根据短文内容.从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项. Carl Rowan was born in 1925 in the sou

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Carl Rowan was born in 1925 in the southern city of Ravenscroft, Tennessee. His family was very poor.   1. 

Growing up, Carl had very little hope for any change.There were not many jobs for blacks in the South.   2.  Racial tensions were high. Laws were enforced to keep blacks andwhite separate.

It was a teacher who urged Carl to make something ofhimself.   3.   She urged him to write asmuch as possible. She would even get books for him because blacks were bannedfrom public libraries.

Carl entered Tennessee State College in 1942. CarlRowan did so well in college that he was chosen by the United States navy tobecome one of the first fifteen black navy officers. In 1948, Carl Rowan becamea reporter. He was one of the first black reporters to write for a major dailynewspaper. As a young reporter, he covered racial tensions in the South of theUSA and the war in the Middle East. He also reported from Europe, India andother parts of Asia.   4.   In 1987, CarlRowan created a program called "Project Excellence", which rewardsblack students who do well in school.

Carl Rowan died on September 23, 2000, in Washington,D.C. During the last years of his life, he suffered from diabetes and heartproblems.   5.  He worked until the end of hislife.

A. The schools were not good.

B. He won several major reporting awards.

C. He said that experience changed his life.

D. But he never let bad things slow him down.

E. Bessie Taylor Gwynn taught him to believe he couldbe a poet or a writer.

F. The Rowan family had no electricity, no runningwater, no telephone and no radio.

G. The program provided millions of dollars to helpAfrican-American students for college.

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1.F

2.A

3.E

4.B

5.D

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