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 the Kremlin,in 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 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.?

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

A.the person who interviews?

B.the person who is interviewed?

C.the person who know how to interview?

D.the person who plan to interview a famous people?

2.Which of the following best describe 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 studies.?

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.?

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 nor Yao Ming?

D.she dreams of meeting the present 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 ease 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 it impossible to learn in class the confidence to speak with great people.

Tim Burton attempts to work his gothic magic over one of the best loved stories of all time—Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Alice, now 19, attends a party at a Victorian estate, only to find she is about to be proposed to by a rich suitor（求婚者）in front of hundreds of snooty（傲慢的）society types. She runs off, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland—a place she visited many years before, yet she doesn’t remember. The white rabbit claims to have come back for Alice because she is the only one who can slay（杀死)the Jabberwock, the beast who guards the Red Queen’s empire. Alice remains completely unaware of why she is in Wonderland, and is confused about the fact that she had once visited Wonderland years before.

Now, Wonderland has changed into a dark, scarier place than it used to be. Alice then embarks on an adventure of self discovery, and to save Wonderland from the Red Queen’s reign（统治）of terror with the help of her Wonderland friends.

1.The story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written by____________.

A. Tim Burton             B. Lewis Carroll   C. Alice D. the passage doesn’t tell us

2. Alice runs off because maybe___________.

A. she doesn’t like that party

B. she is too snooty

C. she doesn’t like the suitor

D. she wants to get married

3.In the last paragraph, the phrase “embarks on” means _________.

A. starts to do something

B. gets onto a ship

C. refuses to do something

D. finds something

4.This passage would most likely to be found __________.

A. on a film poster

B. in a government document

C. in a novel

D. in an entertainment magazine

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
My husband, Tom, is a born shopper. He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same things in different stores. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several stores. I, on the other hand, am not a shopper. I regard shopping as boring and unpleasant. If I like something and can afford it, I buy it immediately. I never take a time to look around for a good sale or a better deal (交易). Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us . When it comes to shopping, we go our separate ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absentminded. This was his story.
One day I said to him , “ I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy. “ I won’t forget . You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meet.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran , he said to himself over and over again , “ Three oranges , six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’m sorry , mum . I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat . I only remembered to buy six eggs , but I’ve dropped three of them.”
41. The husband loves shopping because _______.
A. he has much money           
B. he likes the shops
C. he likes to compare the prices between the same items
D. he has nothing to do but do shopping
42. The wife doesn’t like shopping because _______.
A. she has no money            B. she has no tome
C. she doesn’t love her husband   D. she feels it boring to go shopping
43. They never go shopping together because _________.
A. their ways of shopping are quite different   B. they hate each other
C. they needn’t buy anything for the family    D. they don’t have time for it
44. Jimmy didn’t buy what his mother wanted because _________.
A. the shop was closed that day   B. the policeman stopped him
C. he forgot some of them       D. he gave all the money to the beggar

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.

     The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.

     Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an　award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says. "I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."

     But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up--again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

     Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."

1.Why did Mary feel regretful?

A. She didn't achieve her ambition.

B. She didn't take care of her mother.

C. She didn't complete her high school.

D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.

2.We can know that before 1995 Mary         。

A. had two books published                         B. received many career awards

C. knew how to use a computer                  D. supported the JDRF by writing

3.Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her ________.

A. living with diabetes                                    B. successful show business

C. service for an organization                       D. remembrance of her mother

4.When Mary received the life-changing news, she __.

A. lost control of herself                               B. began a balanced diet

C. tired to get a treatment                           D. behaved in an adult way

5.What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. Mary feels pity for herself.   

B. Mary has recovered from her disease.

C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

My husband is a born shopper(天生的购物者). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(产品) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.

Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded(心不在焉). This was his story.

One day I said to him, “I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy, “I won’t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”

He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. “ Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”

In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.

As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”

The husband loves shopping because _______

A. he has much money                              B. he likes the shops

C. he likes to compare the prices between the same items   D. he has nothing to do but shopping

The wife doesn’t like shopping because ______

A. she has no money                 B. she has no time

C. she doesn’t love her husband        D. she feels it boring to go shopping

They never go shopping together because _______

A. their ways of shopping are quite different      B. they hate each other

C. they needn’t buy anything for the family      D. they don’t have time for it

Jimmy cannot do the shopping well because ______

A. he is young                     B. he is absent-minded

C. he often loses his money          D. he doesn’t like shopping

According to the passage, how many eggs did Jimmy take home at last?

A. six          B. three           C. two           D. one