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.Obama was born in _______________.
A Britain B America C Kenya D IndonesiaThere was/were _______black students besides Obama at the school where he studied when he was ten.
A no B one C two D threeObama became the first black president in US history when he was ______.
A 37 B 40 C 47 D 50Which 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 workFrom the passage we can see that____________.
| A．we could judge a person by the colour of his skin |
| B．we could not judge a person by the content of his character |
| C．we should not judge a person by the color of his skin |
| D．we should judge a person by what he did when he was young |
阅读下面的语言材料，从A——F中选出符合1-5题的标题，其中有一个选项是多余的。
If you want to learn English well. You have to practice speaking English! Use these sentences to help you start interesting conversations in English.We should try to do things independently, rather than wait for help. Do you think our schools stop us from thinking independently? How can we become more independent? Can we help our classmates to be more independent? How?
I find this to be true with my students. If they only recite without understanding, they cannot use English well. Have you ever tried to recite many English words? What is the result? Do you know anyone that only follows but never thinks? What is that person like? Do you know anyone who is a clear thinker? What is that person like?
How can laughter help us in our daily life? Do you think humor is helpful if we are really sick? Do you know anyone who laughs all the time? What is that person like? Do you know someone who never laughs? Do you enjoy being around that person?
Do you have many friends or just a few very close friends? How did you meet your best friend? What advice would you give a newcomer to your school to help him or her meet new friends? What would you do to help your best friend?
How should we eat to stay healthy? What do you think is the healthiest food we can eat every day? Do you eat very healthy food? Or do you prefer delicious but not so healthy food? What food should we avoid eating? Besides eating well, what should we do for our health?
| A.A friends in need is a friend indeed. B. Learning without thinking is a dangerous thing. C. He who laughs last laugh best. D. God helps those who help themselves. E. Laughter is the best medicine. F. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. |
There are over 800 boarding schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.
What to do?
In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can't go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light-out” time. So when it's time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.
What to wear?
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
____________?
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) the passage?
| A．Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools. |
| B．Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours. |
| C．As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter. |
| D．Students can have different activities in a boarding school. |
Students can make themselves something to eat in a kitchen______.
| A．at breakfast time | B．at any time |
| C．in the morning | D．in the evening |
The underlined word “facilities” means______.
| A．老师 | B．设备 | C．活动 | D．课程 |
Most boarding schools have a light-out time when______.
| A．the house-masters come to look after the students |
| B．the students have finished their subject plans |
| C．it’s time for the students to go to bed |
| D．all the students are in after-school hours |
Which is the best title for the last paragraph?
| A．What to eat | B．When to eat |
| C．Where to eat | D．How to eat |
MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a food additive (食品添加剂), which has been widely used by many food factories all over the world since it appeared first in Japan in 1909.
MSG is a substance that is added to some food to improve its original (原先的) taste and colour. It is used in foods around the world such as cakes, bread, frozen meats, fish and vegetables. In the beginning, people thought MSG was safe just like salt and sugar. However, in 1968 some people reported they seemed to have bad reactions (反应) to MSG after having had a meal at a restaurant. They included headaches and quick heartbeat (心跳). It was also reported that MSG excited a person's brain and caused his death in Japan. Scientists think that MSG may lead to many neurological disorders (神经紊乱). In mice studies done by a university, the evidence showed the mice didn’t want to eat the food including MSG.
Today many food companies “hide” MSG on food labels (标签) by using different names. If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you are probably seeing a hidden way to “report” MSG in a food label. Every time we have a meal in a restaurant, we always feel the food very delicious to taste, but sometimes it is dangerous for our health because some poisonous food additives have been added to the food.
To protect people’s health, our governments, from central to local, are taking actions to stop factories producing poisonous food additives.Monosodium Glutamate is _______.
| A．a food | B．an additive |
| C．a factory | D．a country |
MSG is often used in _______.
| A．frozen meats | B．cups | C．clothes | D．book covers |
The examples in the second paragraph tell us ________.
| A．the food including MSG is delicious |
| B．people like to eat in a restaurant |
| C．mice like eating the food including MSG |
| D．MSG is not safe sometimes |
If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you will know________.
| A．you must eat the food in a hidden way |
| B．the food label must be hidden |
| C．MSG is probably added to the food |
| D．you must report the food to your parents |
The underlined word “substance” in the article means __________.
| A．colour | B．material | C．taste | D．Food |
When I was a little kid, a father was like the light in the fridge. Every house had one, but no one really knew what either of them did when the door was shut.
My dad left the house every morning and always seemed glad to see every one again at night. He opened the jar of pickles when no one else at home could. He was the only one in the house who wasn’t afraid to go into the basement by himself.
Whenever it rained, he got into the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription(处方) filled. He set mousetraps. He cut back the roses so the thorns(刺) wouldn’t hurt you when you came to the front door. He oiled my roller skates, and they went faster. When I got my bike, he ran alongside me for at least a thousand miles until I got the hang of it. He signed all my report and cards. He took a lot of pictures, but was never in them. He tightened up Mother’s sagging(松垂的) clothesline every week or so.
I was afraid of everyone else’s father, but not my own.
Whenever I played house(玩过家家), the mother doll had a lot to do. I never knew what to do with the daddy doll, so I had him say, “I’m going off to work now,” and threw him under the bed.
When I was nine years old, my father didn’t get up one morning and go to work, he went to the hospital and died the next day.
There were a lot of people in the house who brought all kinds of good food and cakes. We had never had so much company before.
He never did anything; I didn’t know his leaving would hurt so much.Father did a lot of things at home including______.
| A．making roller skates |
| B．helping mom wash clothes |
| C．watering the flowers in the garden |
| D．taking photos for the family |
The underlined phrase “got the hang of it” means______.
| A．could hold the bike |
| B．could repair the bike |
| C．could ride the bike well |
| D．could run as fast as a bike |
We can infer(推理；暗示) from the passage that______.
| A．the writer thought her father was cool |
| B．the writer missed her father very much after his death |
| C．there were always a lot of people in the writer’s house |
| D．the writer was afraid of her father |
The first paragraph tells us that______.
| A．the writer loved her father because he often put delicious food in the fridge |
| B．the fridge in her house was very big and her father was a big man too |
| C．the writer didn’t know much about her father when she was young |
| D．the writer’s father loved to eat food from the fridge |
From the passage, we can see that the writer’s father______.
| A．loved his family very much |
| B．loved only about his work |
| C．was very careless |
| D．always acted strangely |
Experts（专家）say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her boy who was 10 years old put up one finger（手指） with his eyes still closed, begging（请求）for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “early bir ds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one t ime or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.The boy begged for one more minute to sleep because
| A．he didn’t have enough sleep |
| B．it wasn’t time for him to get up |
| C．he didn’t want to go to school |
| D．he wanted his mother to wake him up |
In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may
| A．become too weak to sleep |
| B．not work well in class |
| C．go to bed early |
| D．be weak in English |
In this passage “early birds” means persons who
| A．get up early | B．get up late |
| C．sleep less | D．don’t want to sleep |
The writer talks about some reasons why students stay up late, except__________
| A．too much homework |
| B．watching TV |
| C．playing the computer games |
| D．going out with friends |
According to the passage, which of the following is right?
| A．If you want to study better, you must work hard at night. |
| B．Sleeping less means working hard. |
| C．Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits. |
| D．Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do. |