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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
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It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.
A. attempt B. trouble C. power D. effort
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It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.
A. attempt B. trouble C. power D. effort
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I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law.
Let us take a __1___, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a(n) _2___were accepted: Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might _3__ together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our _4__in everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of __5__ illness are caused at least in part by _6___ to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to__7_ our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.
On evenings when such a talk is _8__, families could discover more active pastimes(消遣). Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a _9__ together to watch the sunset _10___ they might take a walk together. _11___free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in _12___ than in a TV program. _13___ report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, ___14___ at the college level. __15__is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quite hour.
A different _16__ of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour _17___, the TV net works might be forced to __18__ with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.
At first glance, this idea seems radical(极端的). How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years _19___television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can __20__childhoods without television. It wasn’t that difficult.
1. A. valuable B. pleasant C. quick D. serious
2. A. advice B. suggestion C. opinion D. offer
3. A. get around B. stand still C. meet D. sit around
4. A. problems B. trouble C. affairs D. misfortune
5. A. physical B. common C. mental D. familiar
6. A. attempt B. failure C. ability D. permission
7. A. discuss B. talk C. make sure D. see to
8. A. acceptable B. unnecessary C. funny D. unpleasant
9. A. walk B. look C. ride D. rest
10. A. and B. or C. but D. while
11. A. At B. In C. For D. With
12. A. a fine poem B. a good book C. a quiet hour D. a composition
13. A. Professor B. Scientists C. Parents D. Education
14. A. yet B. still C. even D. just
15. A. Writing B. Thinking C. Speaking D. Listening
16. A. Form B. kind C. method D. step
17. A. starts B. ends C. comes D. lasts
18. A. come across B. come about C. come up D. broadcast
19. A. before B. since C. until D. after
20. A. remind B. remember C. recognize D. know
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A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail (桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel (铲). In the 1 of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he 2 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the rock, 3 to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much 4 , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by 5 his hands. When the boy got the rock to the 6 of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and 7 the little wall. 8 , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some 9 , the rock tipped (翻滚) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only 10 was to have the rock roll back.
Finally he 11 tears. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window 12 the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large 13 appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but 14 , he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”
Defeated, the boy 15 back, “I did! I did! I used all the strength that I had!”
“No, you didn’t. You didn’t ask me for help.” The father 16 down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox.
Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be 17 ? Are you discovering that you don’t have 18 it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the 19 we need. Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for 20 when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome.
1. A. method B. step C. practice D. process
2. A. created B. set C. discovered D. brought
3. A. trying B. managing C. deciding D. competing
4. A. thought B. struggle C. movement D. worry
5. A. touching B. shaking C. using D. controlling
6. A. bottom B. center C. edge D. front
7. A. over B. down C. through D. into
8. A. Doubted B. Surprised C. Pleased D. Determined
9. A. attempt B. progress C. effort D. decision
10. A. hope B. reward C. point D. purpose
11. A. made out B. broke out C. burst into D. rushed into
12. A. so B. as C. until D. before
13. A. rock B. picture C. figure D. shade
14. A. surprisingly B. doubtfully C. kindly D. firmly
15. A. shouted B. smiled C. called D. asked
16. A. reached B. looked C. fell D. put
17. A. pushed B. dropped C. carried D. removed
18. A. who B. what C. which D. where
19. A. minds B. spirits C. force D. strength
20. A. help B. tips C. advice D. ideas
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