Interview with a president
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 her dream.On October 11,2004,the 16-year-old girl joined a team of Chinese journalists who went to Kremlin,in Moscow,to interview Putin.
Li felt nervous before talking to Putin. “But his greeting and warm smile put me at ease,” she said.
Li admired 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 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 supported her,as long as it does not affects her studies,” said her father.Previously in her job for a student magazine, Chinese Young Journalists, she wrote a letter to President Hu Jintao during the SARS epidemic.
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 paragragh probably means_____.

A.the person who interviews
B.the person who is interviewed
C.the person who knows how to interview
D.the person who plans to interview a famous people
【小题2】Which of the following best descibes Li Jing’s parents’attitude towards her being a student journalist?
A.They think to be a student journalist is purely a waste of time.
B.they worry that to be a student journalist will affect her study.
C.They consider it is quite good for Li Jing on the condition of not
striking her study.
D.They neither support it nor object to it.
【小题3】Li Jing is different from those students of her age in that______.
A.she doesn’t like pop star Jay Chou
B.she hates meeting with the NBA hero Yao Ming
C.she wants to meet neither Jay Chou or Yao Ming
D.she dreams of meeting the present powerful Russian leader

Some Chinese new - rich like eating shark fin soup because they think it shows their class. However, for the Chinese NBA idol Yao Ming, doing so is unacceptable as the practice has led to the overfishing of sharks.

When Yao and his wife Ye Li got married in 2007, they publicly announced that they would not allow shark fin soup to be served at their wedding banquet.

Actually, Yao had been saying no to shark fins since 2006, when he was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for wild life protection.

Now, the 226 - cm big guy is resorting to his personal influence to encourage more to say no to eating the soup and to raise awareness of protecting animals. “Sharks are friends of human beings. They are not our food,” Yao said.

Other celebrity athletes like Olympic champions. Li Ning and Kong Linghui are following on the heels of Yao, throwing themselves into serving the public as Goodwill Ambassadors for wild animal rescue. Recent reports about Yao’s retirement have saddened tens of thousands of basketball fans both at home and abroad. Yet Yao's influence goes far beyond the basketball courts.

Yao has engaged himself in charity and public welfare services for quite a while. When the devastating 8.0 -magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan in southwest China in 2008 , Yao donated 2 million yuan. “When I was a little boy, my parents and teachers told me to help others and to be a good man,” Yao recalled. “But I could nor donate then because I had not much pocket money. After I moved to Houston, I got involved in quite a number of community service activities and I felt a strong sense of achievement when I got people together,”Yao said.

Like Yao, newly crowned French Open champion Li Na has showed her willingness to donate. Li gave 480,000 yuan of her prize money from the open, plus 20,000 yuan from her own pocket, to a local nursing home in her hometown. Another Chinese sports icon, hurdler Liu Xiang, has also been actively involved in charity for years.

1.The reason why some Chinese new-rich like eating shark fin soup is that they think            

A.it is very delicious                       B.it is very cheap and healthy

C.it is very popular in society                D.it can show their status

2.Yao Ming is against eating shark fin soup because              

A.too many sharks are killed                 B.he dislikes eating sharp fin

C.it is too expensive                       D.sharks are dangerous animals

3.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A.Li Na donated 500,000 yuan to a local nursing home in her hometown.

B.Yao Ming donated 2 million yuan after the earthquake of Wenchuan.

C.Yao Ming has encouraged more people to stop eating shark fin soup and protect animals.

D.Yao Ming was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for protecting wild life in 2007.

4.What words can be used to describe Yao Ming according to the passage?

A.Rich and generous.                    B.Influential and warmhearted.

C.Energetic and optimistic.                D.Popular and confident.

5.From the passage , we can learn that               

A.most athletes don't like eating shark fin soup

B.Yao Ming has been donating money to charity since he was a child

C.Yao Ming has an influence on not only the basketball courts but also charity and public welfare services

D.Yao Ming has taken part in many community service activities when he was in China

 

 

第三部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)

第一节  选择题(共17小题;每小题2分,满分34分)

   阅读下列短文,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

2. 26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初次登台) on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points in another game.

Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy. ” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said

Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge,  the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.

1. Yao Ming got 13 points on October _____, 2002.

A. 22             B. 23               C. 24            D. 26

2. Yao Ming said that _____.

A. playing in the NBA was difficult      B. it’s hard watching NBA games on TV

C. he was not an NBA star at all    D. it was rather boring to play basketball

3. From the passage we can know that Yao Ming ________.

A. will work hard for his team     

B. made the highest score in his first NBA game

C. can't understand his teammates  

D. teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself

4. The passage is probably ______.

A. an ad          B. a notice          C. a news report         D. a diary

 

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