After a hard campaign, Barack Obama won the US president election on November 4. He will become the 44th President of the United States---the first African-American in the country’s history.
On the election eve, Obama’s grandmother died---only a few days before seeing her grandson’s victory. Tears ran down the face of Obama as he spoke about his grandmother. “She taught me about hard work.She was the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me.”
In his first speech as the president, Obama declared to tens of thousands of cheering supporters, “…The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America---I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there…” The crowd broke out into the same chant(詠唱，吟誦), “Yes, we can!”Those three short words have become the defining phrase of Obama’s campaign.
Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Today the dream has come true.
【小題1】When will Obama begin to work as a president?

After a hard campaign, Barack Obama won the US president election on November 4. He will become the 44th President of the United States---the first African-American in the country’s history.

On the election eve, Obama’s grandmother died---only a few days before seeing her grandson’s victory. Tears ran down the face of Obama as he spoke about his grandmother. “She taught me about hard work.She was the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me.”

In his first speech as the president, Obama declared to tens of thousands of cheering supporters, “…The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America---I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there…” The crowd broke out into the same chant(詠唱，吟誦), “Yes, we can!”Those three short words have become the defining phrase of Obama’s campaign.

Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Today the dream has come true.

1.When will Obama begin to work as a president?

A．On November 4                        B．Before November 4

C．After November 4                       D．On the day he won the election.

2.What happened to Obama before the election eve?

A．His grandmother passed away.             B．His grandmother was killed.

C．His grandmother gave him a lesson.          D．His grandmother was kidnapped.

3.What does the underlined word “campaign” mean in Chinese?

A．公關(guān)             B．競(jìng)選活動(dòng)          C．辯論             D．比賽

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama makes Martin Luther King’s dream come true.

B．Americans believe Obama will change everything of America.

C．Obama’s grandmother had a great effect on him.

D．Many people support Obama to become the president of America.

Ben

When I left school five years ago, I said to myself, “That’s that! No more learning for me．Now I can enjoy myself in the evening．” But about a year ago the boss said, “We’re going to get a computer in the near future．” What does he mean? I simply don’t know．Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes．I’m quite an expert(專家) on computers now and you know, I actually enjoy studying．

Eve

I haven’t much interest in studying．To be honest, I don’t like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of thing．Just reading, that is, to kill the time．But I do enjoy watching TV．Not that I watch everything．In fact, I choose my programmes very carefully．I’m particularly interested in current affairs(時(shí)事)．In some ways I think I learn more in this way than I did at school．

Ted

I’m a very different sort of person－I simply love doing things．That’s why I enjoy sports so much．I mean, actually playing．I hardly ever watch it on TV, but I do read quite a bit about it．I’m even interested in the history of sports．I don’t have much time for anything else, except that I quite like dancing．Some people say I’m not very good at it, though．

Joan

I should say I have great interest in studying．I’d rather do this than anything else．Since I left school．I’ve taken courses in all sorts of things．I go to the city library once a week, but I much prefer evening classes because it’s more fun that way．My latest “craze（狂熱）”－if you can call it that －is foreign languages．I’m learning two, not one!

1.According to what they say, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Ben was pleased to leave school．

B．Eve does not spend much time in reading．

C．Ted spends a lot of time watching his favorite sport on TV．

D．Joan is learning languages in the evening school．

2.Among the four people, _____ are considered to have made good use of time in studying．

A．Ben and Eve                                                      B．Eve and Ted

C．Ted and Joan                                                     D．Ben and Joan

3.In the future, we can infer(推斷) that ________．

A．Joan may speak one of foreign languages well．

B．Eve will study computers

C．Ben is interested in current affairs．

D．Joan prefers going to the city libraries．

4.The sentence “That’s that!” means ________．

A．Ben thinks he never need to learn

B．Ben wants to learn that

C．Ben would like to go on studying

D．Ben will learn from others

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Nate：What are you dressed up for? Do you have a date （約會(huì)）?

Eve：Well，kind of．

Nate：  1   would want to date you?

Eve：I don't have that kind of date．I have an interview today．

Nate：An interview?    2  ?

Eve：No，I'm not．A reporter from WMTV is coming here today．

Nate：What does this reporter   3  ?

Eve：My singing．Lots of people come to the Blue Sun to hear me now．

Nate：Why?

Nate：Because   4   ! That's why．The TV station wants to do a story about me．

Nate：I have to see this!

Eve：You don't need to stay．You'll   5