WASHINGTON - Barack Obama swept to victory as the first black president in the US history Tuesday night in an electoral（選舉的） college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself．"Change has come," he told a huge group of cheering supporters．

In his first speech as victor, Obama stated the challenges ahead．"The greatest of a lifetime," he said, "two wars, a planet in danger, the worst financial crisis in a century．"

He added, "There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem．But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face．"

The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator（民主黨參議員） from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by defeating Republican Sen．John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states -- Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Iowa and more．

In his speech, Obama invoked（引用） the words of Lincoln and echoed John F．Kennedy．"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in（努力投入） and work harder," he said．

He and his running mate, Joseph Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths（宣誓）of office as president and vice president on Jan．20, 2009．

Obama will move into the Oval Office as leader of a country that is almost certainly in recession（不景氣）, and fighting two long wars, one in Iraq, the other in Afghanistan．

Obama has said his first order of presidential business will be to deal with the economy．He has also promised to withdraw most US combat troops from Iraq within 16 months．

1．What is special about Barack Obama, the newly-elected president of America?

       A．He has a black father and a white mother．

       B．He is the first black president in the US history．

       C．He defeated Republican Sen．John McCain easily．

       D．He will move into the White Palace on Jan．20, 2009．

2．What Obama emphasized in his first speech were ____________．

       A．dangers               B．wars                  C．challenges           D．financial problems

3．The first issue Obama will focus his attention on may probably be to _____．

       A．withdraw most US combat troops from Iraq

       B．care for environmental protection

       C．declare two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

       D．deal with the problems of economy

4．According to the passage, Obama's attitude toward the challenges he faces is ____．

       A．positive                                               B．negative

       C．a(chǎn)mbiguous                                          D．worried

根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves．_____1___．How can we have good relationships with others if we don't even have good relationships with ourselves?

The problem might be worse than we expect．Maybe we don't like ourselves without realizing it．Here is a simple checklist: Is there anything you don't like about yourself from these lists?

Your past: Maybe you have made mistakes in the past which you feel bad about．___2___．Even if that happened in distant past, your subconscious mind still has a reason not to like yourself．

Your background: You might wish that you were born in different family, or that you have different background．____3_____．They seem to get whatever they want effortlessly because of their background．

Your personal traits（特點）:You might have some personality traits that you don't like．For example, you may be an introvert（內向） and you don't like it; you wish you were an extrovert．

Others might have better achievements than you, and no matter how hard you tried, it might seem impossible for you to match them．______4______．Is there anything that resonate（產(chǎn)生共鳴） with you? All these give reasons to you not to like yourself．That in turn makes it difficult for you to be a good friend to yourself．

       ______5______．Here are some tips:

1．Forgive yourself

2．Accept things you can't change

3．Focus on your strengths

4．Write your success stories

5．Stop comparing yourself with others

6．Always be true to yourself

    A．That is the crucial（關鍵） first step if we are to have good relationships with others

    B．You might then think that it's because you are not smart enough or don't have enough talents

    C．You can do something to improve the relationships with others

    D．Fortunately, there are always things you can do to fix the situation

E．You might be disappointed with yourself on why you make such mistakes

F．Sometimes you might not believe yourself

G．Maybe you could not accept the fact that you are not as lucky as others

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多兩處。 錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Our school is aiming to build a "harmonious campus"．As a high school students, we should behave ourselves．But some students are badly behaved．They threw rubbish about and listen MP3 or sleep in class．A few boys even smoke and copy others' homework．I think it has a bad benefit on their health as good as their study．A "Harmonious campus" should have civilized students．So we should be strict on ourselves．Certainly , study is the first．However, we should study hard．In order to build a harmonious study atmosphere, they must develop good habits．If everyone makes a contribution to build our campus, I'm sure our school will become beautifully and harmonious．

隨著社會和經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展，人們的生活水平越來越高。于是在當今校園里出現(xiàn)了以下攀比現(xiàn)象。請根據(jù)表格內容寫一篇短文，并談談自己的看法。

現(xiàn)象

1）過于追求時髦，與同學攀比穿名牌服裝，一雙運動鞋花費一千多元。

2）為了和別人攀比，追求新款手表、MP3、手機、或者照相機。

3）學明星染（dye）頭發(fā)，與同學比酷。

結果

1）花費太多，給父母造成沉重的經(jīng)濟負擔。

2）養(yǎng)成享樂的習慣，缺乏面對困難解決問題的能力。

3）無法集中精力學習，導致學習成績下滑。

你的看法

1）作為學生應該樹立正確的價值觀,以學業(yè)為重。

注意：

1．對所給要點，逐一陳述，適當發(fā)揮，不要簡單翻譯。

2．詞數(shù)150左右。開頭已經(jīng)寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

       With the development of society and economy, people's living standard has been raised．But now in many schools we can easily find the following phenomena of comparison．

When I saw his smiling face, I knew ____ news was good----our football team had won _____most important match．

A．/ , the            B． the /            C． the, a            D． a , the

--- I'm sorry．I'm afraid I was mistaken．

--- ________．

A．All right                                             B．Excuse me

C．That's all                                            D．Don't worry about it

Under good treatment, Linda is beginning to_________ and will soon recover．

A． turn up              B． pick out               C． pick up              D． show up

_______ it be true that the road is being blocked at this moment, for cars are moving like snails inch by inch.

A． may        B． should           C． can         D． must

______ lessons were not difficult．

A．Our first few short French                B． Our few first short French

C．Our few first French short                D． Few our first French short

Tom offered a better suggestion to me than________．

A．Mike did to Peter                                   B．that of Peter’s

C．Peter’s                                         D．that he offered me