused to leave when told, “We don’t serve Negroes.”

The four young men had expected not to be served. What no one had expected, however, was that they would sit there and politely, but firmly refuse to leave. This was 1960, and throughout the South black people were not allowed to sit at the same lunch counters with whites, swim at the same beaches, use the same water fountains, or worship at the same churches. Segregation was the law, and it meant separation of the races in every way.

The next day, the four returned to Woolworth’s – this time accompanied by sixteen other students. Again they sat at the lunch counter and requested service. Again they were refused. And again, they declined to leave. On Wednesday, February 3, seventy students filled the Woolworth’s store. This time, the group included white students as well as black. Many brought school books and studied while they waited. By this time, their protest had become known nationwide as a “sit-in”.

On Thursday, there was trouble. An angry group of white teenagers began shoving and cursing them but were quickly removed by the police. By February 10, the sit-in movement had spread to five other states.

By September 1961, more than 70,000 people, both black and white, had participated in sit-ins at segregated restaurants and lunch counters, kneeling-ins at segregated churches, read-ins at segregated libraries, and swim-ins at segregated pools and beaches. Over 3,600 people had been arrested, and more than 100 students had been expelled. But they were getting results. Many places did agree to integrate. On June 10, 1964, the U.S. Senate passed a major civil rights bill outlawing racial discrimination in all public places. President Lyndon Johnson signed it on July 2, and it became law. But the highest credit still goes to the four brave students from North Carolina who first sat-in and waited it out.

 41.  Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The four young men who started the sit-in movement were black.

B. White teenagers were against the sit-in movement.

C. Both black and white people participated in the sit-in movement.

D. The four young men had expected to be refused service when they first sat down at a segregated lunch counter.

 42.  By referring to a famous line at the beginning of the passage, the author wants to ________.

A. begin the passage by telling a joke

B. show how famous the sit-in movement was

C. make fun of the people who sat-in

D. tell us sit-ins are useless

43.  From the last paragraph we can infer that ________.

A. the sit-in movement was not successful

B. the sit-in movement had positive results

C. the four young men who started the sit-in movement got a prize for their bravery

D. President Lyndon Johnson stopped the sit-in movement

44.  Based on the information in the reading, we can infer that at a swim-in, people _______.

A. refused to leave a segregated swimming pool

B. refused to swim at a segregated swimming pool

C. refused to go to a segregated swimming pool

D. refused to work at a segregated swimming pool

45.  Which of the following best states the main idea of the reading?

A. Segregation was the law in the South.

B. The first sit-in was in 1960.

C. The sit-ins helped to end segregation.

D. Many people participated in sit-ins.