读写4级5单练习

第五单元

形成性练习

4-RF-01

Key: 1-5 TFTFN 6-10 FFFTT

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over a passage quickly and read ten statements in it.

For statements 1-10, write

T (for True) if the statement agrees with the information given in the above paragraph(s);

F (for False) if the statement contradicts the information given in the above paragraph(s);

N (for Not given) if the statement is not given in the above paragraph(s)

The Power of Forgiveness

It was 12:37 a.m. as the bus pulled from the terminal at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The streets were silent and the night was cool. I’d gotten my sister on her way to Ft. Knox after a weekend visit. At this time, I wanted nothing more than to go back to the dorm and get some rest. I never thought that a trip to the bus station could be so dramatic, that I would face death because of others’ prejudice. Later on, I would need to overcome the effects of that prejudice.

After giving my sister spending money, I couldn’t afford to take a cab back to the dorm. So I decided to get little exercise and run to the dorm, about four miles away. When I had gone about two bocks, I noticed a truck slowly following me. When I turned around to see who it was, the driver sped up, went to the next block, and turned right. After I’d run another couple blocks, I noticed the truck in front of me. A guy on the passenger side started yelling at me, “Hey, nigger.” However, I continued running, pretending to ignore them.

Three blocks further on, they appeared again. This time, the driver had three other guys sitting in the back of the truck. “Nigger, we’re going to kill you,” they yelled as they threw cans and bottles at me. Trying not to show fear, I continued my uphill journey to Western Kentucky University. By this time, I feared for my life and started praying silently to God. I knew that each step would bring me closer to a safe haven. When the guys in the pickup turned left, I passed them by, and I didn’t see or hear from them for three more blocks. However, as approached the corner of the fourth block, they surprised me. Five white guys jumped from the corner and surrounded me. One guy wearing a University of Louisville baseball cap said to me, “Where’re you going, Nigger?” and pushed me into a guy behind me. Then the guy wearing the U of L hat hit me in the stomach. As I folded over, another guy kicked me in the side. Immediately after that blow, another kicked me hard in the rear, and then blows came from everywhere.

As I fell to the sidewalk, I felt a stick break on my back. There were more kicks to my face and ribs and then, I felt nothing.