Recently，a study was carried out to determine who was the greatest American president．Sixty-five presidential historians took part in it，and they judged the past forty-two American leaders based on ten leadership qualities，including public persuasiveness （信服）， crisis leadership，management of the economy，moral leadership，and conduct of international relations．The historians also looked at administrative （管理） ability， relations with Congress， ability to set goals，and the pursuit of equal justice for all．Finally，the experts took into consideration the historical period in which the president lived．

The historians chose Abraham Lincoln as American’s greatest president．He had also been named best president in a similar study in 2000．Abraham Lincoln was the president who led the nation through the Civil War in the 1860s，and was able to unite it in the end．He also took the first steps to abolish slavery in America．

Edna Medford， a professor of history at Howard University in Washington， D．C．，was an adviser on this study and the earlier one．She says Abraham Lincoln is seen to represent the values the nation most honors， such as truthfulness， moderation， and respect for human rights．

The historians put American’s first president，George Washington， second on the list， while Franklin D．Roosevelt，Theodore Roosevelt，and Harry Truman follow in that order．John   F．Kennedy，the country’s first Roman Catholic president， is sixth on the list．Like Lincoln， Kennedy was murdered while in office．

Among recent presidents，Ronald Reagan was named the tenth best and Bill Clinton rated fifteenth，while the historians put former president George W．Bush at number thirty-six．His father，George H．W．Bush，did much better， being placed at number eighteen．

1．We learn from the text that ___________．

      A．this is the second time that Abraham Lincoln has been chosen as America’s greatest president

      B．Edna Medford didn’t take part in the study conducted in 2000．

      C．George H．W．Bush was thought to have done worse in office than George W．Bush

      D．Harry Truman was rated the fourth-best president by the study

2．Which of the following belong to the ten leadership qualities considered?

      a．Being able to persuade the public

      b．Taking effective measures during a financial crisis．

      c．Balancing home life and career．

      d．Pursuing equal justice for all．

   A．a(chǎn)，b，c           B．b，c，d        C．a(chǎn)，b，d        D．a(chǎn)，c，d

3．Who is rated worst among the following four presidents?

     A．John F．Kennedy                        B．George Washington

     C．Bill Clinton                             D．George W．Bush

4．The text is mainly about ________．

     A．the ten qualities a great president needs

     B．a(chǎn) study of American presidents

     C．the values the American nation honors most

     D．how Abraham Lincoln improved the country

認真閱讀下面對話，并根據(jù)各題所給首字母的提示，在答題卡上標有題號的橫線上，寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確形式、使對話通順。

（J=Joyce; T=Tom）

J: Tom，I am going to the UK for my further study．Could you give me some （1） a        about living there?

T: Yes，of course．I will tell you all that I know to help you （2） a                           to the new life easily．Is your English good?

J: I think it’s not bad．I can speak it （3） f        ．

T: OK．Then you shouldn’t have a problem finding a （4） p         job．

J: What kind of job?

T: I used to work in a bar in the evening when I was at university but the pay is （5）u      not very high．

J: But it can improve your English，right?

T: Yes．You’re expected to talk to the （6） c         all night because they may ask you a lot of questions or ask you to give them different kinds of wines．But there are also some problems  in a bar．It’s a bit noisy and quite smoky．

J: Er．I don’t think I would like such a job．

T: Well，in that case，you can work in a restaurant as a waitress，taking people’s （7）o        ．That’s another way to use your English to （8） c         with different people．

J: OK， that sounds good．I will （9） c         it．

T: And if you’re struggling a bit，you can work in the back of a restaurant．

J: Yeah，I used to wash dishes，and I remembered my legs were hurt after （10） s         up all day．It was a terrible job．

T: I wouldn’t refuse that one．It is not suitable for a girl．

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The old couple preferred a flat in a small town to ______ in so large a city as Chongqing．

A．this        B．it         C．that          D．one

In the face of ______ failure, it is the most important to keep up _____ good state of mind．

A．/ ; a         B．a(chǎn); /           C．the; /        D．/; the

It is said in the book that Tomas Edison （1847-1931） _______ the world leading inventor for thirty years．

A．would be       B．has been           C．was         D．had been

--- Grace won’t like it, you know．

---______ ? I don’t care what Grace thinks．

A．So where        B．So what          C．So why        D．So how

The global warming is more and more serious, for which human beings ______．

A．a(chǎn)re blaming                                              B．a(chǎn)re to blame

C．a(chǎn)re going to blame                                    D．a(chǎn)re to be blamed

It was at midnight ______ he got to his friend’s house．

A．when        B．since　        C．that　     D．while

Can you ______ what I say? Do you need more explanation?

A．make sense of                                     B．put an end to

C．a(chǎn)ttend to                                            D．leave alone