In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father is an African and his mother is a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy even asked him what his father was.
“I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince（王子）. But I kept asking myself who I am,” said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Obama became the first black president（总统） in US history.
This unusual background（背景） made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol (酒) to help forget this question.
With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator (参议员) in US history.
“Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged （判断）by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character,” wrote ABC news.
(   ) 6 Obama was born in _______________.
A Britain      B America      C Kenya        D Indonesia
(   ) 7 There was/were _______black students besides Obama at the school where he studied when he was ten.
A no           B one              C two          D three
(   ) 8 Obama became the first black president in US history when he was ______.
A 37            B 40                C 47           D 50
(   ) 9 Which of the following is true?
A Obama’s father was a Kenyan prince.
B Obama once forgot who his father was with the help of alcohol.
C Obama was so dishonest when he was young that nobody believed him.
D Obama changed his college life because of his friends’ help and his hard work
(   ) 10 From the passage we can see that____________.

Bob was happy. He was at a new school, and the other students were friendly. “Hi, Bob!” They said. But some students said, “Hi, Peter!” Bob didn’t understand. He asked another student, “ Why do some students call me Peter?”

“Oh, that is easy to answer,” the student said. “Peter was a student here last year. Now, he goes to a different school. You like Peter. Some students think that you are Peter.”

Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address(地址) from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his   eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same color eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday.

Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. They both were adopted(领养) by two different families. Soon after the boys born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter, and Peter’s family never knew about Bob, either.

1.Bob didn’t understand why __________.

2.Another student told Bob that __________.

3.How did Bob feel when he saw Peter?

4.What is not mentioned(提及) about Peter and Bob?

5.Bob and Peter _____________.

Not everyone has a chance to be a detective（侦探）, but I got one when I was 13 years old. It happened in 1994.
One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father’s new car. I expected(期望) to see my father in the driver’s seat. But to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead, “She has stolen my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car in front,” I told him why.
The taxi driver had a car phone, so I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker. The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, “This is not your car. It's my father’s car.”
The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You’re Mr. Johnson’s son, right? I've seen your photo in your father’s office.”
Before I could say one word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant（助手）. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. After hearing this, I called my father and he told us what the woman said was right. The police and the taxi driver laughed. I felt very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time I worked as a detective.
【小题1】 When did the story take place?

假如你是一位youth worker，一位名叫Simon的初三学生给你来信倾诉他的烦恼，内容见下表。请据此给他写一封回信，提出针对性的建议（表中建议可供参考），要求不少于80词，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Simon,

Thank you for your letter. I hope I can offer you some useful advice.

I don’t think it’s wise to spend too much time watching TV and playing computer games.

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I hope my advice will be of some value to you.

Bill Smith  

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

【小题1】This shop sells all kinds of    ▲   from different countries.
【小题2】I hear that her uncle has bought a new flat in the city centre    ▲   .
【小题3】Jack won the    ▲   prize in the school reading contest and he felt very excited.
【小题4】He had to make a    ▲   between staying with his parents and going abroad. 
【小题5】You know Mike’s hobby is playing football, but    ▲   is collecting stamps.