A special education teacher and former police officer was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House as the 2009 National Teacher of the Year for his innovative（創(chuàng)新的） approach, community focus, and teamwork with other teachers. “In a global economy where the greatest job qualification isn’t what you can do, but what you know, our teachers are the key to our nation’s success,”President Obama stated.

    Mullen, a ninth-through twelfth-grade special education teacher at the ARCH School in

Connecticut,is the 59th National Teacher of the Year. Mullen's goal is to provide passion, professionalism(職業(yè)特質(zhì)) ,and perseverance as an educator. “A teacher can receive no greater reward than the knowledge that he or she helped recover a lost student,” Mullen remarked. He will travel for one year as a full-time national and international spokesperson for education beginning June1,2009.

    The National Teacher of the Year Program focuses public attention on teaching excellence and is the oldest and most famous national honors program for teachers. ‘ACEI is a proud participant in the selection process for the National Teacher of the Year, and we are pleased to see Anthony Mullen selected. Mr. Mullen is a dedicated individual who possesses a wealth of talents and skills as a teacher. His devotion to young people, however, reaches beyond the call of duty. Mr.Mullen extends himself to adviser and guides children who need to know that they are not forgotten and that they, too, are unique and special,” stated ACEI Executive Director Diane Whitehead.

     ACEI is one of 15 national education organizations that select the National Teacher of the Year from among the state teachers of the year, including those representing the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity,and five U. S. extra state departments.

45. What is the passage mainly about?

   A. A White House ceremony.

   B. An innovative teaching approach.

   C. The 2009 National Teacher of the Year.

   D. The national education organizations.

46. We can learn from the first paragraph Obama stresses __________.

   A. teachers’ role                      B. community lives

C. teachers’ teamwork                 D. innovative approach

47. According to Mullen, his success as an educator lies in__________.

   A. being a full-time national and international spokesperson

   B. providing passion, perseverance and professionalism

   C. helping those who can’t find their way home

   D. helping the students achieve high scores

48. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.

   A. the National Teacher of the Year Program hasn't been well-known

   B. ACEI is the only organization in charge of selecting excellent teachers

   C. Mullen is devoted to teaching the students for the call of duty

   D. Mullen's success may be due to his previous work experience

       flying is more expensive than land and sea travel, I went there by air to save time.

  A. If                                            B. As              C. Even though        D. In case

85. David arrived back from Paris __________ than I expected.

A. soon              B. fast              C. sooner             D. Quickly

65. After having failed many times, the young man refused to try it        .

A. again and again                         B. once more                  

C. less                                       D. over and over again

45. If the wind doesn’t _____ before three o’clock, we will not be able to take off today.

A. do up                       B. go down                   C. go by                       D. go out

25. The article is too long, please cut _____ some unimportant details.

A. out                          B. in                                C. up                           D. At

5. I have _____ nothing to do today, so you stay here longer.

A. nearly                    B. ever                    C. most                  D. Almost

115. The conductor felt terrible on the way to Wuhan. The underlined word means ____.

A. very well              B. very good           C. very bad            D. very lucky

95. One man shouted at the boy, “Be ________, boy! What’s the matter with you?

A. quite                     B. quietly              C. quiet                   D. Silently

75. The young lady informed me that she was to send for the important computer materials _____ day.

A. the next                 B. following               C. next                         D. the last