A Fighter for Justice

A Fighter for Justice
He was denied admission to one law school because he was black.But today that same school has a law library named after him.You may not know much about Thurgood Marshall,but he strengthened education rights for African Americans all over the USA.
Marshall was born in Baltimore in 1908.Like other African American students of his time,he went to segregated schools.These schools were not illegal.An 1896 law stated that schools for blacks and whites could be “separate but equal.” But Marshall knew that most black schools were not equal.He decided to do something about it.
Marshall received a law degree from Howard University.Then he began to work at changing the country’s schools.Marshall’s strategy was to start with colleges and graduate schools,because he thought judges would sympathize with ambitious young African Americans searching for an education.
①In 1935,he successfully started a legal case against the University of Maryland Law School to accept its first black student.②Other cases followed,with similar results.③By the 1950s,Marshall was ready to turn to grade schools and high schools.④In 1954,he accepted the case of Linda Brown,who wanted to attend a white grade school near her home.⑤It said that “separate” schools could never be “equal.”
In 1967,Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S.Supreme Court (最高法院).Until he retired in 1991,he supported many other civil rights bills.
49.This passage is basically about ________.
A.Thurgood Marshall’s childhood
B.Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court
C.Thurgood Marshall’s school experience in America
D.Thurgood Marshall’s devotion to American education
50.The first schools that Marshall tried to change were ________.
A.public elementary schools B.public high schools
C.colleges D.private schools
51.From the passage we know a segregated school is ________.
A.locally run B.a law school
C.separated by race D.famous for its library
52.Where should the sentence in the box be added in Paragraph
As a result of Marshall’s arguments,the Supreme Court changed the law.
A.After Sentence ①.B.After Sentence ②.
C.After Sentence ③.D.After Sentence ④.

我的答案：D C C D
分析：我的体会是在大多数标准化测试里,做阅读理解的技巧主要是解答每道题都要在原文中找到依据,一道阅读理解题的难易,取决于你能否快速的在原文中定位到答案.
49.这道题称为主旨题,解题的方法是找主题句.一般来说主题句是第一段里总结概括性的话,当然有时候第一段是铺垫,主旨在第二段开头.这篇文章比较简单,第一段的第二句便是主题句.全文讲述了主人公Marshall一生对于美国黑人教育的贡献.后面各段讲述年轻时的求学经历直到最高法院的大法官办理案件等等,都是从各个角度阐述,但那些都是细节而不是主题,因此ABC只是概括了后面几段的细节,只有D才复述了主题句的内容.
50.这道题是细节题,只要定位到第三段第三行就可以解决,很容易选C
51.这道也是细节题,具体提到segregated school的地方有很多,比较典型的是第二段第三行,“schools for blacks and whites”表明是按种族分类,选C
52.这道题有些难度,不易定位,惟有通读最后一段才能判断.解题的关键是第⑤句开头的It显得十分突兀,在第④句中没有什么可以作为it所指代的对象.但如果把题干中的句子插入第④句之后则很好理解,这时第⑤句中的It指代的是“the Supreme Court”,选D