The Greens could not speak any English when they first visited New York． They wanted to walk around to see the   1   , so they thought up a great idea．   2   they left the hotel, they walked to the first street corner and wrote a note in their notebook．   3   they went on．They   4   the notebook would help them find their   5   back if they got lost．

After they walked for hours, they   6   that they had lost their way． They asked a policeman for   7   , but the policeman didn’t speak their language．

Later, they found a man who understand their   8   ．They told him that they couldn’t find their hotel, but they remembered   9   corner the hotel was on． They showed the man the words in the notebook．The man began to   10   ．

The words were “STOP” and “ONE WAY STREET”．

1．A．school                   B．country                   C．city                   D．factory

2．A．Before                    B．After                       C．But                   D．Because

3．A．Then                      B．So                          C．Although           D．As well

4．A．read                       B．thought                   C．liked                 D．looked

5．A．street                      B．road                        C．way                  D．hotel

6．A．remembered                                        B．thought of

C．looked                                                D．found

7．A．help                        B．money                    C．bus                   D．food

8．A．news                      B．situation（處境）  C．word                 D．language

9．A．what                      B．why                        C．which               D．where

10．A．talk                       B．cry                         C．speak                D．laugh

In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father is an African and his mother is a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy even asked him what his father was.
“I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince（王子）. But I kept asking myself who I am,” said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Obama became the first black president（總統(tǒng)） in US history.
This unusual background（背景） made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol (酒) to help forget this question.
With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator (參議員) in US history.
“Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged （判斷）by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character,” wrote ABC news.
(   ) 6 Obama was born in _______________.
A Britain      B America      C Kenya        D Indonesia
(   ) 7 There was/were _______black students besides Obama at the school where he studied when he was ten.
A no           B one              C two          D three
(   ) 8 Obama became the first black president in US history when he was ______.
A 37            B 40                C 47           D 50
(   ) 9 Which of the following is true?
A Obama’s father was a Kenyan prince.
B Obama once forgot who his father was with the help of alcohol.
C Obama was so dishonest when he was young that nobody believed him.
D Obama changed his college life because of his friends’ help and his hard work
(   ) 10 From the passage we can see that____________.

To learn a foreign language well, you need to spend a lot of time on it. The ___46___ time you spend on the language, the faster you will learn. This does not ___47___ sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well. This means spending time enjoyably on the ___48___ you are learning.

Listen to the language you are learning on your MP3 player. Read ___49___ you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly ___50___, or even partly understand. One hour of listening or reading is more effective（有效率）than many hours of class time. If you ___51___ listening and reading, you will improve yourself.

Build up your vocabulary lists, which you’ll need lots of. Start to notice words and how they come ___52___ as phrases. Learn these words and phrases ___53___ listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists. Do not ___54___ for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do, and you should discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. ___55___ when you feel like. You are learning and improving. The language will become clearer in your mind. Just make sure you spend enough time on the language.

One day，a boy had a fight with one of his classmates．Then he went to his __1__ and told him his story angrily．“He is really bad，” the boy said，“and I __2__ him．”

The grandfather said，“__3__ me tell you a story．When I was a boy，I too，sometimes hated others for what they did…”

As the boy __4__ carefully，the grandfather went on，“There are always two tigers inside my heart．One is __5__ and kind．He gets on well __6__ everything around him．But __7__ is bad and unfriendly．Even the smallest thing will make him angry．He fights with everyone all the time，and for no reason．He can’t think carefully __8__ he always hates others．It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart．They both try to control（控制）me．”

The boy looked into his grandfather's __9__ and asked，“__10__ tiger always controls you，Grandfather?”

The old man said slowly and seriously，“The one that I feed．I always feed the good and kind tiger，so I never hate others and seldom（很少）get angry now．”

1．A．mother                  B．father                         C．teacher                  D．grandfather

2．A．love                      B．hate                     C．know                     D．enjoy

3．A．Make                    B．Help                    C．Let                        D．Ask

4．A．saw                      B．felt                      C．talked                    D．listened

5．A．good                     B．bad                      C．lazy                       D．quiet

6．A．a(chǎn)t                       B．on                       C．with                             D．a(chǎn)bout

7．A．other                     B．others                  C．a(chǎn)nother                  D．the other

8．A．because                 B．though                 C．before                    D．but

9．A．eyes                      B．ears                     C．nose                      D．mouth

10．A．Who                    B．Which                 C．Where                   D．When