I didn’t see Tom last night. Where was he?

--- He______ an interesting book at home.

A. reads B. is reading C. was reading D. will reading

Samaranch (born 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish(西班牙) sports official who served as the 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001.Samaranch was born into a rich family in Barcelona, he studied business at IESE Business School in Barcelona. He was good at Spanish, French, English, Russian and German. Because of his father’s influence, he became interested in sports. He was fond of football, boxing, roller skating and ice hockey（冰球）in particular. Later, he became an ice hockey player, after that he served as Spain's national ice hockey coach. He was selected to be the president of the IOC at the 83rd of the IOC plenary session(全会)in Moscow in 1980. Samaranch's greatest wish before retirement is to hope the Olympics will be held in China. Beijing succeeded in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics on July 13, 2001. Three days later, he officially retired at the IOC in Moscow. Then he was awarded the Olympic gold medal, and accepted the "International Olympic Committee Honorary Life President" title. In the opening plenary session, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Samaranch "Medal of Honor." Though he passed away , we Chinese people will remember him forever.

1. Where was Samaranch born?  He was born in         .

2. He became interested in sports because of         .

3.He used to be a(n)          after he left IESE Business School.

4.When did Samaranch retire as the president of the IOC ?______.

5. What does the underlined phrase “passed away” mean in Chinese?

The police confirmed that the victim was killed at the place _______she _______.

A．which; found                          B．where; was found

C．that; been found                        D．which; was found

Barack Obama, a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born in August ,1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya. Obama went to Columbia University in Massachusetts. His wife is Michelle Obama. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago. They have two young daughters.
Obama wrote a book Dreams from my father. “ I always live in the dream of my father and American people,” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And he was taken good care of by his grandparents when he was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good education in Harvard University. In 2008, he became the first black president in the history of America.
【小题1】 Where was Barack Obama born?____________

Mr Green asked ________.

A. where was Jim      B. how did he come

C. who is she       D. if she knew the engineer