Recently, a study was carried out to determine who was the greatest American president．Sixty-five presidential historians took part in it, and they judged the past forty-two American leaders based on ten leadership qualities, including public persuasiveness(信服), crisis leadership, management of the economy, moral leadership, and conduct of international relations．The historians also looked at administrative ability (管理能力), relations with Congress, ability to set goals, and the pursuit of equal justice for all．Finally, the experts took into consideration the historical period in which the president lived．
The historians chose Abraham Lincoln as American’s greatest president．He had also been named best president in a similar study in 2000．Abraham Lincoln was the president who led the nation through the Civil War in the 1860s, and was able to unite it in the end．He also took the first steps to abolish slavery in America．
Edna Medford, a professor of history at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was an adviser on this study and the earlier one．She says Abraham Lincoln is seen to represent the values the nation most honors, such as truthfulness, moderation, and respect for human rights．
The historians put American’s first president, George Washington, second on the list, while Franklin D．Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman follow in that order．John   F．Kennedy, the country’s first Roman Catholic president, is sixth on the list．Like Lincoln, Kennedy was murdered while in office．
Among recent presidents, Ronald Reagan was named the tenth best and Bill Clinton rated fifteenth, while the historians put former president George W．Bush at number thirty-six．His father, George H.W．Bush, did much better, being placed at number eighteen．
【小题1】We learn from the text that ___________．

William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family—both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama (戏剧) and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Price in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would who probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet Auden wrote, among others, the following liners:
Earth, receive an honored guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel (船) lie
Emptied of its poetry.
【小题1】Which of the following can describe Yeats’s family?

根据所给首字母或中文意思，用单词的适当形式填空 （每个1分, 共20分.）
【小题1】He was c__________(好奇的) to know what was going on in the neighborhood.
【小题2】The law applies to all EU countries; Britain is no e__________ (例外).
【小题3】It was pouring. The hunter got inside a hollow tree for s__________ (庇护).
【小题4】 This new pay-TV channel sends s__________ (信号) via satellite to cable companies.
【小题5】They o__________(提供) him a very good job, but he turned it down.
【小题6】The entire s__________ (员工) has done an outstanding job this year.
【小题7】A good diet is e__________ (必不可少的) for everyone.
【小题8】His dog became his closest c__________(同伴).
【小题9】She a__________ (申请) for a job with the local newspaper yesterday.
【小题10】She keeps a bottle of gin h__________ (隐藏的) behind a stack of books.
【小题11】I want to do research on Mark Twain. Is there a b__________ (传记) about him?
【小题12】 He had a v__________(生动的) picture of her in his mind.
【小题13】 Sorry to d_________ (打扰) you, but I have an urgent message.
【小题14】He finally won his f__________(自由) after twenty years in jail.
【小题15】Our o__________(起初的) plan was to go camping, but it was pouring with rain.
【小题16】Many endangered species now face e__________ (灭绝)
【小题17】This kind of apples is more expensive because they are i__________(进口）from abroad.
【小题18】The hotel is not modern, but it does have the a__________ (优势) of being close to the city.
【小题19】Jordan, a talented leader, led his team to v__________(胜利) .
【小题20】She s_________ (得分) an average of 95 in the last test.

It’s great to receive your email. Now I’d like to tell you something

      took place in my school yesterday. In the afternoon, we       1.        _

h______ a growing-up ceremony for our coming 18-year-old         2.        _

birthday. For _______ start we made an oath that                   3.         

a     grown-ups we should have a sense of duty for our society      4.          

from now on. Then we showed our t      to our parents           5.         _     

who had gone through hardships to     ___  us up and             6.        _    

teachers who have been educating us     (耐心地). And our         7.                   

teachers also gave us cards       (表达) their good wishes to        8.             

us. Finally, we put on w__________ performances, singing and        9.           

dancing. We learned a lot from the _________(活动). I think it’s       10.            

very important for us. I will remember the day in my life

完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On receiving my learner driver license a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. In New Zealand, the __1__ driving age is 15.

However it wasn't __2__ two days ago that Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our __3__ was Urawa, a seaside town about 60 kilometers away from my home in Auckland. That morning I __4_ sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet (厕所) about three times __5_ we left. I thought I was totally __6 for the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's _7__. "Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel (方向盘) so _8_. The car is going zigzag (弯弯曲曲的), called a nervous voice from the __9__. "Speed up. 70km/h isn't fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to mine.

How _10__ ! My parents were really starting to get on my nerves. To satisfy them I sped up and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again. "Stop! __11__! Are you crazy? ” Everything did not go fine until I pulled off the motorway and drove into the city, 12__ the speed limit was only 50km/h.

My family seemed relieved (放心的) and __13__ telling me what to do. They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery. 14__, that silence didn't last very long. My mum suddenly cried out, "Look at those birds above us. __15 they lovely?"

How did she expect me to look up in the __16__? As the driver I had to _17_ . Who knows what would have happened if I had taken my eyes off the 18__? Four hours later we drove home. This time the journey was much __19__ than before as everyone else __20__ fast asleep. So, I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.

14. A. Luckily                 B. Probably                  C, Warmly             D. Sadly