While many teenagers may dream of meeting with pop star Jay Chou or NBA hero Yao Ming, Li Jing had a far more powerful person on her mind. The Senior 2 from Beijing No. 35 High School dreamt of meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.

After more than a year of hard work and with a little good luck, Li fulfilled(实现) her dream. On October 11, 2004, the 16-year-old girl joined a team of Chinese Journalists who went to the Kremlin(克里姆林宫), Moscow, to interview Putin.

Li felt nervous before talking with Putin.“But his greeting and warm smile put me at ease,” she said.

Li admires Putin very much, because of his strong will and style of leadership. “He looks very cool,” Li said. During her interview, Li asked Putin whether he plans to educate his two teenage daughters to be officials in the future. Putin smiled and answered he hopes they can do whatever job suits their interests and personalities.

Although Li would only have several minutes, she started working on her interview questions last August after applying for the opportunity. “Journalists” work is by no means easy. You need to do lots of homework on your interviewee,”she said. She read many books about Putin and Russia in her spare time.

Li’s parents encouraged her to be a student journalist. “We fully support her, as long as it does not affect studies,”said her father. Previous in her job for a student magazine, Chinese Young Journalists, she wrote a letter to President Hu Jintao during the SARS epidemic(流行疫情).

Li has learnt a lot from her experience. She said learning to manage her time and develop the confidence to speak with important people were not things she could learn in class.

1.The underlined word “interviewee” in the fifth paragraph probably means __________.

A．the person who interviews others

B．the person who is interviewed

C．the person who know how to interview

D．the person who plan to interview famous people

2.Which of the following best describes Li Jing’s parents’ attitude towards her being a student journalist?

A．They think to a student journalist is purely a waste of time.

B．They worry that to be a student journalist will affect her studies

C．They consider it is quite good for Li Jing if it doesn’t affect her studies.

D．They neither support it nor object to it.

3.Li Jing is different from those students of her age because __________.

A．she doesn’t like pop star Jay Chou

B．she hates meting with the NBA hero Yao Ming

C．she wants to meet neither Jay Chou nor Yao Ming

D．She dreams of meeting the president powerful Russian leader

4.Which of the following statements is Not True?

A．Li realized her dream not just because of her hard work

B．Li was at easy at the first sight of president Putin

C．Li considers Putin a great leader because of his strong will and style of leadership

D．Li thinks impossible to learn in class the confidence to speak with great people

5.It can be inferred from the passage that________

A．Everybody can be a journalist easily.

B．Putin will force his daughters to what he plans for them.

C．President Hu Jintao answered Lijing’s letter.

D．Journalists must get permission to ask questions.

 

During the early years of American settlement, a new form of English was beginning to develop in the islands of the West Indies and the southern part of the mainland, spoken by the black population. The beginning of the seventeenth century saw the happening of the slave trade. Ships from Europe travelled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slaves. The slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molasses(糖蜜). The ships then returned to England, completing an “Atlantic triangle”of journeys, and the process began again. Britain and the United States had outlawed the slave trade by 1865, but by that time, nearly 200 years of trading had taken place. By the middle of the nineteenth century, there were over four million black slaves in America.

The policy of the slave-traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellion. The result was the growth of several pidgin (混杂语言) forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors many of whom spoken English. Once arriving in the Caribbean, this pidgin English continued to act as a major means of communication between teh black population and the new landowners, and among the blacks themselves. Then, when children came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black Creole(克里奥尔语) speech in the region. This Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations (种植园), and in the coastal towns and islands.

1.Which of the following shows the route of slave trade correctly?

A．EuropeWest African coastthe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope

B．EuropeWest African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coast

C．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope

D．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastWest African coast

2.It can be inferred that the slaves in the same ship ____.

A．didn’t communicate with each other

B．could understand several languages

C．spoke different languages

D．came from the same place

3.Creole speech comes from _____.

A．Spanish and English

B．English and an African language

C．a European language and an American language

D．an African language and an American language

4.What is the text mainly about?

A．The history of slave trade.                 B．“Atlantic triangle” of journeys.

C．Languages spoken in America              D．The birth of black English

 

While many teenagers may dream of meeting with pop star Jay Chou or NBA hero Yao Ming, Li Jing had a far more powerful person on her mind. The Senior 2 from Beijing No. 35 High School dreamt of meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After more than a year of hard work and with a little good luck, Li fulfilled(实现) her dream. On October 11, 2004, the 16-year-old girl joined a team of Chinese Journalists who went to the Kremlin(克里姆林宫), Moscow, to interview Putin.
Li felt nervous before talking with Putin.“But his greeting and warm smile put me at ease,” she said.
Li admires Putin very much, because of his strong will and style of leadership. “He looks very cool,” Li said. During her interview, Li asked Putin whether he plans to educate his two teenage daughters to be officials in the future. Putin smiled and answered he hopes they can do whatever job suits their interests and personalities.
Although Li would only have several minutes, she started working on her interview questions last August after applying for the opportunity. “Journalists” work is by no means easy. You need to do lots of homework on your interviewee,”she said. She read many books about Putin and Russia in her spare time.
Li’s parents encouraged her to be a student journalist. “We fully support her, as long as it does not affect studies,”said her father. Previous in her job for a student magazine, Chinese Young Journalists, she wrote a letter to President Hu Jintao during the SARS epidemic(流行疫情).
Li has learnt a lot from her experience. She said learning to manage her time and develop the confidence to speak with important people were not things she could learn in class.
【小题1】The underlined word “interviewee” in the fifth paragraph probably means __________.

A．the person who interviews others

B．the person who is interviewed

C．the person who know how to interview

D．the person who plan to interview famous people

【小题2】Which of the following best describes Li Jing’s parents’ attitude towards her being a student journalist?

A．They think to a student journalist is purely a waste of time.

B．They worry that to be a student journalist will affect her studies

C．They consider it is quite good for Li Jing if it doesn’t affect her studies.

D．They neither support it nor object to it.

【小题3】Li Jing is different from those students of her age because __________.

A．she doesn’t like pop star Jay Chou

B．she hates meting with the NBA hero Yao Ming

C．she wants to meet neither Jay Chou nor Yao Ming

D．She dreams of meeting the president powerful Russian leader

【小题4】Which of the following statements is Not True?

A．Li realized her dream not just because of her hard work

B．Li was at easy at the first sight of president Putin

C．Li considers Putin a great leader because of his strong will and style of leadership

D．Li thinks impossible to learn in class the confidence to speak with great people

【小题5】It can be inferred from the passage that________

A．Everybody can be a journalist easily.

B．Putin will force his daughters to what he plans for them.

C．President Hu Jintao answered Lijing’s letter.

D．Journalists must get permission to ask questions.

During the early years of American settlement, a new form of English was beginning to develop in the islands of the West Indies and the southern part of the mainland, spoken by the black population. The beginning of the seventeenth century saw the happening of the slave trade. Ships from Europe travelled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slaves. The slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molasses(糖蜜). The ships then returned to England, completing an “Atlantic triangle”of journeys, and the process began again. Britain and the United States had outlawed the slave trade by 1865, but by that time, nearly 200 years of trading had taken place. By the middle of the nineteenth century, there were over four million black slaves in America.
The policy of the slave-traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellion. The result was the growth of several pidgin (混杂语言) forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors many of whom spoken English. Once arriving in the Caribbean, this pidgin English continued to act as a major means of communication between teh black population and the new landowners, and among the blacks themselves. Then, when children came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black Creole(克里奥尔语) speech in the region. This Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations (种植园), and in the coastal towns and islands.
【小题1】Which of the following shows the route of slave trade correctly?

A．EuropeWest African coastthe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope

B．EuropeWest African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coast

C．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope

D．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastWest African coast

【小题2】It can be inferred that the slaves in the same ship ____.

A．didn’t communicate with each other

B．could understand several languages

C．spoke different languages

D．came from the same place

【小题3】Creole speech comes from _____.

A．Spanish and English

B．English and an African language

C．a European language and an American language

D．an African language and an American language

【小题4】What is the text mainly about?

A．The history of slave trade.	B．“Atlantic triangle” of journeys.
C．Languages spoken in America	D．The birth of black English

请根据以要点写一篇简单介绍美国的文章。注意不要逐句翻译，字数100～120。

    1）美国位于北美洲的中部，西毗邻太平洋，东毗邻大西洋。南边与墨西哥接壤，北边与加拿大相连。

    2）美国的首都华盛顿位于美国的东部。   

    3）美国最大的城市是纽约，它位于美国的东海岸，有“大苹果”之称。联合国总部大楼就坐落在这里。

    4）美国由50个州组成，国土总面积为936万平方公里。

    5）美国有约23亿的人口，其中工人占大多数。

    6）美国最早的居民为印第安人。由于美国是一个移民国家，故有“大熔炉”之称。

生词：移民immigrant    大熔炉a melting pot