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President Bush got a firsthand look at the heavily damaged Pentagon complex (五角大楼), where a hijacked (被劫持的) American Airlines Flight 77 crashed and exploded on Tuesday morning. First lady Laura Bush, visited doctors, nurses and victims of the attack at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

“It makes me sad on the one hand,” the president told rescue workers. “It also makes me angry. Our country will, however, not be cowed by terrorists.”

Before the president's tour, firefighters had finally put out the fires and put a huge American flag near the broken wing of the building to welcome him. Rescue workers searching the remains of the damaged wing all but lost hope of finding any survivors. Officials now estimate the number of dead or missing in the Pentagon at 200.

“The deadly attacks, which were carried out yesterday against our country, were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war,” Bush said. “This will require our country to unite in determination and resolve (决心).”

1.When did Bush pay his visit to Pentagon after the September 11 attacks?

A.On Monday. B.On Tuesday.

C.On Wednesday. D.On Thursday.

2.What does the underlined word “cowed” in the second paragraph mean?

A.Frightened. B.Attacked.

C.Worried. D.Puzzled.

3.This passage is ________.

A.an interview of president Bush on the spot

B.a review of Tuesday morning’s attack towards USA

C.a report on the president’s tour to Pentagon

D.an editorial (社论) of the terrorist attack

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When he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quiney Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century.

Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally served as a congressman(国会议员), and vice(副) president and president of the United States.

At the age of two,Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut to Odessa, Texas, where his father took up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.

In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Houston, Texas. In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, aboarding school(寄宿学校) that his father had also attended.

At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader. In 1964 he enrolled at Yale University in Connecticut.His father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.

Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973. After earning his MBA from Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a “landsman(新手)”. However, Bush’s oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in 1994 he himself was elected governor of Texas.

In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20, 2001, George W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath(宣誓) of office to become the 43rd president of the US.

1.What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph?

A. George W. Bush is the first son in American history to follow his father into the White House.

B. George W. Bush is the first son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush.

C. John Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.

D. George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his father into the White House.

2.We may learn from the text that young Bush ______.

A. got on very well at the universities

B. was very good at basketball, baseball and football

C. did everything as his father had done

D. was a very successful politician like his father

3.Which of the following is NOT true about George W. Bush?

A. Young Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.

B. He once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.

C. He once ruled over an American state before he entered the White House.

D. He once served at the Air National Guard for about five years.

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When he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quiney Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century.

Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally served as a congressman(国会议员), and vice(副) president and president of the United States.

At the age of two, Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut to Odessa, Texas, where his father took up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.

In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Houston, Texas. In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, aboarding school(寄宿学校) that his father had also attended.

At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader. In 1964 he enrolled at Yale University in Connecticut.His father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.

Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973. After earning his MBA from Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a “landsman(新手)”. However, Bush’s oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in 1994 he himself was elected governor of Texas.

In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20, 2001, George W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath(宣誓) of office to become the 43rd president of the US.

1.What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph?

A. George W. Bush is the first son in American history to follow his father into the White House.

B. George W. Bush is the first son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush.

C. George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his father into the White House.

D. John Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.

2.We may learn from the text that young Bush ______.

A. got on very well at the universities

B. was very good at basketball, baseball and football

C. was a very successful politician like his father

D. did everything as his father had done

3.Which of the following is NOT true about George W. Bush?

A. He once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.

B. Young Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.

C. He once ruled over an American state before he entered the White House.

D. He once served at the Air National Guard for about five years.

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“It’s raining too heavily at this moment,” said the old woman, ________ out of the window.

A. to look　 　　　　 B. looking

C. having looked　 D. looked

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Jane looked at ________ damaged rainforest with ___________ disappointment.

A. /；a                        B. the；/                            C. /；/                    D. the；a

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The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without _____  his notes.

A. looking down    B. bringing up     C. trying on      D. referring to

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--- Look at the sweat on her face.

--- She ________ the house since she got up this morning.

A．is cleaning　 　　　　　　　　 B．has been cleaned

C．was cleaning　 　　　　　 　　 D．has been cleaning

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President Obama，s plan last week to overhaul(改善)former president George W．Bush’s No Child left Behind program is an improvement on a good thin9．But it doesn’t go far enough.

Obama outlined a goal that by 2020，all grade school and high school students ale on a path toward college and career readiness．

However, what we need is a practical plan that not only requires all high school graduates to take at least two years of college but also makes it financially possible for them to do so. We’ve provided a free public education through the l2th grade．If we’re going to keep up—or catch up—with some other countries(1ike China)in preparing young people for careers，a 12-year education program no longer is enough．

About 3 million students across the USA will graduate from high school this spring. But only 2 million will go on to college, according to a survey by the National Center for Education Statistics(NCFES)．For the more than l million who won’t go on，money is a major factor．If tuition(学费)were free，about half of them could make up other COSTS from family or part—time jobs．

Critics(批评家)of free college tuition will say we can’t afford it because of the federal deficit(联邦赤字)and other rising costs．Let’s see some government spending in detail：

In the last nearly 10 years．the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost us $1 trillion(that’s $1，000 billion，or an average of$100 billion a year)．Federal money spent on public elementary and secondary education in the last year for which figures are available was$47 billion．If we end costly and unnecessary wars and nation—building efforts abroad，the federal government could provide more money on public education，for which state and local governments now carry most of the burden(负担)．

1.According to President Obama’s plan，in 10 years，________．

A．there will be no expensive and unnecessary Wars

B．all grade and high school students can go to college

C．the U．S．will catch up with China in career preparation

D．students Call enjoy a l2-year public free education

2.If tuition were not charged．

A．about 2．5 million students could afford college education

B．about 2 million students could be provided chances of college education

C．over l million students still could not afford college education

D．about 3 million students could graduate from high school

3.The author may agree that President Obama’s plan

A．has little to do with Gorge W．Bush’s program

B. does not agree with the survey by NCFES

C．does not contain practical measures to achieve its goal

D．will lighten the burden of state and local governments

4.It can be inferred from the passage that

A．the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are expensive but necessary

B．the federal Can not provide more money on education

C，critics of free college tuition think little of the plan

D．President Obama’s plan might be hard to carry out

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— It rained heavily yesterday. Did you get wet ?

— Quite lucky, ______ got on the train when it poured down.

A. no sooner had I               B. I have no sooner           C. hardly had I          D. scarcely I had

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Fifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck North China's Hebei Province.

The quake, measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale (里氏6 .2级) , hit the area 220km northwest of Beijing at 11: 50 a. m. on January 10, 1998.

Scientists made a report of the recent quake. They said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) were most easily attacked by earthquakes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.

However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and experts say that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the correct altitude (纬度).

Experts say that in the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have taken place in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5.

Tens of thousands of people died or were injured. Loss(损失) valued over 10 billion yuan.

1.When the earthquake attacked the area, most people there were unlikely（不太可能的）to ____.

2.The report shows that about nine earthquakes in the past ten years are measured over ____ on the Richter scale.

3.It can be inferred（推断） from the report that the damage caused by the earthquakes could be much less heavy if ____.

4.Which of the following can be reasonable except ____.

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