only until 6 p. m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat the former mayor Douglas
Ingles,51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is the youngest mayor of the US. As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005 , he registered to vote on Sept.
22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign(战役) ,
which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots(选票).
To help get his name known, Sessions earned $ 700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the
money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale"s lawns.
Sessions" month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town"s future in
the kitchens of his neighbours. "They"d look at me, and say, ‘ How old are you? How much experience
do you have?" And I say,’I"m still in high school" ," he said.
Sessions promised Hillsdale"s voters he would renew the local economy. "I was hopeful the whole
time, "he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up
in a hospital emergency room.
Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. "From 7:50 a. m. to
2:30 p. m. , I"ll be a student. From 3 to 6, I"ll be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said.
"He did a very brave thing that couldn"t have been easy for him to do, "said Jack Vetted, a councilman
in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. "He does care about his town. He"s
been here all his life. "
Sessions will receive $ 3,600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since
the town does not provide the mayor with an office.
B. Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital.
C. Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome(结果).
D. Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and exerience.
B. renew the economy
C. sell apples
D. talk to neighbours in their kitchens
B. In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics.
C. All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections.
D. American mayors receive a salary of $ 3,600 a year during the 4-year term.
B. How to become a teenage mayor.
C. Hard work is the ticket to success.
D. Never too young to shake the world.
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
For someone who is such a successful investor, Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy.
He was born on August 30,1930. __1__He used to go door-to-door and sell soda water. When his
family moved to Washington, Buffett became a paperboy for the Washington Post. Buffett ran his five
paper routes and even added magazines to round out his product offerings. While still in school, he was
making $175 a month,a full-time wage for many men.
__2__He spent $1,200 on 40 acres of farmland in Nebraska. He and a friend also made $50 a
week by placing pinball machines in barber shops. They called their venture (企业) Wilson Coin
Operated Machine Corp.
Already a successful small-time businessman, Buffett wasn"t interested in going to college but ended up
at the University of Pennsylvania—his father encouraged him to go. __3__But he was turned down in
what had to be one of the worst admission decisions in Harvard history. The outcome affected Buffett"s
life, for he ended up attending Columbia Business School ,where he studied under Professor Benjamin Graham, the father of securities analysis who provided the foundation (基础) for Buffett"s investment
strategy.
From the beginning, Buffett made his fortune from investing. He started with all the money he had made
from selling soda water, delivering papers,and operating pinball machines. Between 1950 and 1956, he
grew his $9,800 to $14,000. __4__ And then he gradually drew in other investors through word of mouth
and very attractive terms.
__5__ He doesn"t collect houses or cars or works of art, and he disdains (鄙视) companies that
waste money, on expensive cars, private dining rooms, and high-priced villas. He is a creature of
habitsame house, same office, same city, same soda water.
B. Buffett is more likely to be found in a four-star restaurant.
C. When he was 14, Buffett still kept great interest in investment.
D. Even as a young child, Buffett was serious about making money.
E. One thing is for sure about Buffett:he is happy doing what he is doing.
F. Buffett"s investment strategy mirrors his lifestyle and his overall philosophy.
G. From there,he organized investment partnerships with his family and friends.
In the dictionary, the word" applause" means to clap your hands to praise or welcome. Clappingis not
usually used to protect against something. But when David Beckham made this mistake, he was punished with a red card.
The England football captain was shown a yellow card by referee Arturo Dauden Ibanez during a
match between Real Madridand Valencia in Madrid, Spain on Oct. 23.
Beckham then half-turned his back on Ibanez and applauded. His protest made the referee very angry. In return he gave Beckhama red card. The Spanish Football Association withdrew the red card last week due to Real Madrid"s protest. But Beckham still has to pay a 60 euro fine for his mistake.
Beckham, no doubt, is one of the best footballers in the world. He was among the 50 candidates for
the European Footballer of 2005. He first made everyone take notice when he scored a wondergoal , 60
yards away from his own half on the first day of the 1995/6 England football season. He then led England
into the quarter finals of the 2002 World Cup.
But he is more than a footballer. His handsome appearance isas powerful as his outstanding
performance on the field. Few pop stars can match him in terms of pure style. He has attracted millions of
teenagers to follow his way of dressing.
"I have come to accept that if I have a new haircut, it is front page news. But having a picture of my
foot on the front page of a national newspaper is a bit exceptional. " he once said.
He appears in advertisements as often as on the field. Beckhamis now the richest footballer in the world with an average annual income of 8 million pounds, mainly from advertisements for beauty treatments,
mobile phones and motor oil.
In November 2003, Beckham was honored with the best award ever received-an OBE ( Officer of the Order of the British Empire) from the British Queen.
B. hurt the referee"s feeling
C. did wrong to the referee
D. showed anger to the audience
B. his special dress
C. his handsome appearance
D. his beautiful wife
B. Beckham became rich just by advertising for some companies.
C. Beckham"s red card was taken away by the football association.
D. It was a great honor for Beckham to be awarded an OBE.
last Saturday not only for her lovely appearance and beautiful songs,
but for her unbelievable ability to change costumes (服装 ) on stage
in a matter of seconds.
"I practiced quite a lot on this," said Sun with a childish grin
(露齿而笑), "There need to be some surprises for my fans, because
they"ve waited for so long. " After a year"s delay because of
the SARS outbreak, the Singaporean pop queen was finally able to
begin her first tour of China on June 5 in Guangzhou. Her next stop
will be Beijing,on June 12.
"I"m so happy to show my best here and now and to share my
happiness with my fans," she said. Music has been an inseparable
(不可分的)part of Sun"s life since childhood. She began to study
piano at her father"s suggestion at the age of five. She soon found
that she could express her happiness and sadness through the pian
But the piano-playing girl never thought of a singing career. "I
did love singing very much, but going to a good university seemed to
be my only dream through my school years. "After graduating from
high school, Sun studied sales and marketing at Nanyang Technology
University in Singapore. But she was happy to be able to study
singing with Li Weisong and Li Sisong, two well-known Singaporean
song-writers, in her spare time.
But,when head of Warner Music,Taiwan heard her voice during
Li Sisong"s visit to Taiwan, he could hardly believe that the powerful
voice came from that slender body. He immediately decided to
sign her. Sun didn"t disappoint him. Her debut (首发的,初次的 )
album" Sun Yanzi" was released in May, 2000 and became an in-
stant hit. It remained at No. 3 0n Taiwan"s top charts for 11 weeks.
Half a year later, her second album" My Desired Happiness" won
her three nominations(提名 )at the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan,
including the Best New Artist.
"It took me quite some time to get used to being watched and
surrounded by people on the street," Sun said, recalling the overnight
success, " I"m financially stronger, but I still don"t want to
spend money on expensive things. "
B. she looked so pretty
C. she wore some beautiful clothes
D. she could change beautiful clothes in a short time
B. wanted to be a singer
C. dreamed of becoming an actress
D. wanted to study sales at university
B. Li Sisong.
C. A famous Taiwan singer.
D. Head of Warner Music,Taiwan.
B. was an immediate success
C. sold well for a shorttime
D.won her several prizes
High School swimming champion. Like many young athletes, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious
illness kept her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn"t stop her from going forward.
Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming. A brilliant athlete, she was well-conditioned for
spending long periods of time in the water. As a long-distance swimmer, she would compete against
herself and the obstacles presented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion.
For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world"s best long-distance swimmers.
In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women"s record for the course.
In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast
of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.
Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span of water
is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling the water for two days, she had to
give for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and
strong desire to succeed. For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reading Cuba.
That is how she defined success. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had
touched the other shore.
When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world
as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire
others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.
1. What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games? (No more than 5 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
2. What does the underlined word "obstacles" mean? (1 word)
___________________________________________________________________________
3. What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (No more than 10 words.)
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore? (No more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (No more than 20 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Renaissance. Now the great master"s original has been recreated by simple cross-stitching (十字绣).
It took Michelangelo four years-from 1508 to 1512-to complete the Sistine Chapel Ceiling. Its
cross-stitch reproduction, however, took four more years to copy in all its amazing detail. Joanna
Lopianowski-Roberts, a Canadian needle worker, 44, spent at least one hour every day with the work
on her lap. By committing a total of 3,572 hours, which her husband Aaron Roberts accurately timed
on a stopwatch, her dream became a reality.
The extraordinary project started in October 1995. During the years that followed, Joanna would
face several challenges that brought her close to giving up completely. As is the method with
cross-stitching, Joanna had to pre-design an outline for each painting of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling and
then fill in all of the 45 sections with color and detail by stitching.
To get the detail right for each painting, Joanna had to get an individual close-up (特写照片) of each
piece which came from several different sources. She even bought books from Rome to make sure she
had an accurate depiction (描绘) of every part of Michelangelo" s work.
"It was really hard and I had a lot of false starts," she said. "I even considered stopping. After many
starts and retries, I decided in late 2001 that if I didn"t set a commitment to myself of stitching an average
of one hour every day, I"d never finish."
Joanna"s Sistine Chapel, which measures 40 inches by 80 inches, is now kept safely at her home. And despite holding the item close to her heart, she says she would sell it to the right buyer for the right price.
Her accomplishment has now been documented in Joanna"s book In the Footsteps of Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling in Cross Stitch which acts as a guide for other would-be stitchers to try
themselves.
B. six years
C. eight years
D. twelve years
B. It was very hard work.
C. It went on pretty smoothly.
D. It was not very successful.
B. improve her painting skill
C. learn cross-stitching from Italians
D. comfort and amuse herself
B. She worked under her husband"s instruction.
C. She was writing a book on Michelangelo.
D. She decided to sell her cross-stitch work.
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