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to maintain three Michelin stars for their restaurant.
Gordon was born in Scotland but was brought up in England after his family moved to Stratford. He
played football as a teenager for Oxford United Football Club"s youth side and was spotted by a scout (球
探) for Rangers. He became a professional player at the age of 15. After a knee injury that left him unable
to regain full fitness, he was released from the club.
At the age of 19 Ramsay now turned his hand to cookery. He worked under Marco Pierre White and
Albert Roux in London and Guy Savoy and Joel Robuchon in Paris before becoming head chef of the
newly-opened Aubergine restaurant in 1993. By 1996, the restaurant had been awarded two Michelin stars.
In 1998 Ramsay opened his first own restaurant in Chelsea. The restaurant gained three Michelin stars in
1999, making Ramsay the first Scot to gain the achievement. From there his empire has expanded rapidly,
opening a lot of restaurants.
Ramsay has published six books on cooking and also appeared in two documentaries (记录片)-Boiling
Point in 1998 and Beyond Boiling Point in 2000. The series showed that Ramsay is a hot-tempered man in
the kitchen; he was seen yelling dirty words at his staff and throwing equipment around. Food critic Gill,
who was famously fired from Ramsay"s Chelsea restaurant, has said that Ramsay is "a wonderful chef, just
a really second-rate human being".
B. he didn"t have a gift for football
C. his knee was badly hurt
D. his family moved to England
a. opened his own restaurant
b. appeared in Beyond Boiling Point
c. received three Michelin stars
d. became a professional footballer
B. a, c, d, b
C. d, a, c, b
D. d, b, a, c
B. friendly and good at cooking
C. a successful writer and a second-class cook
D. is famous but hard to get along with
B. Three Michelin stars are awarded to the best restaurants
C. Boiling Point and Beyond Boiling Point are Ramsay"s books
D. Ramsay opened his restaurant after learning cookery
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Obama Sir, married his mother, Ann Dunbar, while studying at the University of Hawaii. The couple
separated two years after Obama was born. His father ultimately returned to Kenya, where he became a
noted economist. He died in a car accident in 1982.
Obama"s mother"s second marriage was to an Indonesian man named Lolo Soetoro. The family moved
to Indonesia and Obama remained there until he was 10 when he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his
grandparents, while studying on a scholarship at the elite Punahou Academy.
He has seven half-brothers and sisters in Kenya from his father"s other marriages, and a half-sister,
Maya Soetoro-Ng, from his mother"s second marriage.
After finishing college in 1983, Obama worked for a New York financial consultant and a consumer
organization. He landed a job in Chicago in 1985 as an organizer for Developing Communities Project, a
church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods.
Three years later, Obama went to Harvard Law School, where he became the first black president of
the law review. He worked as a summer associate at the Sidley Austin law firm in Chicago, where he met
his future wife. After graduation from Harvard in 1991, Obama practiced civil rights law at a small firm
in Chicago. He became a lecture in constitutional law at the University of Chicago in 1993.
Obama won a seat in the Illiao state Senate in 1996. During this time in the legislature he worked on
welfare and ethics legislation, as well as a measure requiring electronic recording of police interrogations
and confessions in homicide investigations.
Obama won a heavily contested US Senate seat in 2004, carrying 53 percent of the Democratic primary
vote in an eight-candidate race. He easily won the general election, In the Senate he compiled (编辑) a liberal
voting record, but was one of the few Democrats to back a measure on class-action lawsuits. He opposed
the appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court.
The nonpartisan (无党派的) National Journal ranked him as the most liberal member of the Senate early
this year, based on his voting record in 2007. He was ranked 10th most liberal in 2006 and 16th most liberal
in 2005.
B. His mother married a Kenyan father
C. His parents separated and his mother remarried an Indonesian man
D. He studied at the University of Hawaii
B. In 1985
C. In 1988
D. In 1991
B. Obama moved back to Hawaii and lived with his grandparents until he was 10
C. The nonpartisan (无党派的) National Journal ranked him as the most liberal member of the Senate because
he won the general election
D. He met his future wife in Chicago while studying on a scholarship at the elite Punahou Academy
B. 8
C. 0
D. 9
greatest desire was to entertain and amaze people. He measured his success by the number of people who
fainted dead away after witnessing his death-defying (极其惊险的) feats.
Grander, a blond Frenchman, toured North America in 1850, billing himself as "Blondin". Blondin"s gift
was excellent balance. This talent coupled with a great desire to surprise and shock his audiences, made
Blondin an incomparable performer.
His most famous feat was walking across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Blondin"s "stage" consisted of a
rope tied 1,100 feet across the falls. The rope hung some 160 feet above the rocks and boiling water below
the falls.
Simply walking across the falls was not exciting enough for Blondin; he later had to ride across on a
bicycle. Then, in another performance, he calmly walked across blindfolded (被蒙住的眼睛). At still another
time, he carried his terrified manager on his back and walked over the falls before thousands of breathless
audience.
But Blondin was undoubtedly his own worst critic. He was never satisfied with hfs act and always tried
to attract his audience with his balancing feat. One of his most daring walks was made in the darkness of
night. Blondin became so famous on his tour through North America that his last performance was attended
by an admiring Prince of Wales.
B. Because many people died after seeing his feats.
C. Because his greatest desire was to entertain people.
D. Because he was an incomparable performer.
B. tour
C. famous event
D. victory
B. Blondin was not very good at criticism.
C. Blondin never thought that his performance was satisfy.
D. Blondin didn"t like criticism.
B. admiring
C. negative
D. depressed
B. In order to be Successful,one should be a critic of himself.
C. Blondin conquered his audience simply by his talent.
D. People can get pleasure from a terrifying experience.
Broadway 1 him when he was a teen. But if you were a kid from that neighborhood, you would become
a(n) 2 , longshoreman (码头装卸工人) or criminal, not an actor.
Bobby moved to Hollywood to study 3 . "My father said, "Stop this 4 and get a job; you have a wife
and a daughter." I wasn"t a good actor, but I had a 5 need to do something different with my life. It was
important for me to keep working at my 6 career." In 1983 his brother Thomas was 7 . Bobby moved
back and started writing as a way to explore the pain. Half-Deserted Streets, 8 his brother"s killing,opened
at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to 9 screenplay.
10 his reputation grew, he got 11 assignments to move back to Holly-wood. By 2003, he was again
out of work and out of cash 12 he met Paul, who wanted to write a film about the country 13 September
11. The two worked on the script, but every studio in town 14 . Bobby believed so 15 in the script that he
borrowed money and sold his house to keep 16 it. At last the writers found a film producer who would take
a 17 .
In May 2005, Crash slipped into the theaters and became a smash hit (十分走红的电影). At age 54, Bobby
Moresco became an 18 Success. "If you have something you want to do in 19 , don"t think about the 20 ,"
he says, "think about the ways to get it done."
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Pop star Britney Spears tied the knot with a childhood friend, but their two-day-old marriage was dissolved Monday shortly after Britney filed for an annulment (废除契约/婚约). She described the marriage as "a joke that went too far," said one source closed to Spears. "I don"t even know if she loves him," the source said. The 22-year-old diva (most important singer) walked down the aisle at a Las Vegas wedding chapel early Saturday, the reports said, marrying Jason Alexander, also 22, a childhood friend from her hometown of Kentwood,Louisiana whom she had recently begun dating. Spears wore jeans and a baseball cap, and was escorted (护送) down the aisle by a hotel bellman, according to the People.com. The two apparently decided to marry while partying at the Palms Casino Hotel Friday night, and did so at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The honeymoon was spent at the Palms, but the next night Spears was seen dining with a group that did not include the groom at a hotel steakhouse. Raised in the US south, the pop diva started her career at a television program The Mickey Mouse Club at age 11,becoming a famous teen singer. All four of her CDs. including most recently November"s "In the Zone," debuted at number one on the charts. | |||
| 1. The underlined phrase at the beginning of the passage mean _____. | |||
| A. begin to quarrel B. get married C. fall in love D. get divorced | |||
| 2. The news about Spears"s clothes was most probably taken from a(a n) _____. | |||
| A. newspaper B. broadcast station C. internet D. magazine | |||
| 3. People would have guessed their marriage wouldn"t last long because _____. | |||
| A. Spears was seen to have fun without her newly-married groom B. Spears was a person forever changing her mind C. Spears had an odd character D. Spears had such a kind of history before | |||
| 4. What made Spears most famous in the world is that _____. | |||
| A. she got married to a man who she just dated for two days B. she got divorced two days after her new marriage C. she began to appear on the stage as a teen singer D. she made great achievements in singing | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Hillary Clinton, 59, with her famous "I"m in, and I"m in to win" 2008 Race, began her e-mail to supporters, saying "I want you to join me not for the campaign but for a conversation about the future of our country. Let"s talk, let"s chat." Mrs. Clinton said that she would focus on "practical changes" in foreign, domestic, and national security policy, such as finding "a right end" to the Iraq war, expanding health insurance, pursuing greater energy independence and strengthening Social Security and Medicare, which satisfies many American people. In her statement, Mrs. Clinton also frankly talked about an issue that worries her a lot. Whether she can, in fact, win the presidency, some voters still associate her most with the Clinton government. "I have never been afraid to stand up for my beliefs," Mrs. Clinton said on the Web-site. "After nearly $70 million spent against my campaigns in New York and two wins, I can say I know how Republicans think, how they operate, and how to beat them." If successful, she would be the first female nominee (被提名得) of a major American political party, and the first wife of a former president to seek a return to the White House. President Bill Clinton 1eft office in 2000 after two terms marked by economical expansion and a series of official examinations of his personal life and the Clintons" business dealings. But the successes and shadows of those years will likely affect Mrs. Clinton, who was once an important adviser and caused some disagreements in his government. Yet Mrs. Clinton has become a major political figure in America. | |||
| 1. By saying "I"m in to win" Hillary probably means that _____. | |||
| A. she is online to get people"s support to run for presidency B. she is going to run for election and work hard to win C. she in online to get more support and she"s sure she will win D. she has decided to run for president and work hard to win | |||
| 2. It can be inferred from the passage that _____. | |||
| A. Clinton left office only because of his personal life B. Hillary was once deeply involved in her husband"s government C. all her voters strongly support her and believe in her D. the whole election campaign costs Hillary nearly $70 million | |||
| 3. What many American people are deeply concerned about is _____. | |||
| A. what practical things Hillary will do for them B. when and how to find a proper solution to the Iraq War C. how to solve the energy problem D. how to strengthen Social Security and Medicare | |||
| 4. The author"s attitude toward Hillary is _____. | |||
| A. critical B. positive C. negative D. objective |