根据句中所提供的信息，在空格内填入适当词的正确形式。（共10分）

1.We ____________(祝贺) her on the birth of her daughter.

2.Our manager has the ______(权力)to decide how many cars we need to buy next year.

3.After years of travel, we decided to ____________(定居)in London.

4.Reading is one of the best ways of enriching your ______________(词汇).

5.It’s an __________(荣幸) for me to be invited to speak here.

6.Your parents weren’t disappointed at your work. ___________（实际上）they felt happy that you had been making progress.

7.Finally Linda ______________ (痊愈)from her illness, which made her family happy.

8.A d______ person always tries his best to finish the task given to him, however hard it is.

9.His a___________ toward me has greatly changed.

10.Go s____________ down the street and then turn left at the second crossing.

_____, he cannot solve the word puzzle.

A. Hard although he tried

B. He tried hard although

C. However hard he tried

D. As he tried hard

_____, he cannot solve the word puzzle.

A. Hard although he tried

B. He tried hard although

C. However hard he tried

D. As he tried hard

单词拼写。请依据首字母和汉语提示写出单词的正确形式。（每词1分，共１０词，共 10 分）
【小题1】 The times of the wedding ____  (仪式) and the ______(婚宴) are both written on the            ____  (请帖).
【小题2】 There is a box at the        (入口) to the restaurant and you ought to put money into it. But don’t worry, you don’t have to ____  (捐献，贡献) a lot of money. But remember that you can’t drink _________(白酒).
【小题3】 We seriously wrote Father Christmas, the North Pole on the         (信封).
【小题4】 As we opened the new year       (日历), Christmas cards arrived in the post.
【小题5】 My mother works in an        (保险) company.
【小题6】 A person of       (坚定的意志) always manages to finish the job, however hard it is.

Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they’ll change America. Rightly so. But selfishly, I’m more fascinated by Michelle Obama and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, but for me as an African-American woman. As the potential First Lady, she would have the world’s attention. And that means that for the first time people will have a chance to get up close and personal with the type of African woman they so rarely see.

Usually, the lives of black women go largely unexamined. The widespread theory seems to be that we’re all hot-tempered single mothers who can’t keep a man. Even in the world of make-believe, black women still can’t escape the stereotype (模式化的形象) of being eye-rolling, oversexed females raised by our never-married, alcoholic mothers.

These images have helped define the way all black women are viewed, including Michelle Obama. Before she ever gets the chance to commit to a cause, charity or foundation as First Lady, her most urgent and perhaps most complicated duty may be simply to be herself.

It won’t be easy. Because few mainstream publications (出版物) have done in-depth features on regular African-American women, little is known about who we are, what we think and what we face on a regular basis. For better or worse, Michelle will represent us all.

Just as she will have her critics, she will have millions of fans who usually have little interest in the First Lady. Many African-American blogs have written about what they’d like to see Michelle bring to the White House — mainly showing the world that a black woman can support her man and raise a strong black family. Michelle will have to work to please everyone — an impossible task. But for many African-American women like me, just a little of her poise (沉着), confidence and intelligence will go a long way in changing an image that’s been around far too long.

1.Why does Michelle Obama hold a strong fascination for the author?

2.What is the common stereotype of African-American women according to the author?

3.What do many African-Americans write about in their blogs?

4.What does the author say about Michelle Obama as a First Lady?