Mandela 1918年出生于南非。他是一位伟大的黑人领袖，他为黑人们的平等权利奉献了一生。在1952年他建立律师所，在那里很多穷黑人向他求助。他曾和平地攻击法律，但不被允许。只到那时，他才决定要以暴制暴。因此他被捕入狱.他获得1993年诺贝尔和平奖的原因是他从未放弃为黑人的平等斗争。他一直活跃于社会活动中。他实现了他的梦想—使黑人和白人一样平等。
这就是Mandela,一个勇敢、有决心、无私奉献的英雄。
完成句子（每题1分，共5分，形式错不给分）
1.After the hurricane ,the whole city lay ________ ________.
飓风过后，整个城市成了废墟。
2.For a period of time he felt helpless and ______ ______.
有那么一段时间，他觉得很无助而且失去信心。
3.The war _ . People cheered and jumped with joy.
战争结束了，人们欢呼雀跃起来。
4.________ _________ __________， you should go there by yourself.
依我看来，你应该自己去。
5.He pretends to be making comment on the drawings,，but ______ _____ __________ ______ __________, he knows nothing about art.
他假装正在对绘画作评论，但是事实上，他对艺术一窍不通。
单词拼写（每小题1分，共5分，形式错不给分）。
1.As everybody knows, a big e__________ happened in Yushu, China, on April,14.
2.This is one of the most important __________ (大事)in the history of mankind.
3.It was a prison from which no one can e______.
4.The People’s Republic of China was f____________ in 1949.
5.It was to realize our dream of making black and white people e______.
阅读下面的短文并从方框中的 A-F 中为每段文字选出最佳标题。其中有一项选择是多余的。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
A. Take some time to speak English
B. Join an English club
C. Have a mirror on the wall
D. Keep it short and simple
E. Listen to good English speakers
F. Practice with peers or family
Here are some tips to improve your spoken English.
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Whatever you have learnt or read in a day, practice in front of the mirror. For a start, you can read something from newspapers, English magazines, and books. Take a passage and read it aloud. After you think your accent has improved, try reciting a poem in front of the mirror. This will increase your confidence as well.
2.
Talk to your family members and friends in English. You can also organize debates and speeches on a low level, where everyone in your family or friend circle speaks on one topic for a few minutes. It will help you get over the fear of making mistakes, as you will be with your friends and family—your comfort zone.
3.
Listen to people who you think are good English speakers. It will help you catch the skill better. You can also watch their videos, listen to them online, or even in person. It can be anyone from Barack Obama to your teacher in school. Find every opportunity to speak English.
4.
You will meet people like you there and it will help you realize that you are not the only person who isn’t good at this subject. Also meeting different people will help you overcome your complex. You can also join coaching classes, which will provide you professional help in learning spoken English.
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Nothing is more beautiful than simplicity. So, instead of using an ambiguous(含糊不清的) language with tough words, go for simple words. Learning any new language is difficult and English is no exception. Start simple and go with the flow. With time, you would learn bigger words too.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his fortune(财富)，largely to the cause of global health，during the course of his lifetime.With an estimated(估计)worth of more than $40 billion，according to Forbes，the project will be no small fate(功绩) for Gates.Having already provided the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $24 billion to address global health issues，Gates said that finally his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids”.
So what has made the richest man in the world to channel his resources so heavily into one interest？Gates believes that “the equality of opportunity（机会）”in which Americans take such pride needs to extend to other nations around the world. Improving the health of the populations，he says，has proven to be an essential method in helping poor countries to be financially successful.“National borders allow inequalities，”said Gates.“We all need to take a more global view，rather than just saying my country is doing well.We have to step up these health issues，knowing how few resources are going into them.”
Gates said that both his parents set up an example for him as a child.His father，William H．Gates，was the head of the local Planned Parenthood，and his mother，Mary，volunteered for the United Way.As he gathered his fortune，Gates knew he would finally want to give back as well，but he didn’t expect to devote himself wholeheartedly to one project until he was about 60.
However，Gates,47，began to question his ability to wait that long.“It seemed there was a real time urgency，”Gates said.“I started to think how many lives I could save before then.”
1.Bill Gates will give away his vast fortune to .
A．improve the health of population all over the world
B．improve the health of population in America alone
C．avoid leaving his children too much money
D．spare the American government the burden of health care
2.Bill Gates believes that one important way of developing poor countries is .
A．to set up more foundations for them
B．to help them with natural resources
C．to put more efforts into the health issues in them
D．to help them take a more global view
3.It can be learned from the passage that Bill Gates thinks .
A．Americans can be worldfamous by giving away vast fortune
B．Americans should treat fellow citizens well
C．Americans should devote themselves to certain projects
D．Americans should care about people in other countries
It has always been said that women are not good drivers, because they simply don’t have very good driving ability. On the other hand, most car accidents happen to men; very few happen to women.
From this, we can see that women are much more careful while driving. Another very interesting fact that we should point out is that in the past, women preferred to let their husbands be the only driver in the family rather than have a driving license. Somehow they were prevented from making this step in their lives, but nowadays there are many women that want to pass their driving tests from an early age.
However, we have to admit that men are more skillful drivers than women, but this does not mean that a woman cannot become a good driver by accumulating(积累) experience. So more and more teenagers and women around the age of thirty now want to pass their driving tests. While taking their driving lessons, they also have a number of special lessons with their parents or somebody in the family that has a driving license, this is just to improve their driving abilities and help them to pass the tests more easily.
To conclude, we can say that women are not such bad drivers. They just need more experience than men in order to be able to drive well. And on the other hand, there are a number of women that show better driving skills than the men around them.
1.Compared with the past, nowadays many women ______.
A．have more accidents while driving B．prefer to have a driving license
C．are somehow prevented from driving D．are the only driver in the family
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A．Teenage girls cannot take driving tests.
B．Men didn’t allow women to drive in the past.
C．Women can easily pass their tests by taking driving lessons.
D．With enough experience, women can become good drivers.
3.The passage mainly talks about ______.
A．why men are better drivers than women
B．men and their driving ability
C．women and their driving ability
D．why more women like to have a driving license
