Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand and remember．Churchill warned the British to expect “blood, toil, tears and sweat”; Roosevelt told the Americans that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”; Lenin promised the war-weary Russians peace, land and bread．Straightforward but effective messages．

We have an image of what a leader ought to be．We even recognize the physical signs; leaders may not necessarily be tall, but they must have bigger-than-life, commanding features －- Lyndon Baines Johnson’s nose and ear lobes, Ike’s broad grin．A trade-mark also comes in handy; Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, Kennedy’s rocking chair．We expect our leaders to stand out a little, not to be like an ordinary man．Half of President Ford’s trouble lay on the fact that, if you closed your eyes for a moment, you couldn’t remember his face, figure of clothes．A leader should have an unforgettable identity, instantly and permanently fixed in people’s minds．

It also helps for a leader to be able to do something most of us can’t: FDR overcame polio; Mao swam the Yangtze River at the age of 72. We don’t want our leaders to be "just like us." We want them to be like us but better, special more so. Yet if they are too different, we reject them.

A Chinese philosopher once remarked that a leader must have the grace of a good dancer, and there is a great deal of wisdom to this. A leader should know how to appear relaxed and confident. His walks should be firm and purposeful. He should be able, like Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Lke and JFK, to give a good, hearty, belly laugh, instead of the sickly grin that passes for good humor in Nixon or Carter. Ronald Reagan’s training as an actor showed to good effect in the debate with Carter, when by his easy manner and apparent affability, he managed to convey the impression that in fact he was the president and Carter the challenger.

The every simple truth about leadership is that people can only be led where they want to go. The leader follows, though a step ahead. Americans wanted to climb out of the Depression and needed someone to tell them they could do it, and Roosevelt did. The British believed that they could still win the war after the defeats of 1940, and Churchill told them they were right.

A leader rides the waves, moves with the tides, understands the deepest yearning of his people. He cannot make a nation that wants peace at any price go to war, or stop a nation determined to fight from doing so. His purpose must match the national mood.

1.The underlined word “yearning” in the last paragraph probably means      .

    A．love           B．trouble        C．desire         D．feeling

2.From the fourth paragraph we can learn that         .

    A．leaders usually look special or different

    B．leaders don’t have to be tall

    C．most leaders look ordinary

    D．leaders should always have trademarks

3.According to the article, a leader         .

    A．usually tries to simplify our messages

    B．tell us what we want to hear

    C．encourages us to think about things in a new way

    D．is usually confident and handsome

4.From the passage we can infer that          .

    A．it helps for a leader to be able to dance or act well

    B．great leaders are usually totally different from us

    C．Carter was humorous and made good speeches

    D．it is the people rather than the president that makes what a nation is

5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

    A．Want to be a leader?

    B．What makes a leader?

    C．What does a leader look like?

    D．What must a leader do?

 

 

阅读下面应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答卷上的相应位置作答。

首先阅读下面上海世博会期间举行的专题论坛会议信息：

A. Theme Forum1: ICT and Urban Development

The forum includes a plenary session, a Dialogue of Information Innovation and Urban Development and three sub-main forums and four in –depth sessions on key subjects:·ICT and Urban Management·ICT and Industries·ICT and Logistics·ICT and Urban Life·ICT and Education·The forum explores the cities’ future through the development of information and communication technologies, focusing on issues of urban management, urban life and urban integration in the global economic framework.

B. Theme Forum 2: Cultural Heritage and Urban Regeneration

Cultural heritage and urban regeneration are parallel goals in a city’s development roadmap. The Shanghai World Expo seeks to pursue both objectives and give expression to effective practical approaches. Cultural diversity, cultural integration, the preservation and extension of cultural heritage are key dimensions of the cultural aspects that are so vital to the city and its regeneration.

C. Theme Forum 3: Science & Technology Innovation and Urban Future

This Forum will cover topical questions such as: what is the role of science and technology innovation in urban security and sustainable development? How to improve the cities’ overall competitiveness through science and technology innovation? How will science and technology innovation lead us to a better quality of life in the future? Focusing on the different aspects of safety, development, competitiveness, and lifestyle, the different sessions will connect science and technology innovation with the Expo theme of “Better City, Better Life.”

D. Theme Forum 4: Towards a Low-Carbon City: Environmental Protection and Urban Responsibilities

This forum covers a wide range of issues involving urban environmental systems as well as the utilization, protection and governance of the environment. These issues are to be discussed by the government, enterprises from three different levels of responsibility, focusing on serious global and regional environmental problems involving climate change, water pollution, etc. the forum will deliver the message that a more harmonious environment- would make a better city; that a resource-saving and environment-friendly urban development pattern would make our native earth better.

E. Theme Forum 5: Economic Transformations and Urban-Rural Relations

Economic Transformations is a vital proposition in the world economic theory and practice today. More developing countries are confronted with double pressure from both the economic and the industrial structure conversion（转换）, in which the key question is how to realize the transformation from a traditional agricultural society to a modern industrial one. as a country with the largest population, especially the agricultural population, China’s experiences and lessons accumulated from the process of urban and rural development are of referential and research value to the vast developing countries.

F. Theme Forum 6: harmonious City and Livable Life

This forum will debate key issues such as: How to create city that can satisfy the different needs of people’s settled life and achieve the goal of “Better City, Better Life?” the forum will cove three major areas: urban space, urban society and urban environment. It will also present in-depth discussions on the relationship between a livable city and its communities, focusing on the following hot topics: the Harmonious City·Housing Policies and Harmonious Life·Social Policies and the Harmonious City.

下面是五位不同职责的人员，请根据他们的职责匹配合适他们参加的论坛会议。

1.Mr. A

    Studying key issues on promoting economic and social development with science and technology;

2.Mr. B

    Managing the cultural and artistic industry; directing the reform of the cultural system; drawing up the policies on cultural industry; participating in planning and implementing（贯彻）the construction of the civic cultural infrastructure.

3.Mr. C

    Drawing up plans for environmental protection; supervising pollution prevention and ecological protection in key areas and key rivers fixed by central, provincial or municipal government; supervising and managing pollution prevention of water, air, gas, noise, solid waste and poisonous chemicals in the city.

4.Mr. D

    Formulating policies for industrialized agricultural operations; providing guidance to adjust the industrialized agricultural structure; putting forward suggestions on deepening the rural economic restructuring across the city; providing guidance to set up the system of non-government services in agricultural development.

5.Mr. E

    Enforcing state laws, regulations, guidelines and policies related to communications and post telecommunications; assuming medium-and long-term plans of the local communications and telecommunications sectors, as well as their key annual technical renovation projects.

 

 

假设你是学校英语报的小记者，上周以“你支持低碳生活吗？”为题对学校300我学生进行了一次调查，以下是你在调查中收集的信息：

 

 

写作内容：

请你根据调查信息为英语报写一篇报道，包括如下内容：

1．受访学生对低碳生活方式的态度；

2．受访学生现在的做法和所持的理由；

3．呼吁大家过低碳生活。

 

 

写作要求：

1．只能用五个句子表达全部内容；

2．开头句已给出，不计入总词数；

3．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名字。

评分标准

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Last week a survey concerning low-carbon life was carried out among 300 students in our school.

                                                                             

                                                                              

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                              

                                                                             

 

 

阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Perhaps you do not know your school principal well. But you might be wise to take him or her seriously. Peking University will enroll students recommended by high school principals this year. Oh November 16, 2009 Peking University released a list of 39 high school principals in 10 provinces who have the chance to recommend students. If the students recommended pass a round of interviews by Peking University, they will have an extra 30 points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they apply to the university after the exam. Peking University said the reason behind the move was a desire to give students with comprehensive and special abilities a chance to stand out.

However, a survey conducted by leading Chinese web portal sina. Com showed 10,046 out of 14,227 people surveyed were against the new idea. Most said the recommendations were unfair on other students. Xue Yong, a Peking University alumni who is now an assistant professor at Suffolk University, told Qianjiang Evening News the experiment could be dangerous if it is abused. But Qu Jun, former deputy director of Shanghai municipal education commission, said the experiment represents much needed change to the existing university entrance system, which had been criticized for years.

写作内容

1．以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；

2．然后以约120个词就“北大校长推荐制”进行议论，内容包括：

   （1）你是否支持北大建立校长推荐制来选拔优秀学生？请简述理由；

   （2）你认为怎样的学生最值得中学校长推荐？

 

写作要求：

1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

评分标准

    概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

 

 

 

 I ordered          pizza and salad. The pizza was nice but         salad was disgusting.

    A．the, the         B．a, the       C．a, a           D．the, a

 

 I       stop by sometime and thank her for all her help.

    A．must             B．would        C．could          D．ought

 

 Robert made a call to his parents yesterday afternoon. To his disappointment,      of them answered it.

    A．either           B．both         C．none           D．neither

 

 When she called at his studio, she        that he had gone to Japan.

    A．is told          B．was told     C．tells          D．told

 

 —Did you get my letter?  

   —I received one just as I          .

    A．set out          B．had set out  C．was setting out              D．would set out

 

 Most of         we call geniuses (天才)are successful only because they have made extraordinary efforts.

    A. whom             B. who          C.  what              D. which