D Georgia was waking up to a new president Monday but it was also getting as its first lady a green eyed linguist from Holland who has already managed to cast a spell over the little Caucasus nation. 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Georgia was waking up to a new president Monday but it was also getting as its first lady a green eyed linguist from Holland who has already managed to cast a spell over the little Caucasus nation. Sandra Roelofs is seen by some as the secret weapon which enables her husband Saakashvili to win in this presidential election.

She runs an investment consultancy（投资咨询公司）, speaks six languages and some believe she is the real brains behind her husband’s rise to power.

Roelofs, who is a year younger than her husband, met him in 1993 when he was studying an international law programme in Strasbourg, France. She planed to go from there to Somalis as an aid worker but Saakashvili persuaded her to go with him instead to New York, where he had got a scholarship. They married soon after and when Saakashvili returned to his native Georgia to begin a career in politics, she went with him.

She has enchanted(使人心醉) many of her adopted countrymen. The mention of her name sends women swooning（神魂颠倒）, and melts the tough expressions of strong Georgian men. “You can really tell that she cares about people,” says a resident of the capital, Tbilisi. “She runs a hunitarian organization. She is smart and pretty and kind and did you hear the way she speaks Georgian? Perfectly!”

The new first lady’s looks and intelligence play a large part in her appeal. But Georgians are especially taken by her simple manner. She has said that she plans to keep living in the family’s modest flat, even though they have the right to move into a luxurious government residence. “She doesn’t care about fancy houses and cars.” said Malika, a 29 year old civil servant in Tbilisi.

68. The underlined part “cast a spell over” means_________.

A. cast a shadow over B. attract

C. love D. respect

69. Which of the following can be best used to describe Sandra Roelofs?

A. Proud. B. Hard working. C. Charming. D. Humble.

70. What moves Georgians most is that Sandra Roelofs is very ________.

A. pretty B. modest C. intelligent D. plain

71. Which is the right order in which Sandra Roelofs did the following?

a. Roelofs married Saakashvili.

b. She planned to go from France to Somalis as an aid worker.

c. Roelofs runs an investment consultancy.

d. Roelofs came from Holland.

e. Roelofs went to Georgia with Saakashvili.

A. d?a?e?c?b B. d?a?b?e?c

C. a?b?e?c?d D. d?b?a?e?c

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At the peace negotiation with Britain, Americans demanded, and got, a western boundary at the Mississippi River. Thus the new nation secured for its birthright a vast internal empire rich in agricultural and mineral resources. But under their colonial charters, seven states—Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia—claimed portions of the western wilderness. Virginia's claim was the largest, stretching north and west to encompass the later states of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The language of the charters was vague and their validity questionable, but during the war Virginia reinforced its title by sponsoring Colonel Georgia Rogers Clark's 1778 Expedition to Vicennes and Kaskaskia, Which strengthened America's trans- Appalachian pretensions at the peace table.

The six states holding no claim to the trans-mountain region doubted whether a confederacy in which territory was so unevenly apportioned would truly prove what it claimed to be, a union of equals. Already New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Maryland were among the smallest and least populous of the States. While they levied heavy taxes to repay state war debts, their larger neighbors might retire debts out of land-sale proceeds. Drawn by fresh lands and low taxes, people would desert the small states for the large, leaving the former to fall into bankruptcy and eventually into political subjugation. All the states shared in the war effort, said the New Jersey legislature, how then could half of them “be left no sink under an enormous debt, whilst others are enabled, in a short period, to replace all their expenditures from the hard earnings of the whole confederacy?” As the Revolution was a common endeavor, so ought its fruits, including the western lands, be a common property.

　　 1. With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?

　　　　 A. A controversial public-land policy.

　　　　 B. How independence from Britain was won.

　　　　 C. The land holdings of Massachusetts.

　　　　 D. How New Jersey developed its western land.

　　 2. According to the passage, the British granted the new American nation a western boundary at——.

　　　　 A. Ohio　　　　　　　　 B. Illinois

　　　　 C. the Mississippi River　　 D. the Appalachian Mountains

　　 3. Which state laid claim to the largest land-holdings?

　　　　 A. North Carolina.　　　　　　 B. South Carolina.

　　 C. Virginia.　　　　　　　　 D. Georgia.

　　 4. In line 13, the word “stretching” could best be replaced by which of the following?

　　　　 A. Lengthening.　　　　　　 B. Increasing.

　　　　 C. Exaggerating.　　　　　　 D. Extending.

　　 1. With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?

　　　　 A. A controversial public-land policy.

　　　　 B. How independence from Britain was won.

　　　　 C. The land holdings of Massachusetts.

　　　　 D. How New Jersey developed its western land.

　　 2. According to the passage, the British granted the new American nation a western boundary at——.

　　　　 A. Ohio　　　　　　　　 B. Illinois

　　　　 C. the Mississippi River　　 D. the Appalachian Mountains

　　 3. Which state laid claim to the largest land-holdings?

　　　　 A. North Carolina.　　　　　　 B. South Carolina.

　　 C. Virginia.　　　　　　　　 D. Georgia.

　　 4. In line 13, the word “stretching” could best be replaced by which of the following?

　　　　 A. Lengthening.　　　　　　 B. Increasing.

　　　　 C. Exaggerating.　　　　　　 D. Extending.

Ted Turner, achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43. Best known for his CNN, Ted Turner launched a second nationwide all-news network, Headline News, purchased the Atlanta Braves baseball team, and became the world's best yachtsman at the America's Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was named by Forbes one of the 400 richest people in the US. He was named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1992. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?
Ted Turner's father, Ed, was a self-made millionaire who demanded that his only son try to achieve similar success. He instilled in the boy a strong belief that hard work was good. Besides reading a new book every two days, Ted Turner was also charged rent at home during summer vacations from boarding school. Ed Turner was a strong influence in his son's life.
As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. He was enrolled in a military academy in the fifth grade and eventually went to Brown University. He attended college off and on, became involved in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. In his early twenties, Ted Turner became general manager of one of his father's branch offices in Georgia.
Two years later after his father’s suicide, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that he was more skilled than his father in managing the business. During the next twenty years, Ted Turner worked hard to accumulate enough power and money to fulfill his father's dream.
Reflecting on his father's death, however, Ted Turner realized that it was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. He decided to use his hard-earned influence to serve the public. Concerned about the environment, Ted Turner established the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to produce documentaries to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of building weapons of mass destruction. In 1986 Turner began sponsoring the Goodwill Games to promote world peace. The Turner Tomorrow Awards were created to encourage writers and thinkers to focus their attention on solving world problems. The Turner Family Foundation was established in 1992.
【小题1】 What is CNN according to the passage?

A．It’s a broadcast-news company.	B．It’s a basketball team agency.
C．It’s a charity organization.	D．It’s a publishing house.

【小题2】 What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．The creation of CNN encouraged broadcasters to be more successful.

B．Towering goals and hard work led to fame and prosperity.

C．Ted Turner was expert at sailboat racing and playing basketball.

D．Ted Turner became very successful at an early age.

【小题3】 As a student in a military academy, Turner ______.

A．wasn’t as lonely as he looked because his many friends at school.

B．missed his family very much despite having friends at school.

C．served as a member of the US Coast Guard for a while.

D．showed little interest in studying but other affairs.

【小题4】 The author seems to believe that Ted Turner is ______.

【小题5】 Which of the following best describes an important change in Ted Turner’s life?

A．He became more determined and was feared by this workmates.

B．He developed respect and admiration for his employees.

C．H e revised his view of the world and his responsibility in it.

D．He demanded the same level of success as he father.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

1. But science may have just proved them right – because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts, according to a study.

As parents tend to pass on genes that determine looks, this could result in handsome men becoming rather thin on the ground. 2. For example, Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.

Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, of the London School of Economics, analysed data from a survey of 17,000 babies born in Britain in March 1958 and tracked them throughout their lives. 3. When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had.

Those rated as attractive were equally likely to have a son or daughter as their first child – but the unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son. 4.

Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own features. 5. So it pays for attractive women to have daughters. But couples blessed with strength and aggression rather than looks are better off having boys, as these characteristics are of more use to males.

A. Women are becoming more beautiful over the generations because attractive women have

more children than plain ones.

B. Single girls have always complained that good-looking men are difficult to find.

C. Beauty is of more benefit to a woman than a man.

D. At the age of seven, their attractiveness was rated by their teachers.

E. Put another way, the beautiful women were more likely to have daughters.

F. And it may also explain why many models have daughters who follow in their fascinating footsteps.

G. Famously good-looking parents like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are more likely to have girls than uglier couples.

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