Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American in American history.
Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents didn’t live together when he was two years old and later divorced. Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Obama met his wife, Robinson, in June, 1989 and married her on October 3^rd, 1992. The couple’s first daughter was born in 1998, followed by a second daughter in 2001.
Obama took office in January 20, 2009. However, just when he became the president, he had to face many serious challenges ---- two foreign wars, the climate change and what he had described as “the worst financial crisis (经济危机) in a century”. But Obama said that he himself had been ready to face these challenges.
Obama’s success is a true milestone. It speaks to the fact that in America you really do get a chance to do anything, if you have the talent and abilities and you work hard enough.
小题1:   How old was Obama when he became the American president?

A．48.

B．40.

C．37.

D．31.

小题2:   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Obama grew up with his father in Hawaii.
B. Obama has two sons with Robison.
C. Obama is the first black president in the USA.
D. Columbia University is in Washington.
小题3:Obama’s success tells us that __________.

A．any black people can become the president

B．you can succeed if you are talented enough

C．everyone can succeed if he is lucky enough

D．a talented person can succeed if he works hard enough

小题4:   What does the underlined phrase “took office” in the third paragraph mean?

A．生效

B．就任

C．离职

D．竞选

小题5:   According to the passage, Obama had to face the following challenges except for _____________.

A．the climate change	B．the financial crisis
C．the population problem	D．foreign wars

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Mr Black works in a hospital (医院). As a good  1 , the people in the town like him. He’s often  2 to the patients (病人) and looks them over    carefully.  3  he’s always busy and has little time to rest.
One morning Mr Black got to the hospital and saw there was a fat woman in the  4 . He called her into his office and asked, “  5 , madam ?”
“It was my birthday yesterday, sir”, said the woman. “My husband gave me a  6 . But I couldn’t push my way in (挤进) it.”
“  7 , madam,” said Mr Black, “You must lose some weight (减肥). You’ll be able to  8 your coat, if you do all that I say.”
“You’re  9 , sir,” said the rich woman. “He bought me not a coat, but an expensive  10 .”

小题1:	A．doctor B．farmer C．teacher D．cleaner

小题2:	A．bad B．fine C．cold D．kind

小题3:	A．Or B．But C．So D．Then

小题4:	A．classroom B．waiting room C．park D．zoo

小题5:	A．How do you do B．How are you C．What’s the matter D．How old are you

小题6:	A．house B．coat C．shop D．present

小题7:	A．It doesn’t matter B．It’s a pleasure C．I have no idea D．It’s my favourite

小题8:	A．put B．wear C．buy D．wash

小题9:	A．right B．wrong C．easy D．safe

小题10:

A．bike B．bus C．car D．truck

Mr Brown is one of my friend . He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run .
One day , a thief(小偷) got into his house , took some of his things and ran out of the house fast . Mr. Brown found it and ran after him , and shouted （喊）,“Hey ! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me ?”
But the thief ran much faster . Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster , too . He was soon a few kilometers away from his house . He was running hard when he met me. “ Why are you running so fast ?” I asked , “ I want to catch a thief .” said Mr. Brown “But where is the thief ?” I asked . “ Kilometers and kilometers behind .” Said Mr. Brown proudly . “ He thought he could run faster than me , but you see he is wrong .”
小题1:Did the thief steal(偷) anything from Mr. Brown’s house ?

A．Yes, he was.

B．No, he wasn’t .

C．Yes, he did .

D．No, he didn’t .

小题2:Who ran faster , Mr. Brown or the thief ?

A．Yes, Mr. Brown .

B．No, the thief .

C．Mr. Brown

D．The thief.

小题3:Did Mr. Brown catch the thief?

A．Yes, he did	B．No, he didn’t .
C．Yes, but he let him go away .	D．No, but his friend did .

小题4:What did Mr. Brown do when he found the thief ?

A．He ran after him .	B．He was angry with him .
C．He caught him .	D．He stayed far behind him.

小题5:What does the word “ proudly”mean ?

A．自豪地

B．难过地

C．兴奋地

D．不慌不忙

One day a big cat was going into a forest to find something to eat. On his way he met his friend, the old owl(猫头鹰).  The owl greeted him, “Good morning, my dear friend. Where are you going?”  “I’m going to the forest to look for some birds to eat.” The cat answered. “But be careful not to catch any of my children.” The owl said to the cat. “OK,” the cat said. “But what do your children look like?” “Oh,” the owl said, “they are the most beautiful birds in the forest.”
“All right, I know that.” The cat said and walked on to the forest.
The cat entered the forest and saw many beautiful birds here and there. He remembered what the owl had told him and went away. Then after a long time, he saw some ugly birds in a nest. He sat down and ate them one by one. When the owl came back to her nest, she found it was empty.
小题1:The cat went to the forest            .

A．to meet his friend	B．because he was hungry
C．to see the tree	D．to visit the owl

小题2:The old owl        the cat.

A．knew

B．ate

C．didn’t like

D．didn’t see

小题3: When the cat saw the beautiful birds, he           .

A．didn’t eat any of them	B．ate only a few of them
C．caught some but let them go	D．ate all of them

小题4:The old owl’s children were           .

A．beautiful

B．ugly

C．nice to the cat

D．the cat’s friends

小题5:The owl’s nest was           .

A．near the cat’s home	B．in a small tree
C．on the ground	D．in the forest

Li Shizhen was born in 1518. When he grew up, he liked his father’s job and he was interested in medicine. He read many books about medicine and found something wrong in them. So he decided to write a new one. He tried his best to study medicine. He set out many times on long trips to collect herbs(采集草药)and talked with old farmers. In this way, he learned a lot from the working people.
After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen at last finished his great work, the Ben Cao Gang Mu in 1578. The book was one of the most important books in the medical science of the world.
小题1:Li Shizhen’s father was a           perhaps.

A．farmer

B．doctor

C．worker

D．writer

小题2:He decided to write a new medical book because there were         .

A．no medical books	B．many medical books
C．only a few medical books	D．no good medical books

小题3:He often traveled long way for          .

A．farmer

B．work

C．trips

D．medicine

小题4:“his great work” means his           Ben Cao Gang Mu.

A．work

B．book

C．study

D．trip

小题5:He finished his work when he was          years old.

A．sixty

B．fifty

C．in 1578

D．seventy

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing in May. Those songs are their favorite songs.
Jay Chou has a special album “Ye Huimei” named after his mother.Chou grew up just with his mother, he did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects. His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me,” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 boy.
“He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yuejie, a Junior 1 girl.
小题1:From this passage, we know that Jay Chou _________．

A．is very handsome	B．has a bright smile
C．often makes too much noise	D．can play the piano

小题2:His fans are so excited because ________．

A．he will sing their favorite songs in Beijing

B．he has a special album

C．he is good at music

D．he never follows others

小题3:When he was a little child, he        .

A．talked a lot every day

B．did well in his study

C．started to like music

D．had huge crowds of fans

小题4:According to one of his fans, Jay ________．

A．is a good student	B．has long and beautiful hair
C．can not speak clearly when he sings or talks	D．is very attractive to them

小题5:The sentence “He never follows others.” in the last paragraph means          .

A．he always has his own style

B．he likes to walk alone

C．he doesn’t like other people’s songs at all

D．no one can do better than him

Do you know what special birthday presents the German Chancellor Schroeder（德国总理施罗德）gave his mother?
In 1990, he took her to lunch in a Mercedes（奔驰）car for her 80th birthday.
Schroeder’s family was very poor when he was young. Once his grandma had to steal（偷）meat from their neighbors. That was the only way to give the family a good supper. His mother was very sad and cried about it. Young Schroeder held his mother in his arms and said, “Mom, one day I’ll take you out in a Mercedes.” Forty years later he made these words come true.
Schroeder gave the old lady a second special present ten years later.
His father died before he was born. He was killed in World War II. His family didn’t know where his grave（坟墓）was. So Schroeder gave his mother a map on her 90^th birthday. This map was very special. It showed where his father’s grave was. The old lady smiled happily at the surprising gift. Then Chancellor held his mother in his arms and kissed her face.
小题1:Where did Schroeder take his mother to lunch for her 80th birthday?

A．In a big restaurant.	B．In his office.
C．In a Mercedes car.	D．At home.

小题2:When did Schroeder say he would take his mother out in a Mercedes?

A．In 1990.

B．In 1950.

C．In 2000.

D．In 1948.

小题3:What special present did Schroeder give his mother for her 90^th birthday?

A．A Mercedes car.	B．A grave.
C．A very special map.	D．A big cake.

小题4:Who killed his father?

A．The war.	B．His grandfather.
C．A driver in a Mercedes.	D．An earthquake.

小题5:What can we learn from the passage?

A．Schroeder’s family was rich when he was young.

B．Schroeder’s grandma liked stealing things very much.

C．Schroeder was very young when his father died.

D．Schroeder has a strong love for his mom.

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small   36  in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make   37  body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy   38  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be   39 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole   40  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it   41 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin   42  .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with   43  but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of   44  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be   45  to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
  46   struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be  47   we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even  48   growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid   49  or problems. So, next time you are   50 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

小题1:	A．hole B．worm C．tall D．snake

小题2:	A．it B．it’s C．itself D．its

小题3:	A．decided B．asked C．showed D．ordered

小题4:	A．afraid B．interested C．surprised D．grateful

小题5:	A．slimmer B．bigger C．shorter D．smaller

小题6:	A．touched B．sounded C．looked D．smelt

小题7:	A．wings B．feet C．eyes D．head

小题8:	A．success B．excitement C．kindness D．humour

小题9:	A．get B．getting C．to get D．got

小题10:

A．ready B．quiet C．glad D．used

小题11:

A．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes

小题12:

A．as helpful as B．as weak as C．as strong as D．as creative as

小题13:

A．repeats B．recommends C．requires D．represents

小题14:

A．happiness B．difficulties C．pleasure D．hope

小题15:

A．served with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with

Zhang Lili, a young teacher from Heilongjiang, has been given the honor “the most beautiful teacher”. She risked her life to save 2 students from a high-speed bus in May.2012.  She was badly injured in the accident. Her good deed(事迹) and brave acts have won great admiration from across the country. Many people have sent best wishes to her and donated a lot of money for her treatment(治疗).

Zhu Zhiwen was born in Shandong in 1969. A year ago, he was an unknown farmer. But now he is very famous because of his great voice. He won the first prize in the program of “I’m a Big Star”. That day, he won an old green overcoat, so people called him “Overcoat Brother”. He studied singing by listening to the radio. And he keeps practicing singing every morning for nearly 30 years.

Lin Shuhao is known to people because of his high skill of playing basketball. Since February 4, 2011, he has led his team to win many games. Now he is so popular on the Internet that the videos about him are being crazy spread.

小题1:Zhang Lili has been given the honor “the most beautiful teacher” because__________.

A．she was badly injured

B．she risked her life to save two students

C．she has a lot of money

D．She was good at teaching.

小题2:What’s the meaning of the word “admiration” in the passage?

A．敬佩

B．同情

C．讨厌

D．感激

小题3:Where is Zhu Zhiwen from?

A．Heilongjiang

B．California

C．Shandong

D．Da Lian

小题4:Lin Shuhao is _______.

A．an America teacher

B．a farmer singer

C．a basketball player

D．a runner

小题5:From the passage we can know _______.

A．people have donated a lot of money for two students’ treatment

B．Zhu Zhiwen studied singing by professional training

C．Lin Shuhao was born in China

D．Lin Shuhao is known to people because he is good at playing basketball.

Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..
小题1:Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.

A．Hamlet	B．Macbeth
C．Romeo and Juliet	D．Man and Superman

小题2:Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.

A．1578

B．1582

C．1599

D．1616

小题3:In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.

A．with his wife	B．with his daughter
C．with his wife and children	D．alone

小题4:Shakespeare got much money from ______.

A．writing.

B．plays

C．acting

D．retirement

小题5:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Shakespeare had two children.

B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.