After more than a year of bitter political debate, President Obama sat down in the White House East Room on March 23 and signed the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law with a pen，and then another pen，and another. Obama used 22 pens to sign the $938 billion health care bill.

The practice of using different pens to sign important legislation（法规）dates at least as far back as Franklin Roosevelt. The reason is fairly simple. The pen used to sign historic legislation itself becomes a historical artifact. The more pens a President uses, the more thank-you gifts he can offer to those who helped create that piece of history. The White House often give pens to supporters of the newly signed legislation. When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, he reportedly used more than 75 pens and gave one of the first ones to Martin Luther King Jr. And in 1996, President Clinton gave the four pens he used to sign the Line-Item Veto bill to those most likely to appreciate the bill's consequence.

    Once they're given away, some pens end up in museums; others are displayed proudly in recipients'(接受者) offices or homes. But they sometimes appear again, like in the 2008 presidential campaign（竞选活动）, when John Macain promised to use the same pen given to him by President Reagan to cut pork from the federal budget.

Not every President goes for the multipen signature, however. President George W. Bush preferred signing bills with only one pen and then offering several unused "gift" pens as souvenirs.

 

1..We can learn from paragraph 1 that the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act        .

A. has been passed easily

B. was put forward one year ago

C. becomes law in the USA

D. is unimportant

2.How are the pens dealt with after being used by President Obama?

A. Supporters of the newly signed legislation are likely to get some of them.

B. Obama will keep them.

C. They will be just set aside

D. They will be sold to the public at a high price.

3.What can we learn about John Macain?

A. He was ever President in the USA.

B. He took part in the 2008 presidential campaign.

C. He never used the pen given by Reagan.

D. He was only concerned about his own business.    

4.What does this passage mainly tell us ?[来源:学。科。网]

A. Obama signed the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

B. It is a practice to use multiple pens to sign important legislation in the USA.

C. Pens are necessary in the signature.

D. All the presidents like the multipen signature.

 

Visiting the Embassies of Washington, D．C．

Washington, D．C．is known for its many museums and government buildings．It is also home to embassies（大使馆）from more than 170 countries. Many of these buildings around the city have interesting histories. Some embassies are in large historical homes. Others were built more recently to show the building desihgn of their countries. Many embassies hold special cultural（文化）events.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan

It is in a richly decorated（装修）home built in 1906 by a wealthy banker, Clarence Moore. But Mr Moore did not live to enjoy his house for very long. He died on board the ship Titanic, which sank 1912·This building served as the Canadian Embassy before Uzbekistan bought it in 1996．

The Embassy of Finland

       The Italian Embassy is near Massachusetts Avenue. Nearby, the Embassy of Finland looks like it is built out of blocks of glass．Its design is modern，but it fits in nicely with the natural environment around it．A screen of plants covers part of the front of the building．Inside．visitors Can look through large glass windows deep into the wooded areas of Rock Creek Park. The Finnish Embassy holds many interesting exhibits．

The Embassy of France

      It is in a gated area off Reservoir Road．The embassy’s cultural center, La Maison Francaise, organizes many cultural events．Also．if you are very lucky, you might be invited to a party at the home of the French ambassador(大使)．This extraordinary home in the Kalorama neighborhood looks like a palace。Organizations like the Washington Opera sometimes hp1d events in this beautiful house。

The International Center

      Last month，China opened a new embassy in the area of Washington called the International Center．C．C．Pei and L．C。Pei designed the building．Measuring more than 10．000 square meters，this is One of the biggest embassies in Washington．C．C．Pei said the areas of plants around the embassy were to present people a natural and calming design．

Which embassy was once a large historical home?

      A．The International Center．    B．The Embassy of Finland．

      C．The Embassy of France．     D．The Embassy of Uzbekistan．

What can we learn about the International Center from the text?

      A．It once belonged to a rich banker．

      B．It was built out of blocks of glass．

      C．It stands in the Kalorama neighborhood．

      D．It is a newly—constructed building．

At the Embassy of France，you can       .

      A．see many exhibits of great interest 

       B．attend events in La Maison Francaise

      C．invite the French ambassador home     

       D．visit its designers C．C．Pei and L．C．Pei

This text is most probably taken from

      A．a science magazine B．a medical report

      C．a travel guide          D．a history textbook

第二部分：阅读理解

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Almost 40 years ago , a community servies organization started providing eye care in Gujarat State , in western India .

The Rgtary Club of Navsari operates an eye hospital and 9 area eye centers in and around Navssri , whose services are for the poorest people . The group opened the hospital , the Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari , in 1970 . India has only about one ophthalmologist for every 120,000 people . The Institute , however , has ten such specially trained eye doctors . It has restored or improved the eyesight of thousands of patients . Many people with eye problems cannot easily get to a big city for examinations and treatment . They live in villages and have no transportation. The Institute established eye centers called camps in places far from the city . Teams from it travel as far as 150 kilometers to see patients . People go to their nearest camp , where medical workers examine their eyes . The workers look for conditions including glaucoma , night blindness and other problems.Some people are found to have cataracts ,abnormal growths on the eye that can lead to loss of eyesight . India has about 13 million people with the condition . Cataract patients get free operations to correct the problem.

Rotary groups also operate eye banks . Doctors at these centers replace damaged eyes with the healthy eyes of donors who have just died . One such center is the Rotary Rajah Eye Bank . It operates in cooperation with the Rajah Eye Care Hospital in Chennai . The Eye Bank opened in 1996 . Hundreds of patients have received new corneas from donors since then . The cornea is the clear front part of the eye that transmits light . 2 million people in India are blind because of problens of the cornea . The Rotary Rajah Eye Bank holds continuing eye donation campaigns . It urges people to leave the gift of sight to others when they die .

1. Which of the following is True about the Rotary Club of Navsari ?

A.The Rotary Club of Navsari is a community service organization .             

B.The Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari has only one eye doctor .                

C.The Rotary Club of Navsari includes 9 area eye centers in big cities .                                                          

D.The Rotary Club of Navsari offers free operations to all the poor patients .

2.The underlined word “ophthalmologist” in Paragraph 2 refers to ______.

A.a physician who specializes in eyes   B.a worker working in countryside

C.a patient suffering eye problems       D.a volunteer working in eye centers

3.We can infer from the passage that      .

A.there are 13 million Indians having eye problems in total

B.the Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari is located in the center of India

C.the medical treatment is convenient for the local residents

D.communications in Navsari are difficult   

4.According to the last paragraph ,the Rotary Rajan Eye Bank gets new corneas mainly by_____.

A.cloning          B.donating          C.cooperating          D.forcing

5.The author develops the passage mainly by ______.

A.providing typical examples

B.making a definition

C.comparing two different areas

D.presenting two examples and drawing a conclusion

 

单词或词组拼写

根据下列句子中的汉语注释,在答题纸相应的位置上写出空缺处各单词或词组的正确形式.

1. Xie Lei told me that when I saw her waiting in a queue at a student        (食堂) between lectures.

2. When I miss my family, it is a great comfort to have a      (替代) family to be with.

3. I was       (麻木的) with shock when I saw the mark E on my paper.

4. More importantly, I am now a more        (自主的) learner.

5.By the time California       (选择) to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.

6.       (意大利人) mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19^th century.

7. The conductor could not control the situation and the tram      (滑动) down the hill dragging the horses with it.

8. Cloning plants is       (简单的) while cloning animals is very complicated.

9. So the chance of dinosaurs ever returning to the earth is       (仅仅) a dream.

10. It is a difficult task to      (从事)

11.         （在他看来），what other people thought was not the most important thing.

12.The customs and languages of the immigrants        (继续存在) in their new home.

13. There is a fascinating drive       (划出) for tourists.

14. But at last the determination and patience of the scientists       (回报) in 1996 with a breakthrough — the cloning of Dolly the sheep.

15. From time to time people suggest that extinct animal like dinosaurs, can possibly be       (重生) through cloning.

 

 

 

Visiting the Embassies of Washington, D．C．
Washington, D．C．is known for its many museums and government buildings．It is also home to embassies（大使馆）from more than 170 countries. Many of these buildings around the city have interesting histories. Some embassies are in large historical homes. Others were built more recently to show the building desihgn of their countries. Many embassies hold special cultural（文化）events.
The Embassy of Uzbekistan
It is in a richly decorated（装修）home built in 1906 by a wealthy banker, Clarence Moore. But Mr Moore did not live to enjoy his house for very long. He died on board the ship Titanic, which sank 1912·This building served as the Canadian Embassy before Uzbekistan bought it in 1996．
The Embassy of Finland
The Italian Embassy is near Massachusetts Avenue. Nearby, the Embassy of Finland looks like it is built out of blocks of glass．Its design is modern，but it fits in nicely with the natural environment around it．A screen of plants covers part of the front of the building．Inside．visitors Can look through large glass windows deep into the wooded areas of Rock Creek Park. The Finnish Embassy holds many interesting exhibits．
The Embassy of France
It is in a gated area off Reservoir Road．The embassy’s cultural center, La Maison Francaise, organizes many cultural events．Also．if you are very lucky, you might be invited to a party at the home of the French ambassador(大使)．This extraordinary home in the Kalorama neighborhood looks like a palace。Organizations like the Washington Opera sometimes hp1d events in this beautiful house。
The International Center
Last month，China opened a new embassy in the area of Washington called the International Center．C．C．Pei and L．C。Pei designed the building．Measuring more than 10．000 square meters，this is One of the biggest embassies in Washington．C．C．Pei said the areas of plants around the embassy were to present people a natural and calming design．
【小题1】Which embassy was once a large historical home?

A．The International Center．	B．The Embassy of Finland．
C．The Embassy of France．	D．The Embassy of Uzbekistan．

【小题2】What can we learn about the International Center from the text?

A．It once belonged to a rich banker．

B．It was built out of blocks of glass．

C．It stands in the Kalorama neighborhood．

D．It is a newly—constructed building．

【小题3】At the Embassy of France，you can      .
A．see many exhibits of great interest        
B．attend events in La Maison Francaise
C．invite the French ambassador home     
D．visit its designers C．C．Pei and L．C．Pei
【小题4】This text is most probably taken from

A．a science magazine	B．a medical report
C．a travel guide	D．a history textbook