Dear Malia and Sasha,
I know that you’ve both had a lot of these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn’t have let you have. But I also know that it hasn’t always been easy for you and Mom, and that even though you both are excited about that new puppy, it doesn’t for all the time we’ve been apart. I know I’ve missed these past two years, and today I want to tell you a little more about why I decided to take our family on this journey.
When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me—about how I’d my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. But then the two of you came into my with all your curiosity and mischief and those smiles that never to fill my heart and light up my day.
I want all our children to go to schools of their potential—schools that challenge them, inspire them, and instill (灌输) in them a sense of about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to college their parents aren’t rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefits like health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own and retire with dignity.
I want us to the boundaries of discovery so that you’ll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer. And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach the divides of race and region, gender and religion that us from seeing the best in each other.
That was the your grandmother tried to teach me when I was your age, reading me the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence and telling me about the men and women who marched for because they believed those words put to paper two centuries ago should mean .
She helped me understand that America is great not because it is perfect but because it can always be made better and that the work of perfecting our union falls to each of us.It’s a charge we pass on to our children, coming closer with each new generation to we know America should be.
These are the things I want for you, to in a world with no limits on your dreams and no achievements beyond your reach. And I want every child to have the same chances to learn and dream and grow and thrive that you girls have. That’s why I’ve taken our family on this great adventure.
I am so proud of both of you. I love you you can ever know. And I am grateful every day for your patience, self-confidence, grace, and humor as we prepare to start our new life together in the White House.
Love, Dad
A．play B．fun C．pain D．gain
A．take up B．pick up C．make up D．put up
A．how much B．how many C．how soon D．how long
A．lose B．make C．take D．walk
A．world B．family C．position D．place
A．succeed B．come C．tend D．fail
A．worth B．worthless C．worthwhile D．worthy
A．humor B．happiness C．wonder D．sadness
A．even if B．as if C．as D．now that
A．friends B．kids C．boys D．girls
A．rush B．catch C．push D．pull
A．to B．in C．into D．beyond
A．keep B．let C．make D．warn
A．way B．method C．means D．lesson
A．quantity B．quality C．equality D．quarter
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．unfinished B．finished C．unfinishing D．finishing
A．which B．who C．what D．that
A．wake up B．grow up C．come up D．get up
A．rather than B．other than C．less than D．more than
第两节完型填空二（共8小题，每小题1.5分，满分12分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所空之处填写适当的单词，每空仅限填一词。。
Old English is very different __48__ the English we speak nowadays. In fact, it is certain that we would not be __49__ to understand it if we heard it today. __50__ the 10th century, Old English was the official language of England. The language __51__ of an Anglo-Saxon base plus words from the languages of Denmark and Norway. When we speak English today, we sometimes find __52__ hard to decide which words or phrases to use. This is __53__ many pairs of words and phrases have similar meanings in English, for __54__, pick up and lift up. These kinds of pairs developed because each word or phrase came from a __55__ language. Pick came from Anglo-Saxon, and lift from Norse.
第两节完型填空一（共12小题，每小题1.5分，满分18分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的（A、B、C、D）四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last Tuesday I took two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain _36_ so I decided I would leave the children in the car _37_ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to _38_ anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left _39_ happily out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had _40_ ! I could hardly believe my eyes . The car doors were _41_ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats. Being _42_, I ran to the corner of the street _43_ there was no sign of them. I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked _44_ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and went to stop trembling (发抖). Suddenly, I heard a merry laugh _45_ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot (车尾行李箱) and inside were two very red-faced and _46_ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, climbed behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. _47_ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
36.A.heavy B. hard C. big D. quick
37.A.before B. since C. after D. while
38.A.talk B. reach C. hear D. touch
39.A.them B. her C. herself D. themselves
40.A.discovered B. disappeared C. described D. delivered
41.A.even B. again C. already D. still
42.A.foolish B. proud C. frightened D. pleased
43.A.where B. which C. that D. when
44.A.what B. when C. whether D. how
45.A.behind B. over C. before D. with
46.A.worried B. excited C. surprised D. interested
47.A.For B. About C. With D. Down
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Tired and hungry, two boys walked painfully and difficultly into a big city on October 16, on their feet that had just carried them 300 kilometers.
For nine days they lived like old-fashioned travelers, 21somewhere new to sleep every night as they walked from one place to another. The boys slept in tents and 22a six-yuan daily plan. “I learned more in those nine days than I had in the last nine years,” said 17-year-old Li Zhao 23. Li and 15-year-old Li Xuemeng 24their journey on October 7, with three teachers from an Educational Motivation Research & Service Center. The purpose of the 25was for the two troubled boys to develop a (an) 26attitude to school and life.
With two 27and some instant noodles for the first day, the five 28mainly along the Highway 107. On the way to the big city, 29of them visited schools and interviewed 30people from different walks of life. Both were asked to write about what they 31during the walk.
“ The two boys need to know about 32life and learn to get rid of difficulties, so we 33this program,” explained Du Junpeng. 34they had tents, they didn’t just 35anywhere at night. “We had to 36on people’s kindness for shelter,” said Li Zhao, who admits he used to be self-centered and at first was 37against the idea of the trip. But the challenge of getting rid of the 38on the journey has changed him.
“I’m more 39than before. And now I also believe failure is the mother of 40,” he said.
21. A. finding B. hunting C. searching D. inventing
22. A. lived on B. worked on C. carried out D. went on
23. A. anxiously B. luckily C. excitedly D. tiredly
24. A. developed B. separated C. controlled D. started
25. A. study B. trip C. task D. job
26. A. passive B. popular C. different D. active
27. A. tents B. lights C. drinks D. tools
28. A. ran B. drove C. walked D. marched
29. A. both B. none C. either D. some
30. A. famous B. brave C. different D. strange
31. A. covered B. learned C. heard D. recognized
32. A. interesting B. real C. hard D. meaningful
33. A. carried on B. cared about C. took over D. worked out
34. A. Although B. If only C. As though D. Since
35. A. sleep B. adventure C. move D. tour
36. A. get B. depend C. take D. turn
37. A. hardly B. heavily C. strongly D. secretly
38. A. wrongs B. problems C. difficulties D. fears
39. A. sociable B. particular C. common D. formal
40. A. success B. victory C. hope D. aim
SECTION B (18 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
There was once a lonely girl who wanted so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving (挨饿的) birds. She took them home and put them in a small 36 . She treated them with love and the birds grew 37 . Every morning they 38 her with a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.
One day, the girl left the door with the cage open. The 39 and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was worried that he 40 fly away，so as he flew close, she caught him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing (捕获) him. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp (无力的). She opened her hands 41 looked at the dead bird. Her strong love had killed him.
She noticed 42 bird moving slowly to the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for 43 . He needed to fly into the blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and let him go. The bird 44 once, twice, three times over her head.
The girl watched happily at the sky. Her heart was no longer worried about her loss. She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly, the bird flew 45 and landed softly on her shoulder. He 46 the sweetest song for her that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to 47 love is to hold on to it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it WINGS.
36. A. cage B. box C. house D. bag
37. A. old B. tall C. strong D. weak
38. A. showed B. gave C. greeted D. followed
39. A. smaller B. weaker C. taller D. larger
40. A. will B. would C. should D. must
41. A. butB. orC. and D. so
42. A. another B. the other C. others D. some
43. A. food B. space C. love D. freedom
44. A. walked B. left C. circled D. ran
45. A. closer B. away C. farther D. down
46. A. sang B. danced C. flew D. wrote
47. A. get B. lose C. remain D. find
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
[04年高考福建卷]Not too long ago ,an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly．A guest 36 out of our Polynesian Village resort（度假胜地）at Walt Disney was asked how she 37 her visit．She told the front-desk clerk she had had a (n) 38 vacation ,but was heartbroken about 39 several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet 40．At that moment she was particularly 41 over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau , 42this was a memory she especially treasured．
Now ,please understand that we have no written service rules 43 lost photos in the park． 44 ,the clerk at the front desk 45 Disney’s idea of caring for our 46．She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of 47 film ,promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau．
Two weeks later the guest received a 48 at her home．In it were photos of all the actors of our show, 49 signed by each performer．There were also 50 of the public procession（游行队伍）and fireworks in the park ,taken by the front-desk clerk in her own 51 after work．I happened to know this 52 because this guest wrote us a letter．She said that 53 in her life had she received such good service from any business．
Excellent 54 does not come from policy (政策性的)handbooks．It comes from people who 55 —and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude．
36．A．working B．checking C．trying D．staying
37．A．expected B．realized C．paid D．enjoyed
38．A．disappointing B．wonderful C．uncomfortable D．important
39．A．taking B．dropping C．losing D．breaking
40．A．developed B．taken C．washed D．loaded
41．A．silly B．nervous C．calm D．sad
42．A．when B．where C．as D．which
43．A．covering B．finding C．making D．keeping
44．A．Excitedly B．Fortunately C．Therefore D．Quietly
45．A．understood B．reminded C．trusted D．discovered
46．A．workers B．guests C．managers D．clerks
47．A．printed B．shot C．unused D．recorded
48．A．film B．card C．camera D．packet
49．A．frequently B．personally C．alone D．actually
50．A．rules B．pictures C．handbooks D．performances
51．A．case B．work C．time D．position
52．A．story B．place C．photo D．show
53．A．only B．almost C．never D．nearly
54．A．advice B．experience C．quality D．service
55．A．care B．serve C．like D．know