gle note.
B．
1) F
2) F
3) T
【原文】
Saxophonist Kenny G is now the world's most successful jazz
musician. He was born in 1956 as Kenny Gorelick in Seattle, USA,
and he learned to play the saxophone at an early age. When he was
just 15 years old, he toured Europe with his High School band.
After studying at Washington University he started his career as a
musician. In 1982 he signed for Arista Records and made his first
solo album
Kenny G.
Success came slowly at first, but during the 1990s Kenny became
well-known on the international scene. He released
Breathless, his most successful album so far in 1993, and in
1994 won the Best Artist Award at the 21st American Music Awards
held in Los Angeles.
As well as making records, he also found time to play in front of
another famous saxophone player—US President Bill Clinton—at the
'Gala for the President' concert in Washington, and to break the
world record for playing a single note (45 minutes and 47 seconds!)
at the J & R Music World Store in New York in 1997.
During the last 20 years, Kenny G has played with superstars like
Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton and Whitney Houston, and he has
sold more than 36 million albums worldwide... and he hasn't sung a
note!
Task 2:
【答案】
1) c
2) d
3) c
【原文】
Senn: Everybody always has this misconception that female
policemen don't do the same thing as men do, you know. I've
worked..
Interviewer: That's not true?
Senn:
That is not true!
I've worked my share
of graveyard shifts, and, you know, split
shifts, and double-back and no days off, and...
Interviewer: Uh-huh...
Senn:
...as much as
the next guy. There's no distinction used if there's a male or
female officer on duty.
Two men on duty—I'll refer to as two
men,
’cause in my field
there's no difference between
the genders. We're still the same. Okay, if there's two men on
duty—just because one's a female, she still gets in on the same
type of call. If there's a bar disturbance downtown,
then we
go too.
There's been many times where being the only officer
on duty—that's
it!
It’s just me and whoever else is
on duty in the county.
They can come back me up if I need
assistance. And it does get a little hairy.
You go in there,
and you have these great big, huge monster-guys, and they're just
drunker than skunks, and can't see three feet in front of them.
And when they see you, they see fifteen people, and you
know... But still, there's enough...
Interviewer: That's where the uniform is important, I should
imagine.
Senn:
Sometimes, you
know. If somebody is going to…or has a bad day, and they are
out
to get a cop,
you
know,
it doesn't
matter if you're, you know, boy, girl, infant or anything!
When you've got that cop uniform on, they'll still take it out on
you.
Interviewer:
Yeah...
Senn: But I think there's one advantage to being a female
police officer. And that is the fact
that most men still have a little respect, and they won't smack you
as easy as they would one of the guys.
Interviewer: Uh-huh...
Senn:
But I'll tell you one thing I’ve learned—I'd
rather deal with ten drunk men that one drunk woman any day of the
week!
Interviewer:
Well, why is that?
Senn:
Because women are so unpredictable. You cannot ever predict
what a woman's
going to do.
Interviewer: Hmm...
Senn:
Especially, if
she's agitated, you know.
Interviewer: Emotionally upset.
Senn:
Yeah.
I saw a lady one time just
get mad at the guy she was with
because
he
wouldn't buy
her
another
drink—
take off
her high heel and lay his head
wide open. Yuch! Oh, they can be so vicious, you know.
Task 3:
【答案】
1) d
2) b
3) b
4) b
【原文】
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They
hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their
fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with
chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a
window—and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！
Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt.
Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from
fast-moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are
professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called
“stunt men”. That is to say, they perform “tricks”.
There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the
things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high
building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to
empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit
one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when
they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also
requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stunt man’s
success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is 'blown
up' in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the
explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well-paid for their
work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously
injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example,
skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute
failed to open—and he was killed.
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for “men
only”. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to
perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are “stunt girls”
too！
Task 4:
【答案】
1) He started writing poetry when he was about 14 or 15.
2) He has published four books.
3) His first book came out when he was about 26. It wasn’t easy. He
got a lot of his work rejected at first.
4) The British, or at least the English, are embarrassed by it.
They’re embarrassed by people who reveal personal feelings,
emotions, thoughts and wishes.
【原文】
When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in
1847, America was just beginning its great industrial development.
In his lifetime of eighty-four years, Edison shared in the
excitement of America’s growth into a modern nation. The time in
which he lived was an age of invention, filled with human and
scientific adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.
As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took him out
of school and his mother taught him at home, where his great
curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble. When
he was six, he set fire to his father’s barn “to see what would
happen.” The barn burned down.
When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold
sandwiches and newspapers on the trains in order to earn money to
buy supplies for his laboratory. His parents became accustomed,
more or less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes
shook the house.
Edison’s work as a sales boy with the railroad introduced him to
the telegraph and, with a friend, he built his own telegraph
set.
Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor and
in debt. He went to work with a telegraph company. It was there
that he became interested in the uses of electricity.
Task 5:
【答案】
1815， 1914， 35million
I.
A.
villages，seaport
B.
danger，long ocean voyage
C.
a new land，a new language
D.
finding a place to live
II.
a better life，opportunity，freedom
III.
A.
England, Germany, Russia, Hungary
B.
Roman Catholic, Jewish
C.
customs，languages
IV.
A.
Americanized，disappeared.
B.
haven't disappeared，customs，identities
V.
A.
were cheated，prejudice，mistreated
B.
hardest，least-paid，dirtiest，most overcrowded
D.
rejected，old-fashioned，ashamed
overcome
【原文】
Thousands of people came to American cities before Blacks and
Puerto Ricans did. Between 1815 and 1914, more than 35 million
Europeans crossed the ocean to find new homes in the United
States.
Most of these immigrants were ordinary people. Few were famous when
they arrived. Few became famous afterward. Most had lived in small
villages. Few had ever been far outside them. Most of them faced
the same kinds of problems getting to America: the hardship of
going from their villages to a seaport, the unpleasantness—even
danger—of the long ocean voyage, the strangeness of a new land, and
of a new language, the problem of finding a place to live, of
finding work in a new, strange country.
Every immigrant had his own reasons for coming to America. But
nearly all shared one reason: They hoped for a better life. They
considered America a special place, a land of opportunity, a land
of freedom.
Immigrants came from many different countries: England, Germany,
Denmark, Finland[, Russia, Italy, Hungary and many others.
They came with many different religions: Roman Catholic, Jewish,
Quaker, Greek Orthodox.
They brought many different customs and many languages.
Some people have called the United States a 'melting pot'. After
immigrants were here awhile—in the melting pot—they became
Americanized. Differences were 'melted down'. They gradually
disappeared.
Some people say no. America isn't a melting pot. It's more like a
salad bowl. Important differences between groups of people haven't
disappeared. Many groups have kept their own ways, their customs,
their identities, and this has given America great strength.
Melting pot? Salad bowl? Perhaps there's some troth to both
ideas.
In any case, life in America was hard for most
immigrants—especially at first. Often they were cheated. Often they
met with prejudice. They were often laughed at, even mistreated, by
people who themselves had been immigrants.
Most of them soon found that the streets of America weren't paved
with gold. They usually got the hardest jobs, and those that paid
the least, the dirtiest places to live in, the most overcrowded
tenements.
They came to be citizens of a new country; but often they felt like
people without a country. They had given up their own, but they
didn't understand their new one. They didn't really feel a part of
it. And the people of the new one didn't always welcome them.
They came for the sake of their children, but in America their
children often rejected them. To the children, their parents seemed
old-fashioned. They didn't learn the new language quickly. Some
didn't learn it at all. Their parents' customs made children
ashamed.
Gradually, however, problems were overcome. For most immigrants,
life in America was better. It certainly was better for their
children and for their grandchildren.
Task 6:
【答案】
A.
The Life Story of Thomas Edison
Ohio，1847，industrial development, 1931, a modern nation
I.
A.
curiosity，desire
B.
1857，station master’s son
C.
1863
II.
A.
New York City，electricity，report the prices
B.
New Jersey，invented，produced
C.
organized industrial research
D.
1877
E.
1879
III.
A.
1,000
B.
motion-picture machine
C.
photography
D.
streetcars，electric trains
IV.
B.
turn off all power
C.
the progress of man
B.
1) F
2) F
3) T
4) T
5) F
【原文】
When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in
1847, America was just
beginning its great industrial development. The time in which he
lived was an age of invention, filled with human and scientific
adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.
As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took
him out of school and his mother
taught him at home, where his great curiosity and desire to
experiment often got him into trouble. When he was ten, Edison
built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold sandwiches and
newspapers on the local trains in order to earn money to buy
supplies for his laboratory. His parents became accustomed, more or
less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook
the house.
Edison’s work as a sales boy with
the railroad introduced him to the telegraph and with a friend, he
built his own telegraph set. He taught himself the Morse
telegraphic code and hoped for the chance to become a professional
telegraph operator. A stroke of luck and Edison's quick thinking
soon provided the opportunity.
One day, as young Edison stood waiting for a train to arrive, he
saw the station master's sot wander into the track of an
approaching train. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety.
The thankful station master offered to teach Edison railway
telegraphy. Afterwards, in 1863, he became tan expert telegraph
operator and left home to work in various cities.
Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor and
in debt. He went to work with a telegraph company. It was there
that he became interested in the uses of electricity. At that time
electricity was still in the experimental stages, and Edison hoped
to invent new ways to use it for the benefit of people. As he once
said: 'My philosophy of life is work. I want to bring out the
secrets of, nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I know
of no better service to render for the short time we are in this
world.'
The same year, when he was only 22 years old, Edison invented an
improved ticker-tape machine which could better report the prices
on the New York Market. The ticker-tape machine was successful, and
Edison decided to leave his job and concentrate wholly on
inventing. When the president of the telegraph company asked how
much they owed him for his invention, Edison was ready to accept
only $3,000. Cautiously he said: 'Suppose you make me an
offer.'
'How would $40,000 strike you?' the president inquired. Edison
almost fainted, but he finally replied that the price was
fair.
With this money, and now calling himself an electrical engineer,
Edison formed his own 'invention factory' in Newark, New Jersey.
Over the next few years he invented and produced many new items,
including the mimeograph machine, wax wrapping paper, and
improvements of the telegraph.
In 1877 Edison decided he could no longer continue both
manufacturing and inventing. He sold his share in the factory and
built a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was the first
laboratory of its kind devoted to organized industrial research.
One of the first inventions to come from his new laboratory was an
improvement of Alexander Bell's telephone. Edison invented a more
powerful mouthpiece which removed the need to shout into the
telephone. But his great inventions were still to come.
On August 12, 1877, Edison began experimenting with an instrument
which he had designed and ordered to be built. It was a cylinder,
wrapped in tinfoil and turned by a handle. As it revolved, a needle
made a groove in the foil. Turning the handle, Edison began to
shout.
'Mary had a little lamb
Whose fleece was white as snow!'
He stopped and moved the needle back in the starting position.
Then, putting his ear close to the needle, he turned the handle
again. A voice came out of the machine:
'Mary had a little lamb,
Whose fleece was white as snow!'
Edison had just invented the phonograph, a completely new concept:
a talking machine.
While he was perfecting his phonograph, Edison also worked on
another invention. He called it 'an Electric Lamp for Giving Light
by Incandescence'. Today we call it the light bulb.
For years other inventors had experimented with electric lights,
but none of the lights had proven economical to produce. Edison, in
studying the problem, spent over a year experimenting. He tested
1,600 materials (even hairs from a friend's beard) to see if they
would carry electric current and glow. Finally, on October 21,
1879, he tried passing electricity through a carbonized cotton
thread in a vacuum glass bulb. In his own words Edison described
the experiment: '... before nightfall the carbon was completed and
inserted in the lamp. The bulb was exhausted of air and sealed, the
current turned on, and the sight we had so long desired to see met
our eyes.' The lamp gave off a feeble, reddish glow, and it
continued to bum for 40 hours. Edison's incredible invention proved
that electric lighting would be the future light of the
world.
Edison was now so famous as an inventor that people thought there
was nothing he could not do. They began to call him 'the wizard',
as if he could produce an invention like magic. Few people realized
how hard Edison worked, often 20 hours a day, and that most of his
inventions were the results of hundreds of experiments.
For 60 years Edison was the world's leading inventor. He patented
over 1,000 inventions which changed our way of living. He was one
of the earliest inventors of the motion-picture machine. His
invention of the phonograph was joined with photography to produce
talking pictures. He also perfected the electric motor which made
streetcars and electric trains possible.
It is no wonder that Edison received many honors during his life
for contributions to the progress of mankind. The United States
gave him its highest award, a special Congressional Medal of Honor.
Yet, in spite of all his fame, Edison remained a modest man. He
preferred to continue his work, rather than rest on his
achievements. His motto was: 'I find what the world needs; then I
go ahead and try to invent it.' He never considered himself a
brilliant man and once remarked that genius was '2 percent
inspiration and 98 percent perspiration'.
When Edison died in 1931, it was proposed that the American people
mm off all power in their homes, streets, and factories for several
minutes in honor of this great man. Of course, it was quickly
realized that such an honor would be impossible. Its impossibility
was indeed the real tribute to Edison's achievements. Electric
power had become so important and vital a part of America's life
that a complete shut-down for even a few seconds would have created
chaos. As 'one of the great heroes of invention', Edison rightfully
belongs among America's and the world's great contributors to the
progress of man.
Task 7:
【答案】
A.
1) c
2) a
3) d
4) c
5) c
6) a
B.
1) That’s because the explosion robs the fire of oxygen.
2) Once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or
capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of
the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and
the surrounding area to explode.
3) In March of 1991, Red Adair went to Kuwait. He and his crews
were called in to help put out oil well fires.
4) He has spent his 76th birthday in Kuwait working side by side
with his crew.
5) At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by
wearing red clothes.
【原文】
Paul Neal Adair was born in Houston, Texas in nineteen fifteen. He
was one of five sons of a metal worker. He also had three sisters.
While growing up, he became known as Red Adair because his hair was
bright red. The color became a trademark for Adair. He wore red
clothes and red boots. He drove a red car, and his crew members
used red trucks and red equipment.
During World War Two, Adair served on a trained army team that
removed and destroyed bombs. After the war, he returned to Houston
and took a job with Myron Kinley.
At the time, Kinley was
the leader in putting out fires in oil wells. Red Adair worked with
Myron Kinley for fourteen years. But in nineteen fifty-nine, Adair
started his own company.
During his thirty-six years in business, Red Adair and his crews
battled more than two thousand fires all over the world. Some were
on land. Others were on ocean oil-drilling structures. Some fires
were in burning oil wells. Others were in natural gas wells.
Red Adair was a leader in a specialized and extremely dangerous
profession. Putting out oil well fires can be difficult. This is
because oil well fires are extinguished, or put out, at the
wellhead just above ground. Normally, explosives are used to stop
the fire from burning. The explosion robs the fire of oxygen. But,
once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or
capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of
the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and
the surrounding area to explode.
Red Adair developed modern methods to extinguish and cover burning
oil wells.
They became known in the industry as Wild Well Control techniques.
In addition to explosives, the techniques involved large amounts of
water and dirt. Adair also developed special equipment made of
bronze metal to help extinguish oil well fires. The modern tools
and his Wild Well Control techniques earned Red Adair and his crews
the honor of being called the 'best in the business.'
Red Adair was known for not being afraid. He was also known for his
sense of calm and safety. None of his workers were ever killed
while putting out oil well or gas fires.
He described his
work this way:
“It scares you—all the noise, the rattling,
the shaking. But the look on everyone's face, when you are finished
and packing, it is the best smile in the world; and there is nobody
hurt, and the well is under control.”
One of Red Adair's most important projects was in nineteen
sixty-two. He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara
Desert in Algeria. The fire had been burning for six months. This
famous fire was called the 'Devil's Cigarette Lighter.' Fire from
the natural gas well shot about one hundred forty meters into the
air. The fire was so big that American astronaut John Glenn could
see it from space as he orbited Earth.The desert sand around the
well had melted into glass from the extreme heat. News reports said
Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine
explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.
Adair's success with the 'Devil's Cigarette Lighter' and earlier
well fires captured the imagination of the American film industry.
In nineteen sixty-eight, Hollywood made an action film
called
Hellfighters. It was loosely based on events in Red
Adair's life. Actor John Wayne played an oil well firefighter from
Houston, Texas whose life was similar to Adair's. Adair served as
an advisor to Wayne while the film was being made. The two men
became close friends. Adair said one of the best honors in the
world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie.
In nineteen eighty-eight, Adair fought what was possibly the
world's worst off-shore accident. It was at the Piper Alpha
drilling structure in the North Sea. Occidental Petroleum operated
the structure off the coast of Scotland. The structure produced oil
and gas from twenty-four wells.
One hundred sixty-seven men were killed when the structure exploded
after a gas leak. Red Adair had to stop the fires and cap the
wells. He faced winds blowing more than one hundred twenty
kilometers an hour, and ocean waves at least twenty meters
high.
In March of nineteen ninety-one, Red Adair went to Kuwait following
the Persian Gulf War. He and his crews were called in to help put
out fires set by the Iraqi army.
The Red Adair Company capped more than one hundred wells. His crews
were among twenty-seven teams from sixteen countries called in to
fight the fires. The crews' efforts put out about seven hundred
Kuwaiti fires. Their efforts saved millions of barrels of oil. Some
experts say the operation also helped prevent an environmental
tragedy. The job had been expected to take three to five years.
However, it was completed in just eight months.
Red Adair had spent his seventy-sixth birthday in Kuwait working
side by side with his crew. When asked when he might retire, he
told reporters: 'Retire? I do not know what that word means. As
long as a man is able to work, and he is productive out there and
he feels good—keep at it.'
Still, Red Adair finally did retire in nineteen ninety-four.
At that time, he joked about where he would end up when he
died. He said he hoped to be in Heaven. But he said this about
Hell: 'I have made a deal with the devil. He said he is going to
give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there—if I go
there—so I won't put all the fires out.'
Red Adair died in two thousand four. He was eighty-nine years old.
At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him
by wearing red clothes. Many Americans remember Red Adair for his
bravery. He lived his life on the edge of danger. He was known for
his willingness to risk his own life to save others.
Task 8:
【答案】
A.
1) She was born in New York City in 1884.
2) After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to
read in one of the poorest areas of New York City. She investigated
factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She became
involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving
social conditions.
3) She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's
wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her
own.
4) Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. His new
economic program was called the New Deal.
5) She was different from the wives of earlier presidents in that
she was the first to become active in political and social
issues.
6) She publicly resigned her membership to protest the action of
the group.
7) She spent the last years of her life visiting foreign countries.
She became America's unofficial ambassador. She called on Americans
to help the people in developing countries.
B.
1) F
2) T
3) T
【原文】
Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of America's thirty-second
president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She helped her husband in
many ways during his long political life. She also became one of
the most influential people in America. She fought for equal rights
for all people -- workers, women, poor people, black people. And
she sought peace among nations.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City in eighteen
eighty-four. Eleanor's family had great wealth and influence. When
she was eight years old, her mother died. Two years later, her
father died. It was Eleanor's grandmother who raised the Roosevelt
children.
After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read
in one of the poorest areas of New York City, called 'Hell's
Kitchen.' She investigated factories where workers were said to be
badly treated. She saw little children of four and five years old
working until they dropped to the floor. She became involved with
other women who shared the same ideas about improving social
conditions.
Franklin Roosevelt began visiting Eleanor. Franklin belonged to
another part of the Roosevelt family. Franklin and Eleanor were
married in nineteen-oh-five. In the next eleven years, they had six
children.
Franklin Roosevelt began his life in politics in New York. He was
elected to be a state legislator. Later, President Woodrow Wilson
appointed him to be assistant secretary of the Navy. The Roosevelts
moved to Washington in nineteen thirteen. It was there, after
thirteen years of marriage, that Eleanor Roosevelt went through one
of the hardest periods of her life. She discovered that her husband
had fallen in love with another woman. She wanted to end the
marriage. But her husband urged her to remain his wife.
She did. Yet her relationship with her husband changed. She decided
she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead,
she began to build a life with interests of her own.
Eleanor Roosevelt learned about politics and became involved in
issues and groups that interested her. In nineteen twenty-two, she
became part of the Women's Trade Union League. She also joined the
debate about ways to stop war. In those years after World War One,
she argued that America must be involved in the world to prevent
another war. 'Peace is the question of the hour,' she once told a
group of women. 'Women must work for peace to keep from losing
their loved ones.'
The question of war and peace was forgotten as the United States
entered a severe economic depression in nineteen twenty-nine.
Prices suddenly dropped on the New York stock market. Banks lost
their money. People lost their jobs.
Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in nineteen thirty-two. He
promised to end the Depression and put Americans back to work. Mrs.
Roosevelt helped her husband by spreading information about his new
economic program. It was called the New Deal. She traveled around
the country giving speeches and visiting areas that needed economic
aid.
Eleanor Roosevelt was different from the wives of earlier
presidents. She was the first to become active in political and
social issues. While her husband was president, Missus Roosevelt
held more than three hundred news conferences for female reporters.
She wrote a daily newspaper commentary. She wrote for many
magazines. These activities helped spread her ideas to all
Americans and showed that women had important things to say.
One issue Eleanor Roosevelt became involved in was equal rights for
black Americans. She met publicly with black leaders to hear their
problems. Few American politicians did this during the nineteen
thirties and nineteen forties. One incident involving Eleanor
Roosevelt became international news.
In nineteen thirty-nine, an American singer, Marian Anderson,
planned a performance at Constitution Hall in Washington. But a
conservative women's group refused to permit her to sing there
because she was black.
Missus Roosevelt was a member of that organization, the Daughters
of the American Revolution. She publicly resigned her membership to
protest the action of the group. An opinion study showed that most
Americans thought she was right.
Eleanor Roosevelt helped the performance to be held outdoors,
around the Lincoln Memorial. More than seventy thousand people
heard Marian Anderson sing. Eleanor Roosevelt was always considered
one of its strongest supporters of the civil rights movement.
The United States was forced to enter World War Two when Japanese
forces attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in
nineteen forty-one.
Missus Roosevelt made many speeches over the radio praising the
soldiers she saw on her travels. She called on people to urge their
government to work for peace after the war was over. Franklin
Roosevelt died in nineteen forty-five, soon after he was elected to
a fourth term as president.
When his wife heard the news she said: 'I am more sorry for the
people of this country than I am for myself.'
Harry Truman became president after Franklin Roosevelt died. World
War Two ended a few months later. The leaders of the world
recognized the need for peace. So they joined together to form the
United Nations. President Truman appointed Missus Roosevelt as a
delegate to the first meeting of the UN.
Eleanor Roosevelt spent the last years of her life visiting foreign
countries. She became America's unofficial ambassador. She returned
home troubled by what she saw. She recognized that the needs of the
developing world were great. She called on Americans to help the
people in developing countries.
Eleanor Roosevelt gave the best she had all through her life.
People around the world recognized their loss when she died in
nineteen sixty-two.
