Several years ago,a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in the USA.
Teenagers like to sing,dance and play musical instruments? but most of them do it for fun. There is a group of young American teenagers doing it for charity.
American people often shop from catalogs. There are special catalogs for almost every need—including clothing? furniture,health and beauty products,and things for the kitchen. When people decide to buy something from a catalog,they just order it and it is delivered to them. People order about 40% of their music ? for example ? from music catalogs.
Once a week a nurse visits Tom ’ s school and teaches the students how to help people who suddenly become ill or who have had an accident. Last week,the nurse talked to the students about how to stop bleeding. This is part of what she said ,“When we cut ourselves,we usually bleed. This is because our bodies are full of blood vessels ? which carry blood to and from the heart. It doesn ’t matter if we lose a little blood from time to time. In fact,many people donate blood to hospitals. We can give at least a pint of blood without harming ourselves. We mustn ’ t lose too much blood,however ? so we need to know how to stop bleeding when it occurs. If the injury is small and the amount of blood coming from it is also small,we can usually stop the blood from flowing by pressing on the cut with a clean,cold,wet cloth that has a little sntiseptic on it. It is most important to use antiseptic. If you do not,then dirt and bacteria may get into the wound and cause an infection. If the injury is large and the amount of blood coming from it is also large ? then it is necessary to stop the blood flowing through the blood vessel. We do this by putting pressure on the vessel above the injury. We can either press on it with our fingers or put on a tourniquet,which is a piece of cloth tied tightly around the arm ? leg ? or finger.
The First siack Present in u.s. History
Ten-year-old Barack Obama was one of the only three black students at his 
school in Hawaii,US. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy asked him whether his father ate people.
“l lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince. But I kept asking myself who I am ? ”said Obama.
However,37 years later,the boy made history. In 2008,Obama became the first black president in US history.
Obama was bom in 1961,to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US. He grew up in Indonesia and HawaⅡ. This unusual background made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol to help forget this question.
With the help from his friends ? Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later,he became the third black senator in US history.
During his race to the highest post in the US,Obama talked about his background. He called for a United States of America ? rather than a white America or a black America.
“Obama's success has made Martin Luther King's dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged by the colour of his Skin ? but by the content of his character ?wrote ABC News.
A) Choose the best answer according to the passage.
() l. Barack Obama was in 2008.
A. 37 B. 47 C. 57 D. 27
() 2. When he was a child,Obama at school.
A. was popular B. looked different
C. felt uneasy D. was hard-working
() 3. “This unusual background” refers to the fact that .
A. 10-year-old Obama was one of the only three black students in his school in Hawaii
B. Obama became the first black president in US history
C. he comes from a mixed-race family and grew up in different countries
D. Obama became the third black senator in US history
() 4. Which fact about Obama is NOT true?
A. He graduated from Harvard University.
B. He thinks hard work was the key to his success at college.
C. He lied to his classmates that his father was a Kenyan senator.
D. He called on blacks and whites to come together.
B) Fill in the blanks with fhe right??hrases.
lie to,grow up,keep asking,feel different from,come true |
1. His sister herself why she couldn, t work out the problem.
2. My brother wants to be a singer when he .
3. My dream with the help of my teacher.
4. Do you the others?
5. I don’t believe in Peter. He always us.
A young man went to Harvard University when he was 18. But he soon found that his heart wasn’t in studying. He spent many nights in front of the computer and slept in class. Two years later,the young man dropped out of Harvard. He went to start Microsoft. We all know the young man's name： Bill Gates.课外阅读A
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was born in Ohio,in 1847. He had a serious fever as a young child and began to lose his hearing at that age. By the end of his life he was almost totally deaf. He did not think of this as a hdndicap. He said it gave him more time to think because he didn ’t have to listen to other people.
He began working for the railroads at a very young age ? but was always thinking of ways to do things differently. At the age of twelve he was printing and selling a newspaper from a railway station. When he was fifteen ? he saved a boy who fell in front of a train ? and the boy ’s father taught him how to use the telegraph. From then on,he became a telegrapher and was soon finding ways to improve the equipment.
In his early twenties ? his inventions were successful enough for him to start a Isboratory in New York and start inventing full time. That's when he invented the Stock Ticker (证券报价机) . He thought he might sell it to a company for about $5,000,but they offered him $40,000!He used the money to set up his first business.
Edison continued inventing machines. His most famous invention was the phonogrsph. His other well-known invention was the electric light bulb. By the time he died,the whole cities were lit by this invention.
Edison ’ s. famous saying is “ Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ” This shows his belief in hard work.
Edison patented over one thousand inventions during his life. He died in 1931 and all Americans dimmed their electric lights for one minute to pay tribute to this extraordinary inventor.
A) Choose the best answer according to the passage.
() 1. How did Edison feel about losing his hearing?
A. Terrible. B. Sad. C. Surprised. D. Helpful.
() 2. Which invention helped Edison start his own business?
A. The telegraph. B. The Stock Ticker.
C. The phonograph. D. The light bulb.
B) Fill in the blanks with the right words. (One word tor eadi blank)
phonograph successful inventor inventions telegraph |
Thomas Edison was a very successful and famous 1. who lived from 1847 to 1931. He invented the electric light bulb and the 2. ? and improved lots of other inventions like the telephone and 3. . He became quite wealthy and was known for his 4. . He believed that the way to be 5. was to work hard.
C) Put the following sentence imo Chinese.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.