President Abraham Lincoln often visited hospi...

President Abraham Lincoln often visited hospitals to talk with wounded soldiers during the Civil War.Once，Lincoln went over to the bedside of a young dying soldier.

“Is there anything I can do for you？”asked the President. The soldier obviously didn't recognize Lincoln, and with some effort he was able to whisper, “Would you please write a letter to my mother？”

So the President carefully began writing down the soldier's words，“My dearest mother, I was badly hurt while doing my duty. I'm afraid I'm not going to recover. Don't grieve too much for me, please. Kiss my sister Mary for me.May God bless you and Father.”

The soldier was too weak to continue, so Lincoln signed the letter for him and added, “Written for your son by Abraham Lincoln.”The young man asked to see the note and was astonished when he discovered who had written it.“Are you really the President？”he asked. “Yes, I am，”replied Lincoln quietly.Then he asked if there was anything else he could do.“Would you please hold my hand？”asked the soldier.“It will help to see me through to the end.”

In the quiet room, the tall gaunt (憔悴的)President took the soldier's hand and spoke warm words of encouragement until death came.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The dying soldier was filled with love.

B．Lincoln only signed his name in the letter instead of the soldier's.

C．The soldier was the only child in his family.

D．Lincoln often wrote letters for the wounded.

2.When the soldier's mother read the letter, she would probably be________.

A．sad but feel greatly relieved

B．apologetic but grateful

C．calm and thankful

D．sorry and feel it unexpected

3.The underlined word “grieve” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by“________”．

A．feel worried    B．feel sad    C．cry    D．miss

4.In writing the passage，the author intends to________.

A．tell us war is cruel

B．make us laugh

C．draw our attention

D．tell us Lincoln was great

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On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery（公墓）. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism (批评) of President Lincoln at the time. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The other speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman (政治家) and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.

It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Later that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. His speech lasted an hour and 57 minutes and it was a perfect example of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause（掌声）. Lincoln turned to a friend and said, “I have failed again.”

Some newspapers at first criticized (批评) the speech. But little by little, as people read the speech, they began to like its simplicity（简洁）and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.

Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.

1. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was __________________ in Gettysburg.

2.Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was __________.

3. It can be inferred from the text that __________________________________.

4.Lincoln’s speech was __________________.

5.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

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Chinese President visited AIDS patients in Beijing's Ditan Hospital on the World AIDS Day, ________ was on Dec.1,2010, and ______ theme was to give all the AIDS patients medical care.

A. which; whose　　     B. which; of which　 C. when; whose　　　 D. on which, its

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We celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday(February 12) and we should.Lincoln was one of the few great men who really was great. Before he became ______, Lincoln spent twenty years as an unsuccessful Illinois lawyer--at least he was unsuccessful in ______ terms(方面）.But when you ______ the good he did, he was really very rich. Legends are often ______, but Lincoln was the real thing. George Washington never chopped down a cherry tree, but Abraham Lincoln was ______. During his years as a lawyer, there were hundreds of documented examples of his honesty and decency(体面).

For example, Lincoln didn’t like to charge(索费）people much ______ were as ______ as he was. Once a man sent him twenty-five dollars, but Lincoln sent him back ten of it, saying he was being too generous. He was known at times to ______ his clients(客户) to solve their problem out of court(法庭),saving them a lot of money, and ______ himself nothing.

An old woman in ______, the widow(孀妇) of a soldier, was charged $200 for getting her $400 pension(养老金). Lincoln sued (起诉）the pension agent and ______ the case(案子) for the old woman. He didn’t charge her for his ______ and, in fact, paid her hotel bill and gave her money to buy a ticket home!

He was a ______, perhaps, by certain standards. He didn’t have much, and it was his own ______. But he was a good human being by anyone’s standards and I’m glad we ______ his birthday.

______ makes you feel good about yourself and creates ______ in others. It ______ your relationship with yourself and with others. It’s not much in ______ these days to talk about the advantages of honesty and decency, but the advantages are there and they are valuable and ______ the trouble.

1.A.lawyer B.president C.soldier D.teacher

2.A.financial B.healthy C.personal D.political

3.A.guess B.value C.tell D.weigh

4.A.impolite B.interesting C.untrue D.harmless

5.A.rich B.honest C.foolish D.poor

6.A.who B.which C.whom D.they

7.A.generous B.kind C.intelligent D.poor

8.A.permit B.persuade C.force D.expect

9.A.taking B.offering C.earning D.costing

10.A.treasure B.illness C.poorness D.weakness

11.A.won B.lost C.got D.advised

12.A.pension B.problem C.suggestions D.services

13.A.lawyer B.politician C.businessman D.fool

14.A.fault B.ability C.character D.disadvantage

15.A.remember B.respect C.celebrate D.congratulate

16.A.Pension B.Honesty C.Birthday D.Service

17.A.chance B.love C.feeling D.trust

18.A.matches B.compares C.improves D.builds

19.A.fashion B.time C.return D.name

20.A.above B.worth C.without D.beneath

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Though he wore his whiskers (颊须) only four years, today we can hardly think of Abraham Lincoln without them. He often talked about the little girl in Westfield, New York, who suggested in a letter that he grow the famous whiskers. And he would add, “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives!”

Grace Bedell sat in her room looking at a picture of Lincoln. Her little lamp threw shadows on the picture. A frame (框) of small shadows lay around the thin face and covered the hollow cheeks (面颊). “Whiskers!” she thought.

“How nice!” she said to herself. “There will be more people to elect him President if he lets his whiskers grow. Somebody ought to tell him.” She reached for a pen and began to write the letter.

On February 16 of the following year a special train carried the newly elected President Lincoln to the White House. The train stopped briefly at a station near Grace’s town. At the station Lincoln was speaking to a large crowd, among whom were the Bedell family.

Lincoln continued his speech, “I have a little friend in this place,” he said. “That little lady told me how to improve my appearance, and I want to thank her. If she is present, I would like to speak to her. Her name is Grace Bedell.”

Grace’s father led her forward to Lincoln. She looked and laughed happily, for up there on his face were the whiskers.

If you visit Springfield, Illinois, today you will see the house in which Abraham Lincoln used to live. On the wall of a room hangs a piece of paper covered with a child’s handwriting: “Dear sir...”

1.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. Why Lincoln Grew Whiskers

B. A Little Girl’s Letter to Lincoln

C. How Lincoln Becamse President of the U. S.

D. Lincoln’s Great Kindness to Children

2.Grace suggested Lincoln growing whiskers because she supposed ______.

A. he looked terrible without whiskers around his face

B. he would look better with whiskers around his thin face

C. no one would elect him President if he had no whiskers

D. he would be famous with whiskers around his thin face

3.Grace’s idea that Lincoln should grow whiskers came from ______.

A. the lamp        B. Lincoln’s hollow cheeks

C. the picture of Lincoln           D. the shadows on the picture

4.When Lincoln said “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives”, what he really meant was that ______.

A. his whiskers had helped him to become President of the U. S.

B. one should pay attention to small things in one’s life

C. a little child’s advice had helped to improve his appearance

D. a child could play an important part in politics

5.Which of the following did Grace most likely tell Lincoln in her letter?

A. Her school.     B. Her problems.                      C. Her age.      D. Her friends.

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Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. When he was a small boy, his family moved to Indiana. Here, his mother taught him to read and write. Lincoln had very little formal education, but he became one of the best-educated men of the Great West.

When Lincoln was a young man, his family moved to the new state of Illinois. Lincoln had to make a living at an early age, but in his spare time he studied law. He soon became one of the best-known lawyers in the state capital at Springfield, Illinois. It was here that Lincoln became famous for his debates with Stephen A. Douglas on the problem of slavery (奴隶制度).

In 1860, Lincoln was elected President of the United States. He was the candidate of the new Republican Party. This party is against the creation of new slave states. Soon after his election, some of the Southern states quit from the Union and set up the Confederate States of America(美利坚联盟国). This action resulted in the terrible Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865.

On January 1,1863, during the war, Lincoln published his famous Emancipation Proclamation(解放宣言). In this file, Lincoln announced that all the slaves were to be free from that day. In 1865, after the war ended, another file was added to end the slavery everywhere in the United States. Early in 1865, the Civil War came to an end with the defeat of the South by the North.

Only a few days after the end of the War, Lincoln was shot by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. The President died on April 14, 1865. In his death, the world lost one of the greatest men of all time.

1.Who taught Lincoln to read and write in his childhood?  (no more than 10 words) (2 marks)

2.When did Lincoln become the president of the U.S.?  (no more than 3 words)  (2 marks)

3.What does the underlined phrase “this action” in Paragraph Three refer to?

(no more than 20 words)  (3 marks)

4.How did the Civil War come to an end?   (no more than 10 words)   (3 marks)

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Abraham Lincoln was one of the few great men who really were great. ________ he became president, Lincoln spent twenty years as a(n) ________ lawyer – at least in financial terms. But when you 　 ________ the good he did, he was very rich ________ .

For example, Lincoln didn’t like to ________ people much who were as poor as he was. Once a man gave him twenty-five dollars, but Lincoln ________ him back ten of it, saying he was being too ________.

Lincoln won a case for an old woman in________ poverty. He didn’t charge(收费) her for his ________　 and, in fact, paid her hotel bill and gave her money to buy a ticket home!

He once ________a cheater(骗子) from gaining possession of some land ________　 by a mentally ill girl. After he case, Lincoln’s assosciate(同事) came to ________ their fee, but Lincoln reprimanded(训斥) him. His associate ________ that her brother had agreed on the fee ________ , and that he was ________ satisfied.

“That may be,” said Lincoln, “but I’m not satisfied. That money comes out of the ________　 of a poor, mad girl; and I would rather ________　 than take it. You return half the money at least, or I’ll not take a cent of it as my ________ .”

He was a fool, perhaps, by certain standards. He didn’t have much, and it was his own ________　 . But he was a good human being by anyone’s standards.

Lincoln didn’t talk much about religion. But he once said, “When I do________　 , I feel good, and when I do bad, I feel bad, and that’s my religion.”

1.A.After    B.Before    C.During    D.Through

2.A.unsuccesful    B.unusual    C.perfect    D.skilful

3.A.receive    B.look    C.praise    D.measure

4.A.too    B.thus    C.indeed    D.later

5.A.change    B.charge    C.ask    D.spare

6.A.sent    B.threw    C.pushed    D.devoted

7.A.greedy    B.selfish    C.rich    D.generous

8.A.slight    B.small    C.extreme    D.average

9.A.services    B.time    C.labor    D.words

10.A.forbade    B.stopped    C.caught    D.save

11.A.watered    B.planted    C.bought    D.owned

12.A.divide up    B.add up    C.cut down    D.figure out

13.A.believed    B.doubted    C.argued    D.answered

14.A.behind time    B.ahead of time    C.in time    D.at no time

15.A.partly    B.never    C.completely    D.again

16.A.pocket    B.book    C.hand    D.room

17.A.retire    B.work    C.leave    D.starve(挨饿)

18.A.fortune    B.prize    C.rent    D.share

19.A.duty    B.mistake    C.fault    D.regret

20.A.normal    B.good    C.bad    D.noble

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United States President George W. Bush is expected to issue a directive in the next few weeks. It will give the US Air Force a green light for the development of space weapons, US media reported last week.

This would potentially start a new global arms race, some experts have warned.

To keep that from happening, last Wednesday the White House explained that it was not considering putting weapons in space. It said it was making a shift in US space policy to allow for protection of satellites.

But some defense analysts and arms control advocates argue that the policy will pave the way for the US to put both defensive and offensive  weapons in space.

“No one should be fooled,” said Theresa Hitchens, an American weapons expert.

The US is now restricted by a 1996 directive  signed by President Bill Clinton. Plans for space weapons were vetoed by the Clinton cabinet. The directive emphasized the peaceful use of space , in agreement with almost unanimous global opinion.

The US military has placed importance on space and has sent up numberous satellites for troop communications and to provide intelligence and data to guide bombs to their targets.

The US Air Force wants to develop space- based weapons that could strike targets anywhere in the world within 90 minutes of receiving the order to open fire.

These new weapons under development cover a wide range. They include hunter- killer satellites and orbiting weapons. And they use lasers, radio waves, or even dense metal tubes, known as “ Rods from God”, dropped from space to do the damage.

There are many barriers to the setting up of this kind of program, experts say.

First is the coast. It is estimated that the budget may be US $220 billion to US $ 1 trillion .

The technical difficulties of developing reliable space weapons are also a problem.

And, the program will draw strong criticism from around the world. Experts worry about starting a space arms race.

1.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

2.According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true?

3.After reading this passage, it can be inferred that “___________ “.

4.The author’s attitude towards the coming space weapon development is _______.

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When former American President Bill Clinton traveled to South Korea to visit President Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly referred to the Korean president’s wife as Mrs. Kim. By mistake, President Clinton’s advisers thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese. Clinton had not been told that, in Korea, wives keep their family names. President Kim Young Sam’s wife was named Sohm Myong Suk. Therefore, she should be addressed (称谓) as Mrs. Sohm.

President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears. His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.

In addition to Koreans some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names. This practice often puzzles English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents. They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name. Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian cultures.

Mexican naming customs are different as well. When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word “de”, which means “of”. This affects how they fill in forms in the United States. When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father’s family name. But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother. This often causes puzzlement.

Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don’t always think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name. Remember that in many Asian cultures, the order of first and last names is reversed (颠倒). Ask which name a person would prefer to use. If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and ask the person to help you say it correctly.

1.The story of Bill Clinton is used to _____ .

A．improve US Korean relations

B．introduce the topic of the text

C．describe his visit to Korea

D．tell us how to address a person

2.The word “gears” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．action plans        B．naming customs     C．travel maps        D．thinking patterns

3.When a woman marries in Korea, she _____.

A．continues to use her family name

B．uses her husband’s given name

C．shares her husband’s family name

D．adds her husband’s given name to hers

4.To address a married woman properly, you’d better ______ .

A．use her middle name                    B．use her husband’s first name

C．ask her which name she likes              D．change the order of her names

5.What can NOT be inferred from the text? ______ .

A．Wives do not keep their family names in Japan.

B．Different countries have different naming customs in some way.

C．Naming custom will not cause any puzzle among Asian countries.

D．The naming custom in Korea is different from that of Japan.

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When former American President Bill Clinton travelled to South Korea to visit President Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly referred to the Korean president’s wife as Mrs. Kim. By mistake, President Clinton’s advisers thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese. Clinton had not been told that, in Korea, wives keep their family names. President Kim Young Sam’s wife was named Sohn Myong Suk. Therefore she should be addressed(写姓名地址) as Mrs. Sohn. President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears. His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.

In addition to Koreans, some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names. This practice often puzzles English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents. They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name. Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian cultures.

Mexican naming customs are different as well, When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word de (of). This affects how they fill in forms in the United States. When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father’s family name. But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother. This often causes puzzlement.

Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don’t always think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name, Remember that in many Asian cultures , the order of first and last names is reversed(颠倒). Ask which name a person would prefer to use . If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and ask the person to help you say it correctly.

63. The story of Bill Clinton is used to ________________.

A. improve US-Korean relations         B. introduce the topic of the text

C. describe his visit to Korea            D. tell us how to address a person

64. The word “gears” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________________.

A. action plans     B. naming customs   C. travel maps      D. thinking patterns

65. When a woman marries in Mexico, she ____________________.

A. continues to use her family name      B. uses her husband’s given name

C. shares her husband’s family name      D. adds her husband’s name to hers

66. To address a married woman properly, you’d better ________________.

A. use her middle name                 B. use her husband’s first name

C. ask her which name she likes          D. change the order of her names

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