Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers．He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry．The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products．
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday．
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit．Every now and then he still smokes in secret．
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time．Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes．Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No．” Obama said at a news conference．
“I don' t do it in front of my lads．I don 't do it in front of my family．I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said．
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important．The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up．What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said．
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases．
小題1:The new law makes life difficult for             ．

A．Obama	B．tobacco industry
C．White House	D．US Food and Drug Administration

小題2:What do we know about Obama?

A．He no longer smokes．

B．He still smokes as usual．

C．He began to smoke at eighteen．

D．He is trying hard to give up smoking．

小題3:According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about           ．

A．children

B．officials

C．his family

D．businessmen

Thanks a Million, Dad
I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head stuck．By my first birthday, I couldn't stand or walk．
When I was three, the doctor told dad I had cerebral palsy （腦癱）．A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain signals to the right side of my body．
But no son of my dad' s was going to be disabled．Every morning before breakfast and every evening before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right leg．The muscles were shrunk and twisted together．Back and forth up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape．
But my dad' s exercise of passion didn't stop there．For my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party．When everybody was gone, he brought me to open a large box, it was a-set of boxing gloves．We put them on．My dad kept on beating me mercilessly．Each time I tried to get up, leather kissed my nose, eyes and jaw．I "begged him to stop．He said he beat me to get me ready for the tough world．
That same year, I was the only kid in my neighbourhood that wasn't picked for Little League．Two weeks later．Dad started the Shedd Park Minor League, and every kid played．Dad coached us and made me a pitcher （棒球投手）．
The power of my dad' s love guaranteed I walked and more．In high school, I became a football star．
In 1997, a brain surgeon in San Jose told me I didn’t t have cerebral palsy after all．He explained how and where the doctor' s forceps （鑷子） at birth had damaged my brain．
My dad never knew the whole truth since he passed away years ago．But all that counts is the bottom line．After all his madness, on this Father' s Day, like every Father' s Day, I' m no longer disabled．
小題1:What caused the author' s disability?

A．A failed operation．	B．The doctor's forceps．
C．An accident in a game．	D．Shrunken and twisted muscles．

小題2:What do we learn from the passage?

A．The author has a talent for boxing．

B．The author achieved a lot thanks to his father' s love．

C．The author became a baseball star with the help of his father．

D．The author doesn't think his father should be so strict with him．

小題3:Paragraph 3 suggests that the author' s father____．

A．wouldn't give up hope easily

B．believed his son was a normal child

C．blamed the doctors for his son' s disability

D．couldn't accept the truth that his son was disabled

小題4:The author wrote the passage to ____．

A．remember his father

B．encourage disabled children

C．show the difficulty the disabled face

D．give advice to the parents of disabled children

I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun．You may think People , such an attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others．If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness．
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness．The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common．Fun is what we experience during an act．Happiness is what we experience after an act．It is a deep, long-lasting emotion．
Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh．But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends．
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun．They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness" But in memoir（回憶錄） after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness．
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite painful．The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement．Man-iage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features．
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness．They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want．Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night' s sleep．I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to．It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness．It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Fun and happiness．	B．Success and satisfaction．
C．Marriage and commitment．	D．Entertainment and responsibility．

小題2:The author probably agrees that ____．

A．fun creates long - lasting satisfaction

B．long - standing fun may lead to happiness

C．fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting

D．fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness

小題3:What does the author think of marriage?

A．It ends in pain．	B．It means commitment．
C．It affords greater fun．	D．It leads to raising children．

小題4:If one gets the real meaning of happiness, he ____．
A．will start a business          B  won' t place too much value on money
C．will seek for freedom           D．won't devote himself to his family

Time and how we experience it have always puzzled us．Physicists have created fascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pendulum （鐘擺） and is not psychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or calendar．As some-one who understood the distinction observed, "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours it seems like a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours．"
Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings as we age．They also note that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more rapidly it seems to pass．For example, a day at the office flies compared with a day at the beach．Since most of us spend fewer days at the beach and more at the office as we age, an increase in structured tune could well be to blame for why time seems to speed up as we grow older．
Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly．Almost all of us have had the experience of driving somewhere we’ve never been before．Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real idea of when we’ll arrive, we experience the trip as lasting a long time．But the return trip, although exactly as long, seems to take far less time．The novelty of the outward journey has become routine．Thus taking a different route on occasions can often help slow the clock．
When was become as identical as identical as beads（小珠子）on a string, they mix together, and even months become a single day．To counter this, try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day—to stop time, so to speak．
Learning something new is one of the ways to slow the passage of time．One of the reasons the days of our youth seems so full and long is that these are the days of learning and discovery．For many of us, learning ends when we leave school, but this doesn’t have to be．
小題1:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 is used to show        ．

A．psychological time is quite puzzling

B．time should not be measured by a pendulum

C．physical time is different from psychological time

D．physical theory has nothing to do with the true sense of time

小題2:Why do units of time fly faster as we grow older?

A．Our sense of time changes

B．We spend less time at the beach．

C．More time is structured and scheduled．

D．Time is structured with too many appointments．

小題3:In Paragraph 3 “novelty” probably means        ．

A．excitement

B．unfamiliarity

C．imagination

D．a(chǎn)musement

小題4:The purpose of the passage is to        ．

A．give various explanations about time

B．describe how we experience time psychologically

C．show the different ideas of physicists and psychologists on time

D．explain why time flies and how to slow it down psychologically

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed (展現(xiàn)) herself as she did nowhere else.
After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate(巨頭) Aristotie Onassis Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life .She became not less but more interested in reading. For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing（追求）a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined. During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes. She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book ,The Power of Myth. The book went on to become an international best-seller. She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自傳)，Moonwalk.
Jaequeliner may have been hired for her name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth. Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself. In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind. Her books are the autobiography she never wrote. Her role as First lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor. However, few knew that she had achieved so much.
小題1:We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline ______.

A．became fond of reading after working as an editor

B．was in charge of publishing 100 books

C．promoted her books through social relations

D．gained a lot from her career as an editor

小題2:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that ______.

A．Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady

B．Jacqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor

C．Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady

D．Jacqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor

小題3:What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Jacqueline’s two marriages lasted more than 20 years

B．Jacqueline’s own publishing firm was set up eventually

C．Jacqueline’s views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited

D．Jacqueline’s achievements were widely known

小題4:The passage is mainly ______.

A．a(chǎn)n introduction of Jacqueline’s life both as First Lady and as an editor.

B．a(chǎn) brief description of Jacqueline’s lifelong experiences.

C．a(chǎn) brief account of Jacqueline’s career as an editor in her last 20 years.

D．a(chǎn)n analysis of Jacqueline’s social relations in publishing

Russ was a lovable kid with a variety of communication challenges---a speech impediment (語言障礙), dyslexia (誦讀困難), and auditory problems. __41__ today he is walking confidently, standing tall to make an acceptance __42__ for having been chosen one of the “Outstanding Young Citizens” in Ocean County, New Jersey __43__ his remarkable volunteer service in the town of Toms River.
As I listened, I closed my eyes. I found myself __44__ those memorable moments. My mind was full of warm images of Russ as a loving, caring youth, a gentle soul, __45__ his challenges. And now, as he stood at the platform, I knew his heart __46__ be racing. As Russ continued to speak, I thought about the fateful day when he was diagnosed with all those impairments(損傷) and how __47__ his tutors would be if they could see him today. Here he was at twenty-nine, being honored for ten years of service as a volunteer __48__. Russ was __49__ for organizing clothing for the homeless, teaching preschool children about fire safety, and for playing Santa Claus for very sick children by driving up in a fire truck.
Russ thanked his parents for providing him with dignity and for teaching him about morals. Then, pausing for a few seconds, he __50__ us by surprise by touching lovingly on the __51__ of his nephew, Austin. Austin was just three years old when he died from an incurable disease. At that moment, I had to close my eyes again __52__ a different set of tears ran down my cheeks. A silence __53__ the room as Russ owed his volunteer award to Austin. He __54__ his address by lifting the audience up with these words, “Austin taught me how to love.”
I have never thought of this day. __55__, no one had ever thought that Russ would make __56__ as the star of the football team, and he had never been voted “most likely to succeed,” but he __57__ to be a true “star” in his community. Russ became a man of strong character __58__ his unselfish service to others. With so many impairments, Russ now sees and acts __59__ with his heart. His words and deeds inspire everyone who knows him. It is Russ, our son, who has shown us what __60__ is.

小題1:	A．And B．While C．As D．But

小題2:	A．point B．speech C．call D．a(chǎn)ppeal

小題3:	A．in spite of B．regardless of C．because of D．in face of

小題4:	A．recalling B．recording C．seizing D．expecting

小題5:	A．putting up with B．concerning about C．escaping from D．facing up to

小題6:	A．could B．must C．would D．might

小題7:	A．nervous B．excited C．proud D．surprised

小題8:	A．policeman B．tailor C．fireman D．tutor

小題9:	A．grateful B．responsible C．a(chǎn)nxious D．fit

小題10:

A．took B．got C．shocked D．moved

小題11:

A．birth B．a(chǎn)chievement C．loss D．disease

小題12:

A．since B．a(chǎn)fter C．when D．before

小題13:

A．dropped down B．fell over C．took off D．got up

小題14:

A．concluded B．wrote C．delivered D．started

小題15:

A．Generally B．Surprisingly C．Actually D．However

小題16:

A．it B．him C．one D．that

小題17:

A．happened B．rose C．a(chǎn)ppeared D．reduced

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)t B．on C．by D．in

小題19:

A．cautiously B．generously C．closely D．clearly

小題20:

A．sharing B．love C．sacrifice D．confidence

Bill Bryson是美國著名游記作家。閱讀下面列出的他的一些作品的簡要介紹，從A—F 中找出相應的封面。
小題1:This book is a guide to the world’s unspoilt sights and experiences. It presents one thousand fresh and fascinating alternatives to hundreds of well-known tourist destinations and sights, including alternatives to the Carnival in Rio and the beaches of Thailand, the most-visited national parks, over-rated restaurants and holiday sites.
小題2:In this collection, Bill Bryson is writing from home. We find he assesses life both in New England and in the contemporary United States. With the telescopic perspective(遠望視角) of one who has stepped out of the American mainstream and come back after 20 years, Bryson holds the mirror up to U.S. culture and feel strange to his motherland.
小題3:Returning to the U.S. after 20 years in England, Bill Bryson decided to reconnect with his mother country by hiking the length of the 2100-mile Appalachian Trail. Awed by merely the camping section of his local sporting goods store, he still goes into the wilderness and learns hard lessons about self-reliance.
小題4:A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get. This book is no exception. Following an urge to rediscover his youth, the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that takes him to across 38 states in the country, which is like a small town in his opinion.
小題5:Born in Iowa, Bryson backpacked through Europe as a young man. While living in England some 20 years later, he revisited many of the same places from arctic Norway’s northern lights to romantic Capri in Italy. Here he jumps back and forth between old memories and new experiences.

A	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail	B	The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America	C	I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after 20 Years Away
D	The Road Less Traveled: 1000 Amazing Places off the Tourist Trail	E	Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe	F	The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity

 

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he  41   his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always _42__ his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,  43   to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the   44 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the  45 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be  taken down for  46 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying  47  for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 48  fake（假貨）. When he was  49  of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 50  cost nearly 100,000, into pieces  51  hearing Glen’s words. Glen was  52 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 53  . For many times of entry-exit  54  he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and  55  him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if  56  reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be  57  according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep  58  on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of  59  , which he would remember as the  60  of his success forever.

小題1:	A．set up B．took up C．went up D．picked up

小題2:	A．honors B．mentions C．brings D．owes

小題3:	A．decided B．refused C．objected D．a(chǎn)sked

小題4:	A．books B．things C．savings D．pounds

小題5:	A．ordinary B．routine C．regular D．common

小題6:	A．look B．inspection C．test D．experiment

小題7:	A．one B．it C．them D．these

小題8:A priceless       B. useful      C. worthless       D. valuable

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)fraid B．proud C．a(chǎn)shamed D．hard

小題10:

A．that B．what C．a(chǎn)s D． which

小題11:

A．on B．a(chǎn)t C．who D．in

小題12: A disappointed       B. delighted       C. amazed       D. satisfied

小題13:

A．strictly B．quietly C．quickly D．curiously

小題14:

A．conditions B．experiences C．experiments D．chances

小題15:

A．stopped B．hoped C．warned D．urged

小題16:

A．came out B．found out C．sent out D．set out

小題17:

A．hit B．blamed C．praised D．charged

小題18:

A．expression B．idea C．thought D．impression

小題19:

A．honesty B．lies C．goods D．bravery

小題20:

A．secret B．lesson C．choice D．belief

After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a spe­cial student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.
During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎縮癥). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”
Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:
Dick,
My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.
I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.
Your friend,
Matthew
小題1: The boy looked forward to meeting the author because _________. 

A．he was also good at weight lifting	B．he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal
C．he was one of the author’s students	D．he admired the author very much

小題2: The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that _______.

A．the boy never complained about how unlucky he was to have this disease

B．the boy never complained about not being able to go to school

C．the boy never complained why the author had never come to see him before

D．the boy never complained about not getting a medal

小題3: From the passage we learn that _________. 

A．Matthew was an athlete	B．Matthew was an optimistic and determined boy
C．The author used to have the same disease as Matthew had	D．Matthew became a champion before he died

小題4:Matthew didn’t accept the author’s medal because _________.  

A．he thought it was too expensive	B．he was sure that he could win one in the future
C．he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon	D．he would not be pitied by others

小題5:What would be the best title for this passage? 

A．A sick boy.

B．A special friend.

C．A real champion.

D．A famous athlete.

It was a cold, wet day on June 6, 2010, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to   36  , Wasana stared at the   37  . Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that   38   at the back of the classroom.
He   39   large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡) at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Wasana   40   the water, wondering why it looked so   41  . Then it hit him — the   42   was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a  43   disaster, he shouted   44   at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don’t stay here! The   45   on the hill is going to fall on us!”
Chaos(混亂) broke out as the  46   ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers  47   Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.
Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school. Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening. After   48   the site, Gurusinghe knew the school was in   49  . The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down   50  .
51   a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too   52  : ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth   53  their classrooms. Thanks to Wasana’s   54   action and careful observation,  55   was hurt in the incident.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)rrive B．rest C．dine D．chat

小題2:	A．book B．sun C．rain D．hill

小題3:	A．placed B．stood C．hid D．faced

小題4:	A．noticed B．felt C．knew D．heard

小題5:	A．shouted at B．a(chǎn)imed at C．glared at D．stared at

小題6:	A．interesting B．dangerous C．moving D．familiar

小題7:	A．show B．scene C．site D．view

小題8:	A．going B．heading C．coming D．leaving

小題9:	A．happily B．wildly C．rudely D．a(chǎn)ngrily

小題10:

A．rock B．sand C．tree D．water

小題11:

A．principals B．villagers C．students D．climbers

小題12:

A．questioned B．blamed C．instructed D．a(chǎn)pproached

小題13:

A．examining B．visiting C．choosing D．clearing

小題14:

A．security B．relief C．danger D．damage

小題15:

A．for the moment B．a(chǎn)t any minute C．a(chǎn)t one time D．for once

小題16:

A．Taking B．Helping C．Demanding D．Leading

小題17:

A．late B．unique C．nervous D．strange

小題18:

A．occupy B．threaten C．swallow D．enter

小題19:

A．legal B．quick C．united D．direct

小題20:

A．someone B．only one C．a(chǎn)nyone D．no one