BOOK 1 UNIT5
Elias’ Story
My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice. He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems. He was generous with his time, for which I was grateful.
I needed his help because I had very little education. I began school at six. The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare. I could not read or write well. After trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine. However, this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would become out of work.
The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest. He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I became more hopeful about my future. I never forgot how kind Mandela was. When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I could. He said:
“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping out rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”
It was the truth. Black people could not vote or choose their leaders. They could not get
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the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people. The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa. No one could grow food there. In fact as Nelson Mandela said:
“…we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important or fight the government. We chose to attack the laws. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed…only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.”
As a matter of fact, I do not like violence… but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison. But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.
一、阅读课文完成填空：
Elias’ Story
Elias, a poor black worker in South Africa, said that the time 1. ______ he first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of his life. In 1952, he went to see Mandela, a black lawyer for advice. Mandela was generous with his time, for 2. ______ Elias was very grateful.
He began school at six, but he had to leave school two years later 3. ______ his family couldn’t afford the school fees and the bus fare. 4. ______ a result, he had very little education. After 5. ______ (try)hard, he got a job in a gold mine. However, to live in
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Johannesburg, one had got to have a passbook. Not having one because he was not born there, he worried about 6. ______ he would become out of work.
Then Mandela helped him, telling him how to get the correct papers 7. ______ (stay)in Johannesburg. He became more hopeful about his future and later joined the ANC Youth League 8. ______ (organize)by Mandela. Just as Mandela put it, the blacks were so badly treated that they had reached a stage 9. ______ they had almost no rights at all.
In 1963, he helped Mandela blow up some government buildings. He knew that only by answering violence 10. ______ violence could they achieve their dream of making black and white people equal.
答案: 1. when 2. which 3. because 4. As 5. trying 6. whether 7. to stay 8. organized 9. where 10. with
二、语法单句填空：
1. when the war was over did the young soldier return to his hometown.
2. Nowadays many school children devote too much time to (play) computer games.
3. --- I didn’t intend to join Tom in attending the coming sports meet.
---Really? a matter of fact, Tom is eager to do so.
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4. People in the city voted the lawyer to be the leader of the committee, for they thought he could give a correct order of the city.
5. They are equal height, but I think Mary is equal the job.
6. He was put into prison because he blew some government buildings in South Africa.
7. Having been prison for a month, Charles was carried out of prison and take home.
8. What a pity! He got nothing reward for his hard work. 9. People set a monument to honor those people who devoted their lives to their country.
10. In the accident, only 3 of the miners escaped (kill) by the gases.
11. (educate) by the teacher, Bob has made great progress this term.
12. Whenever we are trouble, we must never lose heart, but try to think of the way out.
13. We suggest that they provide an effective warning system to (keep) many of the disasters
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from (happen).
14. The part of the town the black people had to live was very poor and dirty.
15. my opinion, anyone breaks the law should be punished.
答案: 1. Only 2. playing 3. As up 10. being killed 11.Educated who
4. for 5. of to 6. up 7. in the 8. in 9. 13. keep happening 14. where 15.In V
12.in
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