Russian girls think he is the ideal boyfriend. Thousands of Japanese teenagers applied for just a few minutes to practice judo with him. His cool image is on the front pages of newspapers and magazines. Do you know who he is ? Yeah, he’s Vladimir Putin who was named “Person of the Year of 2008” by Time.
Putin was born in Leningrad in 1952. He entered Leningrad State University’s law department in 1970. When he became President of Russia in 2000, he found the country in great difficulty. In his 8 years as president, he guided his nation through a remarkable transformation .Russia’s economy had grown a lot. Under his strong leadership, Russia was at the table of world power again.
Putin came to like judo and spy novels when he was a young boy. He relaxes by listening to classical music. Yesterday is his favorite Beatles’ song. He has a happy family. He is married to Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina, with daughters, Yekaterina and Maria.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. How old is Putin now?
A. 65. B. 57. C. 58. D. 61.
2.Which subject did Putin mainly study when he was in the university?
A. Law. B. Economy.
C. English. D. Politics.
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “table” in the passage?
A. 桌子 B. 表格 C. 行列 D. 法案
4.Which of the following is NOT true?.
A. Putin is good at judo.
B. Putin is very popular in Russia.
C. Russia’s economy developed quickly because of his leadership.
D. There are three people in Putin’s family.
5.According to the passage, what may Putin do in his spare time to relax himself?
A. Listen to Mozart’s music.
B. Read love stories.
C. Dance with his wife.
D. Sing popular songs.
Joan worked in a hospital. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but of course somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not of the lucky ones. She liked dancing very much, so when she had to start work that evening while her friends were getting ready to go to the dance, she felt very sorry for herself.
She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to one little boy, Dick. Dick was only eleven years old, but he had a very serious illness and couldn’t move most parts of his body except his hands. Joan knew Dick would never get any better, but the little boy was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of himself.
Dick knew that Joan loved dancing. So when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted her with the words, “I’m very sorry that you can’t go to the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you’ll find a piece of cake that I saved up from my supper today. And there is also a dollar there. You can buy something to drink with the cake. And I’ll get up and dance with you myself if I was able to.”
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not important at all to Joan.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.What is Joan’s job?
A.She is a doctor
B. She is a children’s nurse
C. She is an adults’ nurse
D. She is a children’s doctor
2.Joan _____ that evening mainly because she would lose the chance to go to the big dance at the hospital.
A. felt worried B. felt unhappy
C. felt angry D. felt unlucky
3. Which of the following about Dick is TRUE?
A. He could not move his hands.
B. He would get better soon.
C. He could dance very well.
D. He was always happy and helpful.
4.What does the underlined phrase saved up means? It means .
A.挽救 B.贮存 C.储蓄 D.节省
5.From this passage we can know after hearing Dick’s words .
A. Joan probably felt sorry
B. Joan probably felt sad
C. Joan probably felt relaxed.
D. Joan probably felt excited
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
That was a normal, busy morning .John, an elderly gentleman, arrived at the hospital I work at to see his doctor. John told me that he was in a hurry he had to be somewhere else at 9:15 am. I invited him to take a in the waiting area. There were many patients that morning. It would be over an hour he could see the doctor. I saw him his watch worriedly, so I decided to deal with his wound myself since I wasn’t busy at that time.
While taking care of his wound I asked John if he had appointment (约会) this morning. John told me no, but he needed to go to eat breakfast with his at Christopher’s Nursing Home.
As we talked, I asked if his wife would be if he was a little late. John replied that she could no longer know he was, and had been like that for five years. I was surprised and asked him, “Do you go there every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know , but I still know who she is.”
I had to hold back tears as John left, and thought, “That’s the kind of love I want in my life.”
1.A.because B. but C. and D. or
2.A. walk B.seat C. suggestion D. look
3.A.after B.when C.before D. since
4.A.looking up B. looking after C. looking at D. looking for
5.A.another B. others’ C. else’s D. others
6.A. son B.wife C. parentsD. friend
7.A.glad B. sorry C. sad D. angry
8.A.when B. where C. who D. how
9.A.never B. only C. still D. hardly
10.A.me B. you C. her D. him
---Did the teacher say _____________?
---Yes, by bus .
A. when will we go there B. where we would meet
C. what will we take D. how we would go there
---Hi , Tom ! I am worried about my English. Could you tell me ?
---Sure. Read more and write more.
A. what to do B. when to do
C. how to do D. which to do
—Tony, _____ you ________smoking?
—Yes. Drinking tea is my favorite past time now.
A. will; stop B. did; stop
C. would; stop D. have; stopped
