In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father was an African and his mother was a white
American. He g __1__ up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of the o __2__ three black students at his school in
Hawaii. He f __3__ very different from most other students. White girls wanted to t __4__ his hair. A
white boy even asked him w__5__ his father was.
"I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince. But I k __6__ asking myself who I am," said
Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made h __7__ . Obama became the first black president in US
history. This unusual b__8__ made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol (酒) to help
f __9__ this question.
With the h __10__ of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made
him a s __11__ at Harvard. Later, he became the third black senator (参议员) in US history.
"Obama"s success has made Martin Luther King"s d __12__ come true. That is : A man should not be
judged (判断) by the colour of his skin, but by the content of his character," wrote ABC news.
7. history 8. background 9. forget 10. help 11. star 12. dream
father of China’s space technology. He was born in 1911. On October 31, 2009,
he passed away peacefully at the age of 98.
When Qian Xuesen was three years old, his father got a job in the Ministry of
Education in Beijing, so he and his family came to Beijing. Qian Xuesen
graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1934. In 1935, he went to the
United States for further study. In 1950, he heard that the new China had been
founded, he began to try his best to go back to his motherland. Although the
American government tried to stop him from his journey, he succeeded in going
back in 1955.
Since 1958, Dr. Qian had devoted all his life to China"s aerospace science
and technology (航天技术) and made great achievements. He set up China"s first
missile-and-rocket-research institute (导弹、火箭研究机构), which later
helped start China’s space program. He retired in 1991,the year before China"s
manned space program (载人航天计划) was started. His research formed the
basis (基础) of the Long March CZ-2F rocket that carried astronaut Yang Liwei
into orbit in 2003.
Personal details | Qian Xuesen was 2._____ as a rocket scientist. | ||
Career | Qian Xuesen came to Beijing at 3 years old when his father got a job there. In 1934, he graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 1935, he went to America for 3._____ study. In 1955, he succeeded in going back to China, although the American government tried to 4._____ him from his journey. Since 1958, Dr. Qian had devoted all his life to our country and made great achievements. | ||
Achievements | He set up China’s first missile-and-rocket-research institute and helped start China’s space 5._____. His research formed the basis (基础) of the Long March CZ-2F rocket. | ||
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Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist (钢琴家) who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano | |||
( ) 1. A. Like ( ) 2. A. singer ( ) 3. A. Hopefully ( ) 4. A. seemed ( ) 5. A. receiving ( ) 6. A. told ( ) 7. A. hold ( ) 8. A. surprising ( ) 9. A. wonderful ( ) 10. A. catch | B. With B. pianist B. Patiently B. allowed B. accepting B. reported B. hide B. clear B. cheerful B. shine | C. To C. conductor (指挥) C. Wisely C. noticed C. winning C. announced C. turn C. strange C. respectful C. admire | D. As D. player D. Unluckily D. realized D. beating D. believed D. put D. wrong D. meaningful D. develop |
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 | |||
Bertha Ingram had been collecting them for more than 40 years. Every once in a while she would bring home a new book. She"d sit with it on her leg, looking at the meaningless black marks without moving the eyes and cry. She was not stupid. She simply had not had the 1 to learn to read. Her parents were sharecroppers in Florida in the 1920s. Sharecroppers did not own the 2 they farmed. Instead, they gave a part of their crops(plants grown on farms for food)to the owner. It was quite a hard way to 3 , and both of Bertha"s parents worked hard in the fields. Often Bertha had to leave school to help. Before she was a teenager, Bertha"s schooling was 14 . Bertha Ingram didn"t learn to read 5 her early married life, 6 . She wanted to, but she was always too busy. She worked all day. Bertha Ingram"s mind was sharp(敏锐地). 7 a housekeeper for other people, she had to memorize telephone messages. She became a good cook too, but she had to 8 everything she did because there was no cookbook she could read, and she couldn"t write down what she had done. In 1978 Bertha Ingram became very ill with a stroke(中风). This illness 9 her to lose the use of one arm and both legs. It also weakened her ability to speak. 10 she began to get better, she had a 11 thought for the first time in her life. Because she couldn"t work, she had the time to learn to read. In her town there was a special program that taught adults to read, but Bertha Ingram was quite 12 . Would people laugh at her? Would they 13 to teach her? It didn"t happen that way. She had a teacher who worked very hard with her. After the first day Ingram could 14 wait to get to the library. As she learned to read, Ingram got more and more confidence in herself. She became a reader at religious(宗教的)services, joined neighborhood groups, and 15 at meetings in city hall. Finally she wrote a book telling about her life. At age 63, Bertha Ingram proved that learning never comes too late. | |||
( )1.A.chance ( )2.A.ground ( )3.A.make money ( )4.A.dropped ( )5.A.for ( )6.A.too ( )7.A.For ( )8.A.remember ( )9.A.brought ( )10.A.If ( )11.A.fa ir ( )12.A.nervous ( )13.A.like ( )14.A.hardly ( )15.A.arrived | B.reason B.land B.earn their living B.on B.until B.as well B.As B.write B.caused B.Before B.right B.bored B.refuse B.never B.rested | C.idea C.farm C.turn over C.over C.from C.either C.To C.know C.made C.As C.magic C.excited C.agree C.just C.appeared | D.choice D.garden D.get them in D.needed D.during D.also D.Like D.tell D.asked D.Till D.wonderful D.surprised D.stop D.only D.looked |
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