Obamas celebrate King's birthday at worship service
President Obama and his family celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a Sunday worship service. The legacy(遗产) of the civil ____ leader was remembered at events ____ the country.
Obama, his wife, Michelle, and daughters Natasha and Malia sat in the second row of Washington's Zion Baptist Church as the church ____ King's 83rd birthday, which is ____ observed today.
A program for the service bore a photo of ____ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the ____ "I Have a Dream". A church deacon welcomed the ____ family and read a passage from King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail".
The sermon(布道), ____ by the Rev. KeithByrd, drew from Chapter 5 of the Gospel of Matthew, which ____ to the salt of the earth. Byrd urged the people at the ____ to "preserve our morals, preserve our values" like salt among political, social,and ____ turmoi1(混乱).
In New York, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators ____ artists, celebrities, and others at a candlelight vigil(守夜) last night. The vigil was at Riverside Church, which hosted a program ____ included performances by Patti Smith and other artists, and speeches by Yoko Ono and Russell Simmons.
Members of Local 100 0f the Transport Workers Union ____ outside a midtown Manhattan hotel for a separate candlelight respect to King. King, a Baptist minister and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was ____ in Jan. 15,1929 in Atlanta. He was assassinated(暗杀) 44 years ____ in Memphis, Tenn.
A new memorial to King, which ____ in August in Washington, celebrates the ideals he supported. Quotations from his speeches and writings ____ us of his message, and a 30-foot sculpture describes King emerging as a "stone of ____ "from a "mountain of despair", a design inspired by a line of his famous ____ "I Have a Dream".
A．rights B．laws C．wars D．politics
A．among B．in C．over D．across
A．remembered B．forgotten C．memorized D．reminded
A．informally' B．fluently C．sometimes D．officially
A．Martin Luther King B．Lincoln C．Birmingham D．Obama
A．words B．language C．sentence D．phrases
A．first B．second C．last D．late
A．delivered B．delivering C．giving D．making
A．refers B．contributes C．leads D．turns
A．school B．memorial C．street D．church
A．economical B．development C．economy D．society
A．combined B．joined C．met D．linked
A．this B．it C．that D．which
A．collected B．gathered C．crowded D．rushed
A．killed B．born C．lived D．left
A．before B．ago C．ever D．forever
A．closed B．moved C．opened D．began
A．remind B．call C．think D．expect
A．disappointment B．hope C．expectation D．encouragement
A．speech B．1ife C．writing D．article
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to my parents.
At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to !” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father ever thought it a waste of time.
At that age, I always did something to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found , I would plant a garden!
I planted some lily（百合花）seeds in the yard. But they failed to . I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild joy, I found the first rose bloom（开花）. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. , I was touched by this land of wonder.
, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even at me because he found it was to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s , I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds flowers.
Regardless of their , I kept on planting my garden and to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they to care and love.
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very . And now I could say it is my affection for that makes me a real gardener.
A．memory B．dream C．intention D．design
A．please B．change C．help D．annoy
A．doubt B．appreciation C．surprise D．excitement
A．collect up B．care about C．clean up D．come in
A．equal B．similar C．superior D．opposite
A．painful B．valuable C．upsetting D．interesting
A．come up B．break out C．hold on D．get through
A．to B．with C．in D．by
A．Luckily B．Cheerfully C．Regularly D．Eventually
A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．Besides
A．shouted B．laughed C．glanced D．jumped
A．convenient B．troublesome C．enjoyable D．dangerous
A．sadness B．displeasure C．delight D．relief
A．other than B．more than C．rather than D．less than
A．dislike B．encouragement C．threat D．suggestion
A．decided B．stopped C．continued D．struggled
A．devote B．turn C．respond D．lead
A．defeat B．satisfy C．respect D．challenge
A．proud B．comfortable C．strange D．disappointed
A．freedom B．life C．growth D．nature
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go into their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up in the morning and reach late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is houses are . Even a small flat in London 35 a garden quite a lot of money to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of own.
Then, in the country one can really get from the noise and hurry of busy working life. Even though one has to earlier and spends more time in trains or buses, one can sleep at night and during weekends and summer evenings, one can enjoy the , clean air of the country. If one gardens, one can spend one’s time digging, planting, watering and doing a hundred jobs which in the garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables , one has the reward of a person has the secrets of .
Some people, however, take in country things: for them, lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live outside London.
A．at 8 o’clock B．early C．earlier D．earliest
A．home B．family C．flat D．house
A．because B．that C．the D．all
A．cleaner B．nicer C．bigger D．cheaper
A．with B．without C．near D．opposite
A．spends B．costs C．took D．asks
A．it’s B．it C．one’s D．their
A．out B．far C．away D．absent
A．return home B．get up C．go to bed D．go to sleep
A．little B．less C．longer D．better
A．on B．for C．at D．by
A．cold B．warm C．fresh D．pleasant
A．pleases B．likes C．wants D．interests
A．day B．rest C．spare D．whole
A．need B．needed C．are needing D．are needed
A．come on B．come to C．come up D．come over
A．who B．whom C．whose D．which
A．mankind B．society C．science D．nature
A．no interest B．an interest C．much interest D．great interest
A．health B．happiness C．wealth D．future
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I sat in my seat as my new grade six classmates found theirs. At the front of the class our new math teacher stood ____ us. The bell rang.
“Welcome to a new school year. I’m Mr. Stevens and I’m sure I’ll learn all your names in no time.” He walked around the class____ math books. When he was done, he ____ to the front of the class and looked at us. “What are you waiting for? Get started?” he said.
We looked at him, ____. Wasn’t he going to teach us?
“Is there something wrong with your ____? You’re not all deaf, are you?”
A ____ boy at the back of the class asked what we all wanted to know. “Mr. Stevens, aren’t you going to teach us?”
Mr. Stevens____, “You’re smart kids. Open your books and get down to it. If you have any ____ or any questions, raise your hand, and I’ll help you.”
We opened our books. Mr. Stevens helped anyone ____ had questions. He would stop to teach all the students _____ when we all had the same question. It was a ____ method of teaching, but it was very useful.
It was a____ point in my life. Mr. Stevens made me____ I was good at math and also able to reach the____ of any class I attended. I studied with his help until I graduated from middle school.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a popular television show back then. The actors____ the best British humour (幽默) into our Canadian lives. Mr. Stevens would often act out one of their funny scenes (场景) in front of the class. Some thought he was strange, and I guess he was, ____ he knew how to make a math lesson interesting.
I’ve carried his ____ with me all my life. Whenever I am faced with a new ____, I think of my first day in grade six math. ____ sitting and staring at the challenge, I just get ____ . Before I know it, the challenge has been settled.
A．waiting B．watching C．looking D．revising
A．picking up B．picking out C．handing in D．handing out
A．returned B．waved C．exchanged D．jumped
A．frightened B．bored C．puzzled D．relaxed
A．ears B．hearts C．eyes D．body
A．clever B．exhausted C．lucky D．brave
A．doubted B．replied C．explained D．agreed
A．secret B．trouble C．promise D．event
A．which B．when C．where D．who
A．even B．still C．only D．since
A．popular B．strange C．disappointing D．scientific
A．turning B．similar C．moving D．embarrassing
A．decide B．realize C．wonder D．remember
A．top B．bottom C．strongest D．busiest
A．reported B．impressed C．brought D．admitted
A．but B．however C．so D．and
A．dream B．lesson C．interest D．discipline
A．chance B．challenge C．survey D．job
A．Besides B．in other words C．as a result of D．instead of
A．amazed B．encouraged C．started D．organised
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was determined to do everything for herself. She even used to go for walks by herself once a day for , and found her way by things with her white stick. She learned where everything was, so she never lost her way.
One day, some men came and cut down some of the familiar trees at the side of one of the paths which she . When she reached that place that evening, she did not the trees with her stick, so she was in .
She for a while and listened, but did not any other people, so she went for a kilometer or two, and then she heard beneath her. “Am I ? I suppose so,” she said, “I must be on a , and there must be a river under me. I've been told that there's a river in this part of the country, but I don't know its exact . How am I going to get to my house from here?”
All at once she heard a man's friendly near her. “Excuse me, can I help you?”“How kind of you!” Mrs. Hammond answered. “Yes, please. Some of the trees which I follow have been today, and if I hadn't been enough to meet you, I don't know I'd have done. Can you please me to get home?”
“Certainly,” the man answered. “Where do you live?”
Mrs. Hammond told him, and the man took her to her house. She told the man how pleased she was that she had met him. But the man said. “I want to you.”
Mrs. Hammond asked, “Whatever for?”
“Well,” the man said quietly, “I was balanced (悬在) on the edge of that bridge for ages in the , because I was trying to make up my mind to myself into the river and drown myself. But I'm not going to do it now.”
A．health B．exercise C．sport D．training
A．seeing B．looking at C．hearing D．touching
A．followed B．led C．walked D．headed
A．know B．feel C．smell D．climb
A．need B．danger C．dark D．difficulty
A．waited B．rested C．stopped D．walked
A．see B．find C．meet D．hear
A．noise B．water C．boat D．train
A．lost B．all right C．wrong D．alone
A．boat B．plane C．bridge D．highway
A．size B．length C．position D．name
A．far B．near C．away D．back
A．touch B．voice C．sound D．noise
A．lost B．destroyed C．removed D．planted
A．lucky B．kind C．good D．foolish
A．how B．what C．why D．which
A．tell B．direct C．help D．lead
A．help B．know C．thank D．meet
A．worry B．sorry C．hurry D．dark
A．put B．throw C．jump D．take
完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
When I was 15, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. All the students nearly fell out of their chairs, me. “Don’t be . Only geniuses (天才) can become writers,” the English teacher said sarcastically（讽刺地）. “And you are getting a D this term.” I was deeply and I burst into tears.
That night I wrote a short, sad poem about unusual dreams and mailed it to the Capper’s Weekly newspaper. To my , they published it, and sent me two dollars. I was a paid writer! I showed my teacher and fellow students. They laughed again. “Just plain dumb luck,（纯属侥幸）” the teacher said. However, I’d tasted . I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written.
By the time I graduated from high school（with a C-minus average）, I had scrapbooks filled with my published works. I never talked about my writing to my , friends or my family again. They were killers, and if people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their dreams.
Later, I wrote a book about what I understood and felt about life. It took me nine months, just like a(an) . I chose a publisher and wrote a letter, which : “I wrote this book myself, I you like it. Chapters(章节) 6 and 12 are my favourites. Thank you.” I mailed it without an envelope.
A month later, I a letter, and a request to start working on book. Crying Wind became a bestseller, and was translated into 15 languages. People ask what college I attended, what degrees I have, and what qualifications(品质) I have to be a writer. The answer is . I just write. I’m not a genius, and I’m not gifted. I just write. To all those who dream of , I’m shouting at you, “Yes, you ! Don’t listen to them!” Writing is easy. It’s fun, and anyone can do it.
A．listening to B．talking about C．laughing at D．looking at
A．silly B．discouraged C．shy D．pride
A．hurt B．cheated C．struck D．hit
A．regret B．surprise C．joy D．disappointment
A．success B．failure C．luck D．pain
A．parents B．headmasters C．publishers D．teachers
A．time B．hobby C．thought D．dream
A．baby B．plant C．animal D．boy
A．wrote B．read C．showed D．told
A．demand B．think C．hope D．suggest
A．accepted B．received C．signed D．kept
A．others B．the other C．other D．another
A．many B．none C．some D．few
A．success B．being famous C．writing D．being rich
A．must B．can C．need D．should
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