---- I’ve been told that you are not content with your present job.

   ---- Yeah. I am looking for a job _____ I can put my talent to good use.

  A. which                   B. where                      C. when                       D. why

                         History Has Arrived 

  Nine-year-old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine But the African-American boy was shocked by a series of photos. The pictures were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him white.

For the first time, the boy began to doubt who he was. “I stood in front of the mirror and wondered if something was wrong with me,” Obama said.

However, now the boy who used to struggle with his identity doesn’t see it as a problem any more, but an advantage for his career. In January, 2009, Obama made history by being elected as the first black president of the US. He defeated John MaCain in a landslide(壓倒性的) victory.

Obama’s story starts in opposite corners of the world. His white mother was born in the heartland of the US. His black father grew up in a tiny village in Kenya. They met in Hawaii, but his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia.

At 10, Obama moved back to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii where his sense that he didn’t belong grew. At his class a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people. Out of embarrassment, Obama lied to his classmates that his father was prince. “I kept asking who I am and I ended up trying drugs and drinking,” Obama recalled.

Things came to change after the young man made friends with those with a similar background at college. Their experiences back in Africa helped Obama to finally face up to his African origin. He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator(參議員) in US history.

  At the beginning of his campaign for the White House, few people viewed Obama favorably(贊同地).Many doubted his unusual background, which left him neither “ black” enough nor white enough.

But Obama turned his pain of growing up into a tool to make Americans believe: “There is not a black America, an Asian America. There’s the United States of America.”

Barack Obama’s victory is “a historic victory that promised change and overcame centuries of prejudice(偏見(jiàn))。 His success fulfilled Martin Luther King’s dream that a man be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character,” wrote ABC news.

60. From the above passage we can know that Barack Obama was born in _____.

A. Kenya, Africa     B. Hawaii, the USA   C. Indonesia, Asia  D. an unknown city, in Latino America

61. He lied to his classmates that his father was prince because _______.

A. he felt ashamed of his African origin   B. he had unusual background—neither black nor white

C. his black father deserted him when he was very young

D. he didn’t have the sense of belonging

62. Put the following things in order of time.

a. Obama is the third black senator in US history  

b. Obama’s mother settled down in Indonesia with Barack Obama

c. Obama stood out among his classmates in Harvard Law School

d. Obama lived with his white grandparents in Hawaii.

e. Obama’s balck father left him and his mother.

A. c,d,a,b,e   B. e, d, b, c, a     C. d, b, a, e, c     D. e, b, d, c, a

63. What does the title “History has arrived” probably mean?

A. Barack Obama eventually defeated his white opponent, John MaCain in a landslide victory.

B. Barack Obama’s victory has given blacks and other minorities a true national role model.

C. Barack Obama has become the first African-American President, overcoming centuries of prejudice(偏見(jiàn)).

D. Through his great efforts, Barack Obama became the third black senator in the US history.

When someone says “well I guess I’ll have to go to face the music”, it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why  you did this or that ,and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced.

    The phrase “to face the music ” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from?

     The first information comes from the American writer Games Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage .After they got their cue to go on ,they often said, “It’s time to go to face the  music.” And that is exactly what they did—face the orchestra which was just below the stage.

    An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out.

    So “to face the music ” came having to go through something no matter how unpleasant the experience might be because you knew you had no choice.

    The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean—shiny enough to pass inspection? Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do?

49.How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” comes from?

A.1            B.2             C.3              D.4

50.What’s the meaning of “to face the music”?

A. To face one’s leader.                B.To face the stage.

C.To face the back of one’s horse.        D. To face something far less pleasant.

51.the underlined word “hostile” means ______?

A. unfriendly      B. dislike      C. unkind    D. unnecessary

52.Which of the following is a situation of facing the music?

A. When we are playing basketball

B. When we are talking with somebody.

C. When we are having a party.

D. When we are making a speech.

    閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語(yǔ)法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號(hào)中詞語(yǔ)的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫(xiě)在答題卡標(biāo)號(hào)為31～40的相應(yīng)位置上。

Just now, I entered the website “Topic for Today”. I feel    (interest) in the report on middle school students’ using cell-phones on campus. In fact, more students now come to school cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions. Some think is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone, which also makes you feel safe especially in time of trouble.     , it is nice to enjoy various functions of different cell-phones.     think differently. First, the cell-phone is not must in school, as    are some IC phones there, (make) it easy to call others. Second, many students often play e-games and send e-massages with their cell-phones, even in class,   will surely have bad effects on their study. What’s more, it will result in a great waste of time and money. In my opinion, the cell-phone is a (use) tool in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can use freely in school.

 Knowledge learnt from books doesn’t have the same effect on a child

as_____through practice.

A. those        B. one       C. it         D. that

The crazy fans ________ patiently in the rain for almost three hours, and they would wait until the famous star arrived.

A. were waiting      B. have waited       C. had been waiting       D. would wait

 —Excuse me, could you tell me where the theatre is?

—OK. Look, between the two white buildings _____ the theatre.

A. are lying                  B. lie                           C. lies                          D. lay

 --What made your father throw up last night?

-- I think the large quantities of wine _________.

A. was                B. might              C. make              D. did

Can you imagine a classroom missing the one thing that has long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing? No paper. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test papers. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment.

A “paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to achieve. Students don’t do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm-sized, or specially-designed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student’s personal computer.

Having computers also means that students can use the Wed. They can look up information on any subject they’re studying, from Maths to social science.

High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida., US, described how her class used the Wed to refugee camps,” she said. “Using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible.”

A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper each week to each student.

“Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers,” she said.

But, with all this technology, there’s always the risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi-tech students.

In a paperless classroom, what is a must?

  A. Pens.      B. Computers.      C. Textbooks       D. Pencils.

The high school teacher, Judy Harrell, used the example of her class to show that ________ 

 A. the Web could take them everywhere        

B. the Web taught them everything.

  C. the Web is a good tool for information

  D. the Web is where you can download information

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a paperless classroom?

  A. You won’t get angry with your pen.

  B. Computers may break down sometimes.

  C. Students can get information from Internet.

  D. A lot of money or money or trees will be saved.

Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behaviour when they are watched. Do you?

A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.

Manfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behaviour. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow coded into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.

It is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning.

The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.

According to the report, why does a person behave better when he feels he is being watched?

A. He does not want to be shamed by others.

B. He needs to show he is a good person.

C. He desires others to like him more.

D. He feels he will receive some social reward.

What is the text mainly about?

A. It describes changed behaviour when observed.

      B. It details ways to control people's behaviour.

       C. It tells how to make people work harder.

      D. It discusses different advertising methods.

Where would the study described in the text most likely be found?

       A. In a newspaper.              

B. In a scientific journal.

       C. In an advertising magazine.         

D. In a science textbook.