Barak Obama(巴拉克.奥巴马), a black man, is the president(总统) of the United States now. He was born on August 4^th, 1961, in Hawaii(夏威夷) and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas(堪萨斯州) and his father was from Kenya（肯尼亚）. Obama went to Columbia University（哥伦比亚大学） in New York and got a law degree（律师学位） at Harvard University（哈佛大学） in Massachusetts（马萨诸塞州）. His wife is Michelle Obama（米歇尔.奥巴马）. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）. They have two young daughters.

Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father.  “ I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And his grandparents looked after him very well when Obama was young. He also lived and worked in Africa（非洲）. Then he got good education（教育） in Harvard University. On November 4^th, 2008, he became the new president of America for the next four years.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。

1.Where was Barack Obama born?

A．In Kansas.                             B．In Hawaii.

C．In Kenya.                              D．In Massachusetts.

2.How many universities are there in the passage?

A．Three .           B．Six.              C．Two.             D．Five.

3.Barack Obama became President at the age of           

A．37.              B．57.               C．40.              D．47.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was born in Kenya.

B．Obama has a son and a daughter.

C．Obama once worked in Africa.

D．Obama got good education in Harvard University.

5.Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Education of a President

B．Dreams from My father

C．Life of Barack Obama

D．Barack Obama and His Wife

 

This is s picture of Mr. Li’s family. The man in the middle is Mr. Li. The woman is Mrs. Li. They have two sons. The child behind Mr. Li is Li Lei. He’s thirteen. The other in front of Mrs. Li is Li Ming. He is eleven. Li Lei and Li Ming are in the same school, but not in the same grade. Li Lei is in Grade Two. Li Ming is in Grade One. They are good students.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.There are______ people in the picture.

A．three            B．four              C．five              D．six

2.Li Lei and Li Ming______ in the same grade.

A．is                B．isn’t            C．are              D．aren’t

3.Mr. and Mrs. Li have______.

A．one boy and one girl B．two children       C．two girls           D．one boy

4.Li Ming is______ brother.

A．Mr. Li’s          B．Mrs. Li’s         C．Li Lei’s          D．We don’t know.

5. How old are Li Lei and Li Ming?

A．They’re eleven and thirteen.             B．They’re eleven and twelve.

C．They’re twelve and eleven.              D．They’re thirteen and eleven.

 

阅读理解。(10’)

Mrs. Brown’s old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch .

But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown’s house at twelve o’clock, and two policemen helped Mrs. Brown to get out . One of them said to Mrs. Brown . “ The poor old man lost his way in the park and phoned to us for help , so we sent a car to bring him home . “ Mrs. Brown was very surprised , but she thanked the policemen and they left .

“ But , grandfather , ”she then said “ you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years . How did you lose your way there ?”

The old man smiled , closed one eye and said , “ I didn’t quite lose my way , I just got tired and I didn’t want to walk home !”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.The old man lived _______

A．by himself

B．with his grandfather

C．with his grandson

D．with his granddaughter and her husband

2.The old man _____ in the park in the morning every day .

A．went fishing

B．went for a walk

C．did some reading

D．asked a policeman for help

3. The old man went to the park for a walk __________.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

A．in the morning                         B．in the afternoon

C．at half past twelve                       D．twice a day

4. The old man had been to the park every day for ______ .

A．twelve years                           B．twenty weeks

C．twelve months                         D．twenty years

5. It is true that the old man ______

A．was too tired to walk home

B．lost his way home

C．lost his way to the park

D．liked to telephone the policemen .

 

A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商)  in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
【小题1】What did the man do for the test?

A．He sent e-mails.	B．He did the cleaning
C．He sold computers.	D．He filled in forms.

【小题2】The man didn’t get the job because he_____________.

A．disliked such a job

B．didn’t pass the test

C．didn’t have an e-mail

D．knew nothing about computers

【小题3】The man ______after he left Microsoft.

A．went to look for another job

B．asked for food from door to door

C．thought of an idea to make monkey

D．bought a computer and got an e-mail

【小题4】“office boy” means            in Chinese.

A．勤杂工

B．学徒

C．男职员

D．男程序员

【小题5】Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?

A．Because he had many friends to help him.

B．Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Mrs. Green’s telephone number was three-four-six-three, and the number of the cinema near her house was three-four-six-four. So people often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone rang and Mrs. Green answered it. A tired man said, “At what time your last film begin?”
“I’m sorry,” said Mrs. Green, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.” “Oh. It began twenty minutes ago,” said the man, “I am sorry about that. Goodbye.” Mrs. Green was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, “The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so telephoned the cinema. The man’s wife heard him, but she didn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening and the husband will be happy.”
【小题1】Mrs. Green’s telephone number was ______.

A．3634

B．3463

C．4636

D．3464

【小题2】People often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted _____.

A．to sleep

B．the shop

C．the cinema

D．the visit

【小题3】When Mrs. Green answered the phone, who didn’t hear her ?.

A．Mr. Green

B．The man

C．The man’s wife.

D．Anybody.

【小题4】Why was Mrs. Green very surprised after she answered the telephone? Because    .

A．the man rang a wrong number

B．the man said sorry to her

C．the man didn’t answer her and said another thing

D．the man’s voice was very slow

【小题5】what will the man most probably do after the telephone?

A．stay at home.	B．go to the cinema.
C．go to Mr. Green’s.	D．go to work.