Let’s focus on the task．The task of being accepted and enrolled in a university （大学）begins early for some students, long before they g__________ from high school．These students take special __________ （课程）to prepare for advanced study．They may also take one or more exams that test how w______ they prepared for university．In the ________year of high school, they complete applications and s__________them, with their student records, to the universities ________ they hope to attend．Some high school students may be required to have an i__________ with representatives of the university．Neatly dressed, and usually very ________（害怕）, they are _________（决心） to show that they have a good attitude and the _________（能力） to succeed．

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1.The terrible flood d________ all the houses in the village, leaving thousands of people homeless.  

2.These people have made great c __________to the economic development of our country.

3.With the development of technology, new digital products are r__________ old machines rapidly.

4.Early to bed, early to rise will make you healthy, w__________ and wise.

5.It is reported that over a dozen people have c__________ suicide in FOXCOM company in Shenzhen so far this year.

6.The story told on TV was so touching that almost all the _____________ （观众）were moved to tears.

7.The committee__________(采用) the new suggestion on how to protect the limited resources.

8.The old woman died __________ (平静地) in the arms of her loving husband.

9.Although our sense of sight is overused ,our sense of touch and smell is ___________(忽视)

10.Don’t you see that our country is trying its best to improve people’s living ____ (条件)?

Recently, a study was carried out to determine who was the greatest American president．Sixty-five presidential historians took part in it, and they judged the past forty-two American leaders based on ten leadership qualities, including public persuasiveness(信服), crisis leadership, management of the economy, moral leadership, and conduct of international relations．The historians also looked at administrative ability (管理能力), relations with Congress, ability to set goals, and the pursuit of equal justice for all．Finally, the experts took into consideration the historical period in which the president lived．

The historians chose Abraham Lincoln as American’s greatest president．He had also been named best president in a similar study in 2000．Abraham Lincoln was the president who led the nation through the Civil War in the 1860s, and was able to unite it in the end．He also took the first steps to abolish slavery in America．

Edna Medford, a professor of history at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was an adviser on this study and the earlier one．She says Abraham Lincoln is seen to represent the values the nation most honors, such as truthfulness, moderation, and respect for human rights．

The historians put American’s first president, George Washington, second on the list, while Franklin D．Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman follow in that order．John   F．Kennedy, the country’s first Roman Catholic president, is sixth on the list．Like Lincoln, Kennedy was murdered while in office．

Among recent presidents, Ronald Reagan was named the tenth best and Bill Clinton rated fifteenth, while the historians put former president George W．Bush at number thirty-six．His father, George H.W．Bush, did much better, being placed at number eighteen．

1.We learn from the text that ___________．

    A．this is the second time that Abraham Lincoln has been chosen as America’s greatest president

    B．Edna Medford didn’t take part in the study conducted in 2000．

    C．George H.W．Bush was thought to have done worse in office than George W．Bush

    D．Harry Truman was rated the fourth-best president by the study

2.Which of the following belong to the ten leadership qualities considered?

    a．Being able to persuade the public

    b．Taking effective measures during a financial crisis．

    c．Balancing home life and career．

    d．Pursuing equal justice for all．

   A．a,b,c           B．b,c,d          C．a,b,d          D．a,c,d

3.Who is rated worst among the following four presidents?

   A．John F．Kennedy                  B．George Washington

   C．Bill Clinton                     D．George W．Bush

4.The text is mainly about ________．

   A．the ten qualities a great president needs

   B．a study of American presidents

   C．the values the American nation honors most

   D．how Abraham Lincoln improved the country

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【小题1】The shot which was i________for the president killed one of his soldiers.
【小题2】It is said that the governor is ill, but the news remains to be c_____.
【小题3】Thirty years have passed but I still remember the s ________ we got lost on a rainy night.
【小题4】The local people are now in charge of Hong Kong, which was once in the charge of The British for one and half a c______.
【小题5】I was about to leave the office w___an unexpected visitor came.
【小题6】With so much noises from the busy traffic in the street, I couldn’t s____down and do my work..
【小题7】The customs that the local people have are different from what we read about on the I________.
【小题8】They couldn’t agree with each other and finally a quarrel b____out between them .
【小题9】No one is sure w______ global warming can be solved in one hundred years.
【小题10】He was in d___ for a long time. How to support his family is a big problem.