President Barack Obama had a big pat on the back for his young daughters on Tuesday, saying they have got used to life in the White House.

After more than a year at the US presidential mansion, Malia Obama, 11, and Sasha Obama, 8, have made their dad proud with their ability to balance their private life with life in the public eye, he told NBC television.

"The happiest thing about the past year and a half has been the girls' adjustment (适应). They have just been great. They're doing well in school," Obama said.

"They're not as constrained. They can wander around. Their Secret Service protection is a lot more low key (低调)," he explained. "So they've got soccer, they've got basketball, they go sleep over at their friend's houses.

"Sometimes I've got 12 little girls screaming on the third floor of the White House. And they made a great adjustment."

The president also admitted he was concerned about how his daughters would deal with his public life as they get a bit older.

"Now I get a little worried about them when they're teenagers because I think that's the time when you're already feeling uncomfortable about your parents, and then imagine if your dad's in the newspaper every day and people are calling him a fool. I feel a little worried about that."

"But on the other hand, Malia and Sasha have just turned out to be unbelievably well adjusted kids," Obama said.

"The thing that's most important to me is that they are so respectful of everybody and haven't gotten on any airs (摆架子). It’s all because of Michelle as she wouldn't put up with (容忍) any of that stuff."

Why is President Obama so happy according to the passage?

A. His daughters have been great in the public eye.

B. His daughters can balance their life with their study.

C. His daughters have got used to life in the White House.

D. His daughters have been in the White House for over a year.

The underlined word “constrained” in Paragraph 4 most probably means__________.

President Obama is a little worried about ___________.

A. what his daughters’ life will be like in the future

B. how his daughters will get on with him when they’re a little older

C. how his daughters will make friends with people around in the future

D. how his daughters will deal with his public life when they’re teenagers

What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Michelle is proud of being Obama’s wife.

B. Michelle allows her daughters to get on airs.

C. President Obama appreciates what Michelle has done.

D. Obama’s daughters are respected by everyone in the USA.

________2010 Shanghai World Expo is _______ honour for all of the Asians.

When a 13-year-old Virginal girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted worldwide attention.

Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from “put a clothes pin on her nose” to “have her stand on her head” poured in. But nothing did any good. Finally, she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where Dr. Leo Kanner, one of the world’s top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling (难以理解的) problem with great speed.

He used neither drugs nor surgery for, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition(迷信) about the amazing bodily reaction we call the sneeze. It was all in her mind, he said, a view which Aristotle, some 3,000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily.

Dr. Kanner simply gave a modern psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubled; and he began to treat the girl accordingly.

“Less than two days in a hospital room, a plan for better scholastic and vocational（职业的） adjustment, and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis（肺结核） quickly changed her from a sneezer to an ex-sneezer,” he reported.

Sneezing has always been a subject of wonder, awe and puzzlement. Dr Kanner has collected thousands of superstitions concerning it. The most universal one is the custom of begging for the blessing of God when a person sneezes— a practice Dr. Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that a sneeze was an indication that the sneezer was possessed of an evil spirit. Strangely, people over the world still continue the custom with the traditional, “God bless you” or something else.

   When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism（身体机制） which, without any conscious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done. When you need to sneeze you sneeze, this being nature’s clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose. The object may be just some dust in the nose which nature is trying to remove.

51. The girl sneezed continuously because she __________.

   A. was ill                                B. was mentally ill

   C. had heavy mental burden                 D. had attracted world-wide attention

52. When the girl began to sneeze continuously, ___________.

   A. a lot of people offered their advice

   B. she was taken to John Hopkins Hospital

   C. she was given a treatment found in ancient superstition

   D. many doctors treated her in different ways

53. Dr. Kanner cured the girl by ___________.

   A. using Aristole’s method                   B. giving her psychological treatment

   C. practicing superstition                    D. treating her tuberculosis

54. When a person sneezes, we say “God bless you” because____________.

   A. it’s a tradition                           B. the person is possessed of an evil spirit

   C. the person is ill                          D. God will bless those who sneeze

55. According to scientists, people sneeze because _____________.

   A. they are ill                              B. to sneeze is human nature

   C. they do not need any conscious help         D. there are unwanted things in their noses

 If I            yesterday, he            now.

  A. had said sorry to him, wouldn’t be angry    B. said sorry to him, wouldn’t have been angry

  C. have said sorry to him, won’t be angry      D. had said sorry to him, would be angry

第一节  完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some years ago, an American policeman found a woman lying near a lonely road. She did not appear to have   21  ,but she was trembling and clearly in a state of shock, so he rushed her to the nearest hospital. She began to tell the doctor on duty a story which was  22  in all respects. She had been  23  along a country road when she had been stopped by a flying saucer  24  in front of her. She had been forced to leave the car and enter the flying saucer by creatures which looked like human beings and which could easily make themselves  25  although they could not speak. They could read her thoughts and she could read  theirs .They tested her politely and allowed her to leave after carrying out a number of tests on her. As she otherwise seemed to be  26  ,the doctor decided that she was probably suffering from the side effects of some medicine. The woman insisted on being allowed to go home ,but when she gave her address, it was in a town over a thousand miles from the  27  .The police then started to make inquires and soon  28  that there was already a  29  going on for the woman, whose husband badly reported that she had  30  .Her car had been found with the driver’s door open and the engine running. In front of the car the surface of the road had been completely destroyed—not by an explosion or anything of that kind, but as if a large, round, white-hot object had burnt through it.

21.A.a rest                    B.an accident                C.a test                         D.an problem

22.A.exciting                B. frightening               C.moving                            D.astonishing

23.A.driving                 B.walking                     C.running                     D.wandering

24.A.rising                   B.flying                       C.running                     D.landing

25.A.noticed                 B.seen                          C.understood                D.heard

26.A. normal                B.thankful                    C.nervous                     D happy

27.A.earth                    B.car                            C.road                          D.hospital

28.A.thought               B.believed                    C. discovered                D. supposed

29.A.discussion             B.search                       C.movement                 D.plane

30.A.disappeared           B.fled                          C.returned                    D.left

第二节  根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

一 I’m so glad you called me today. I have a big problem I hope you can help me with.

一   61  I’ll help if I can.

一 My cousin is coming home tonight from his trip to Europe.  62

一 Oh? Is your car giving you trouble again?

一 No. I just found out I have to work late tonight.  63

一 Sure. What airline is he coming on?

一 CA933.

一 Ok.  64

一 Well，he's medium height. He wears glasses...

一 That could be almost everyone.  65  

一 Well, his hair is blond and curly. I almost forget!  He has a beard.

一 What's his name?

一 Eric Newton.

一 Okay, no problem. I'll find him.

一 thank you so much!

 A. What's the problem?

 B. I'm pleased to have met you today.

 C.I should pick him up at the airport, but…"

 D. Anything special?

 E. Can you tell me his name?

 F. But how will I recognize him?

 G. Can you possibly pick him up for me?

—Shall we go to see him right now?

—I'm afraid not. This weekend may be a ____time

A. good          B. better             C. best           D. well

.He is a selfish and dishonest man, and is ___ by others.

A.thought badly of              B.ill thought of            C.highly thought          D.bad thought of

 Only when we are abroad ____feel how important English is.

A. we will    B. do we    C. will we    D. are we

Only one of the ancient wonders of the world still survives — now history lovers are being invited to choose a new list of seven.

An original list of nearly 200 sites nominated by the public was narrowed to 21 by the organizers and experts, including the former director general of Unesco Professor Federico Mayor.

The vote is organized by a non-profit Swiss Foundation called New 7 Wonders which specializes in the preservation (保存), restoration and promotion of monuments (纪念碑), and the results will be announced on July 7, 2009, in Lisbon.

About 20 million votes have already been lodged (提出) including many from India, for the Tai Mahal; China, for the Great Wall; Britain, for the Stonehenge; the only British landmark and from Peru, for Machu Picchu, the fortress city of the Local.

The other original seven wonders of the ancient world were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the Statue of Zeus at Olympia; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Tia Viering, spokeswoman for New 7 Wonders, said: “Apart from the Pyramids, the seven ancient wonders of the world no longer exist.”

The only standard for the new list is that the landmarks were built or discovered before 2000.

Votes can be made online, at www.new7wonders.com. To vote your favorite Natural site for the selection of New 7 Wonders of the World, you will need to be a member of New 7 Wonders Campaign. For

the membership form, simply go to http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/vote_on_nominees

and get registered with the required information and email address. After registration process is complete, you can vote your favorite sites.

60. Why does Swiss Foundation organized the vote?

A. Because they want to make money from it.

B. They want to protect the ancient landmarks.

C. They want to show their influence in the world.

D. The UN asked them to organize the vote.

61. The word “nominated” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.

A. officially selected                           B. carefully chose       

C. finally decided                        D. formally suggested

62. Which is the only survivor of the original seven wonders?

A. The Great Wall.                      B. The Stonehenge.

C. The Pyramids.                        D. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

63. The passage most probably appears _________.

A. on the internet                        B. in a magazine

C. in a textbook                                 C. in a diary