Not every president is a leader, but every time we elect a president we hope for one, especially in time of trouble. Leadership is as much a question of timing as anything else. The leader must appear on the scene at a moment when people are looking for leadership. And when he comes, he must offer a straightforward and powerful message.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand and remember. We have an image of what a leader ought to be. We even recognize the physical signs: leaders may not necessarily be tall, but they must have bigger- than-life, commanding features. We expect our leaders to stand out a little, not to be like ordinary men. Half of President Ford’s trouble lay in the fact that, if you closed your eyes for a moment, you couldn’t remember his face, figure, or clothes.

It also helps for a leader to be able to do something most of us can’t. Mao swam the Yangtze River at the age of 72. We want our leaders to be like us but better, special, more so. Yet if they are too different, we reject them.

A leader must know how to use power （that’s what leadership is about）, but he also has to have a way of showing that he does. A leader should know how to appear relaxed and confident. His walk should be firm and purposeful. He should be able to give a good, hearty, belly laugh. Ronald Reagan’s career as an actor showed to good effect in the debate with his opponent. He managed to convey the impression that in fact he was the President.

A leader rides the waves, moves with the tides, understands the deepest feelings of his people. He cannot make a nation that wants peace at any price go to war, or stop a nation determined to fight from doing so. His purpose must match the national mood. His task is to focus the people’s energies and desires, to inspire, to make what people already want seem possible and important to achieve.

1． The passage is mainly about____________________.

A．how a leader is elected                         B．what it takes to be a leader

C．when a leader is needed                  D．where a leader lays his power

2．The author thinks that President Ford_________________.

A．was an ordinary-looking man

B．got into more trouble than the other presidents

C．was not tall enough for his status

D．stood too far away from real life

3． According to the passage, Reagan succeeded in winning his election largely due to the fact that _______.

A．he was once an actor         

B．he was able to well present himself

C．Reagan did much for America    

D．Reagan was a very lucky man

4．In the last paragraph the author emphasizes that a leader should_________________.

A．encourage his people to think about things in a new way

B．like to swim like Mao to fight with waves and tides

C．spare no efforts to get his people to follow him   

D．try to know his people and make them happy

On 15 September 1918 Lee Duncan, an American soldier, rescued a half-starved shepherd and her five puppies from a bombed dog’s kennel on the battle fields of France. Duncan chose two of the dogs, a male and female, while members of his group took the mother and the others back to camp. The only survivors over the next few months were the two pups Duncan had claimed, naming them ‘Rin Tin Tin’ and ‘Nannette’ after tiny French puppets the French children would give to the American soldiers for good luck.

       When the war ended, Duncan made special arrangements to take his pups back to his home in Los Angeles, but during the Atlantic crossing, Nannette became ill and died, shortly after arriving in America. In 1922, Duncan and Rin Tin Tin attended an LA dog show, his dog performing for the crowd with an impressive high jump. After the show, Duncan received $350 for Rin’s performance. That was the beginning of Rin Tin Tin’s later involvement in many films and television series

       It happened that Warners （華納公司）had difficulty shooting an exterior scene with a wolf as they got into a low budget. Duncan quickly approached the director and told them that his dog could do the scene in one take. True to his word, Rin did the scene in one take. As a result, he and his dog were hired for the entire shoot of “Man From Hells River”. The film was a hit and Rin Tin Tin became a box-office star. It was the first American dog movie star. It made 26 pictures for Warners while starring in his own live 1930s radio show “The Wonder Dog”. At the peak of his popularity, Warners kept 18 trained stand-ins（替身） to reduce any stress on their dog star. The star dog was worthy of the honor of having its private chef to prepare daily lunches for him. As a band was playing classical music it slowly consumed a lunch of tenderloin steak. 

1．The names Duncan gave to his dogs ____________________.

A．were offered by his fellowmen

B．had been used for some French puppets  

C．contained the idea of good luck

D．expressed a good wish for French Children

2． Which is the right order of the events that happened according to time in the passage?

a．Rip performed at a dog’s show.

b．Rip was discovered in a battle.

c．Rip lost its sister in America.

d．Rip was allowed to act in a film.

e．Rip was becoming a well-known star.

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

3．Which of the following is important for Rip and his master to be hired by Warners?

A．There were 18 substitutes for Rip.         B．Rip jumped at the 1922 dog show.

C．Warners got into financial trouble .       D．Rip acted successfully as a wolf.

4．Which of the following can replace “chef”?

A．musician         B．cook               C．consumer              D．star

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Every day millions of tons of foods are consumed worldwide. Among （1）________ there is a large amount of junk food.

The negative effects of junk food are obvious. The （2）__________ junk food people eat, the more （3） ___________ （like） they are to put on weight. Some people even end up （4） __________（get） overweight. （5）___________many people don’t realize is that it is their extra weight that is causing them （6）___________（get） sick. The worst thing about this is that they don’t see the link（7） _________ eating junk food and their ill health. Our bodies need healthy food and some of the best foods to eat （8）___________（be） fruit and vegetables. We should have enough food to （9） ___________ our energy requirements, but to keep fit we should eat a variety of foods （10）__________ contain different kinds of nutrients.

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Dear Peter,

How are things with you? Are you still working on your paper?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  Best wishes

  Yours ever

  Lili

Go home right now —- ______ your parents will worry.

A．though          B．but         C．however        D．otherwise

I’m not sure whether ______ has arrived.

A．John as well as his parents                  B．John’s parents as well as John

C．John and his parents                          D．John’s parents and John

Our life is becoming better and better, while in some countries there are still some people ______ from hunger.

A．suffer          B．who suffered          C．being suffered               D．suffering

—Will you go to the cinema with me this evening?

— I’d love to, but I am ______ to go this evening.

A．too much busy           B．too far busy               C．very too busy         D．far too busy

Nothing _____to put out the fire before the firemen came.

A．has done         B．had done          C．had been done               D．was doing

It ______to us all that the People’s Republic of China ______ on October 1, 1949.

A．was known, was founded                      B．is known, was found

C．knows, is founded                   D．is known, was founded