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：“
No ,my darling ,you are not a nigger .
”
She went on
：“
If anyone calls you a nigger ,don
’
t notice them .
”
But the more she talked ,the less was I reassured ,and I stopped her by asking
：“
Well ,mother ,am I white ? Are you white?
”
She answered tremblingly
：“
No ,I am not white ,but your father is one of the greatest men in the country .The best blood of the South is in you .
”
This suddenly opened up in my heart a fresh fear ,and I almost fiercely demanded
：“
Who is my father ? Where is he ?
”
She stroked my hair and said
：“
I
’
ll tell you about him some day.
”
I sobbed
：“
I want to know now .
”
She answered
：“
No ,not now.
”
21.We can infer from the passage that “a nigger ”means________.
A.a white person B.a black person
C.anyone that is not white D.anyone that is not black
22.When the teacher asked him to sit down and rise with the others ,the author was confused because_________.
A. he never considered himself a non-white person
B. he thought the teacher didn’t recognize him
C. he thought he should be considered
D. he thought it rude for the teacher to call his name
23.It was on that day that he began to realize that _________.
A. he was a nigger
B. he was different from others because of his beauty
C. his color was like that of his mother
D. he differed from other white people even with his beauty
24.From the passage we can learn that _________.
A. the boy’s father left them for some reasons
B. the boy’s mother didn’t want to mention his father at all
C. the boy never met his father before
D. the boy’s mother hated his father
25.This passage generally tells us a story of ________.
A.a boy who suddenly realized that he was a colored person
B.a boy who had been looked down upon because he had no father
C.the miserable life of colored people
D.the life of a one-parent family
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
For Americans, time is a “resource” that, like water or coal, can be used well or poorly. “Time is money,” they say. “You only get so much time in this life; you’d best use it wisely.” The future will not be better than the past or the present unless people use their time fro constructive, future-oriented activities. Thus, Americans admire a “well-organized” person, one who has a written list of things to do and a schedule for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and treasures other people’s time.
The American attitude towards time is not necessarily shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to consider time as something that is simply there around them, not something they can “use”. One of the more difficult things many foreign businessmen and students must adjust to in the States is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.
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