题目内容
Nine?year?old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine.__1__the African?American boy was __2__by a series of photos.The __3__ were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him __4__.
For the first time,the boy began to __5__ who he was.
However,now the boy who used to struggle with his __6__ doesn't see it as a problem any more,but a(n) __7__ for his successful career.It is a good example that Obama made history by being elected as the first black president of the United States.
Obama's white mother was born in the heartland of __8__.His black father grew up in a tiny village in Kenya.They met during college in Hawaii,but his father left the __9__ when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia.
At 10,Obama __10__ to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii.At his class,a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people.Out of __11__,Obama __12__ to his classmates that his father was a prince.
Things came to change __13__ the young man made friends with those with a similar background at college.Their __14__ back in Africa helped Obama to finally face up to his __15__ origin.He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator in US history.
At the beginning of his __16__ for the White House,__17__ people viewed Obama favorably.Many doubted his unusual __18__,which left him neither “black”enough nor “white” enough.
But Obama turned his pain of growing up into a tool to make __19__ believe:There is not a black America and a white America and a Latino America and an Asian America.There's the United States of America.
Barack Obarea's __20__ fulfilled Martin Luther King's dream that a man be judged not by the colour of his skin,but by the content of his character.
1.A.So B.But
C.Indeed D.While
2.A.frightened B.pleased
C.shocked D.feared
3.A.newspapers B.stories
C.reasons D.pictures
4.A.white B.strong
C.healthy D.popular
5.A.doubt B.realize
C.hate D.hide
6.A.nationality B.family
C.memory D.identity
7.A.practice B.chance
C.advantage D.permission
8.A.Asia B.Africa
C.the US D.Indonesia
9.A.family B.university
C.America D.village
10.A.decided B.returned
C.left D.considered
11.A.embarrassment B.politeness
C.anger D.curiosity
12.A.told B.refused
C.lied D.pretended
13.A.until B.before
C.after D.from
14.A.arrivals B.experiences
C.travels D.adventures
15.A.American B.Indonesian
C.Hawaii D.African
16.A.attempt B.campaign
C.movement D.approach
17.A.many B.some
C.few D.no
18.A.background B.ability
C.result D.opportunity
19.A.Africans B.the world
C.Americans D.the whites
20.A.action B.words
C.victory D.life
1.B 行文逻辑题。根据前后句的逻辑关系可知,此处表示转折关系,故用but。so表示因果关系;indeed表示“的确”;while引导时间或让步状语从句,而此处应该是一个主句。
2.C 语境选择题。根据下文内容可知,一系列的照片使奥巴马感到“震惊”,故用shocked表示“震惊的”。frightened“害怕的”;pleased“满意的”;fear“害怕”,这三个词不能恰当表示奥巴马当时的心情。
3.D 行文逻辑题。与上文中的photos相对应。此处指照片中的内容。
4.A 行文逻辑和文化背景题。当时黑人为了让白人瞧得起,想变为白人,故此处要用white。
5.A 行文逻辑题。奥巴马看到这些照片后,对自己是谁也开始怀疑了,故用doubt表示“怀疑”。realize“意识到”;hate“憎恶”;hide“隐藏”,均不符合题意。
6.D 行文逻辑题。通过这些照片描述的情景以及下文多次出现的background可知,此处要填入一个相似的词,即identity。nationality“国籍”;family“家庭”;memory“回忆”,均不符合题意。
7.C 行文逻辑题。与前面的problem相对应。即奥巴马现在不把自己的身份看作一个问题,而是看作一种优势。故此处用advantage表示“优势”。practice“实践”;chance“可能性,机会”;permission“许可”,均不符合题意。
8.C 行文逻辑题。根据上下文内容可知,奥巴马的母亲是一位美国白种人,而他父亲是肯尼亚黑人。
9.A 行文逻辑题。文章句意为:他的父母在夏威夷上大学时相遇,并结了婚。当他两岁的时候,他父亲离开了家庭。
10.B 行文逻辑题。奥巴马十岁时回到夏威夷与外祖父母生活在一起。故用return表示“返回”。
11.A 情景判断题。奥巴马是黑人,白人同学问他此事时,他当然会感到尴尬的,故用embarrassment表示“尴尬”。其他politeness“礼貌”;anger“怒气”;curiosity“好奇”均不符合句意。
12.C 情景判断题。句意为:他向同学撒谎说他父亲是王子,故此处要用lie表示“撒谎”。pretend “假装”;tell后面不接介词to;refuse“拒绝”,均不符合语境。
13.C 行文逻辑题。此处指他在大学与相似背景的同学相处在一起后,情况开始改变,故用after。
14.B 词汇辨析题。此处指奥巴马与黑人同学回到非洲的生活经历,故experiences是最佳选项。arrival“到达”;travel“旅游”;adventure“冒险”,这三个词的意义较具体,而experience带有概括性。
15.D 行文逻辑题。上文交代他父亲是非洲人,所以他是非裔美国人,故D项正确。
16.B 词汇辨析和行文逻辑题。此处指竞选美国总统的运动。指“运动(为社会、商业或政治目的而进行的一系列活动)”时常用campaign。attempt“努力,尝试”;movement“(具有共同思想或目标的)运动”;approach“途径,方法”,均不合题意。
17.C 行文逻辑和文化背景题。根据上文可知,因为奥巴马是黑人,所以支持他的人不多,故few是最佳选项。
18.A 行文逻辑题。根据下文的意思可知,此处填background,表示“出身背景”。ability“能力”,result“结果”;opportunity“机会”,均不符合题意。
19.C 文化背景题。奥巴马竞选总统,有权利投票选举的当然是美国公民,所以奥巴马要想竞选美国总统,一定要让美国人相信,而不是其他国家的人。
20.C 行文逻辑题。此处是全文的一个总结,指奥巴马竞选总统胜利一事,故选victory。
Hundreds of students from around the world gathered in New York City last week for the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals. They came to present their ideas for using technology to solve world problems.
Microsoft education director Suzi Levine says the nine-year-old program began mainly as a competition to create technology.
SUZI LEVINE: "When we realized that students really actually want to have a purpose for what they're creating, we introduced the idea of inspiring them with the UN Millennium Development Goals and suggesting that they use those for their muse(灵感). "This past year we also rolled out something called the Imagine Cup Solve This library(创新杯求解计划知识库), where IGOs, NGOs and nonprofits can submit some of the technical challenges that they would like students to consider for their solutions."
Microsoft says over 350,000 high school and college students registered for this year's competition. Judges chose more than four hundred of them to attend the finals.
SUZI LEVINE: "One from Thailand was called NewKrean, where they created a Windows Phone 7 application that allows you to broadcast your location to your social network of friends so that you can be more easily rescued." They named their application Terra.
Suzi Levine says there were also ideas from Egypt inspired by the revolution that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak in February.
SUZI LEVINE: "One was to use Bluetooth as sort of a Twitter equivalent so that if the government shuts down the Internet, you actually can still have a massive social distribution."
Students competed in nine categories. For example, in software design the top prize of twenty-five thousand dollars went to Team Hermes from Ireland. The students developed a device for cars to collect information on road conditions, driving behavior and traffic incidents.
A team from Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University won first place in the embedded(内嵌的) development category. They developed a network of wireless devices to help plot the safest escape routes during a fire.
Next year's awards ceremony will take place in Australia. Registration for Imagine Cup twenty-twelve opened Friday. Also, Microsoft announced plans for a three million dollar program to help Imagine Cup winners further develop their projects.
【小题1】Which of the following is true ?
A.The program is sponsored by Microsoft. |
B.Next year, the awards ceremony will be held in New York City. |
C.Any high school or college student can attend the finals. |
D.The initial purpose of the program is to solve world problems using technology. |
A.The UN offers great help to the program. |
B.Microsoft sets up a library for the students who want to achieve their goals. |
C.IGOs, NGOs and nonprofits also provide help for the students. |
D.Microsoft takes effective measures to inspire the students. |
A. Abandoned | B.Supported | C.Drove away | D.Overturned |
A.They want to replace Bluetooth with Twitter. |
B.They want to combine Bluetooth with Twitter. |
C.They want to replace Twitter with Bluetooth. |
D.Twitter can still be used without the Internet. |
When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship (奖学金) and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “ Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story ” , shown in late April.
Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted (吸毒) parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “ What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society, ” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “ next to nothing could hold me down ” . She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University . But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “ I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time. ”
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “ as simple as making a decision ” .
【小题1】 In which order did the following things happen to Liz?
a. Her mother died of AIDS.
b. She worked at a petrol station.
c. She got admitted into Harvard.
d. The movie about her life was put on.
e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.
A.b, a, e, c, d | B.a, b, c, e, d | C.e, d, b, a, c | D.b, e, a, d, c |
A.how Liz managed to enter Harvard University |
B.what a hard time Liz had in her childhood |
C.why Liz loved her parents so much |
D.how Liz struggled to change her life |
A.Envy and encouragement. | B.Willpower and determination. |
C.Decisions and understanding. | D.Love and respect for her parents. |
A.she had little experience of social life |
B.she could hardly understand the society |
C.she would do something for her own life |
D.she needed to travel more around the world |