The managers of the two companies are holding talks in a light and lively______

A. atmosphere     B. state    C. phenomenon                  D. accommodation

 

 

Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at the White House after serving as First Lady of Arkansas for twelve year. On many occasions, Hillary Clinton has spoken about the need to find the right balance in our lives. For her, the elements of that balance are family, work, and public service.

Hillary Diane Rodham was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1947. An excellent student. Hillary also enjoyed sports and was always interested in politics. Graduating from Wellesley College with high honors, she entered Yale Law School, where she developed her special concern for protecting the best interests of children and their families. It was there that she met Bill Clinton, a fellow student.

In 1973, Hillary became a lawyer for the Children’s Defense Fund. In 1975 Hillary left Washington and followed her heart to Arkansas, marrying Bill Clinton. The couple taught together in the University of Arkansas. Their daughter. Chelsea, was born in 1980. As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary continued to work tirelessly for the benefit of children and families. She introduced a program training parents to work with their preschool children. Because of her efforts, Hillary was named Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984. Hillary Rodham Clinton brings her own special talents, experience, style and interests to the role of First Lady of the US. She played a leading part in national Health Care Reform.

Hilary Clinton was elected to the US Senate (參議院) in 2000, becoming the first Lady elected to public office and the first female senator to represent New York. In 2006, Senator Clinton won re-election to the Senate, and in 2007 she began her historic campaign for President. In 2008, she campaigned for the election of Barrack Obama and Joe Biden, and in November, she was chosen by President elect Obama as Secretary of State.

1．What do we know from the first paragraph?

         A．Hillary Rodham Clinton never finds it hard to balance herself in life.

         B．Family, work and public service are all important to Hillary Clinton.

         C．The experience as First Lady of Arkansas led her to the White House.

         D．Before entering the White House, Hillary had worked for the First Lady. 

2．Why did Hillary leave the Children’s Defense Fund?

         A．Because she wanted to marry Bill Clinton who was in Arkansas.

         B．Because she married Bill Clinton and had to move to Arkansas.

         C．Because she found she fell in love with Arkansas.

         D．Because she was offered a better job in the University of Arkansas.

3．Where did Bill Clinton get his high education?

         A．At Wellesley College.

         B．At the Children’s Defense Fund.

         C．At the University of Arkansas.

         D．At Yale Law School.

4．Which is the right order of the following events?

    a. Hillary was elected to the United States Senate.

    b. Hillary was chosen as Secretary of State.

    c. Hillary served as the First Lady.

    d. Hillary supported Obama in his presidential election.

    e. Hillary began her campaign for President.

         A．c, a, e, d, b         B．c, e, d, b, a         C．a(chǎn), e, c, b, d         D．b, e, c, d, a

 

It is an exciting start to the college football season. A team that many people never heard of defeated one of the best in the country. If you follow American sports, then you know we are talking about the Michigan-Appalachian State game, which took place on September 1st at Michigan Stadium, in front of more than 100,000 people.

Appalachian State University is in Boone, North Carolina. Its team often plays in a stadium that holds about 25,000 people. Also, Appalachian State plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. Michigan is in the newly named Football Bowl Subdivision, the top level of college football. So the Mountaineers of Appalachian State and the Wolverines of the University of Michigan normally do not even play each other.

But they decided to meet for the first time. Michigan agreed to pay Appalachian State 400,000 dollars, win or lose. Teams like Michigan need victories, even a victory over a lower division team, to get into big, nationally broadcast bowl games. These games are worth millions of dollars at the end of the season.

Fans expected an easy Michigan win. After all, in the preseason, sports experts had considered Michigan the fifth best college football team in the country. But Appalachian State is a two-time national champion at its own division level. Its players wanted to show they could play well against a nationally ranked team. And they did. The final score was Appalachian State thirty-four, Michigan thirty-two. The game quickly became known as one of the greatest upsets in college football history.

The win has brought national attention to Appalachian State. Local stores reported a huge increase in orders for college clothing and other items. And the university official head expects more students to seek admission next year. Last Saturday, at home, Appalachian State defeated another North Carolina school, Lenoir-Rhyne College, forty-eight to seven.

The Michigan-Appalachian State game ________.

  A. is a regular competition held in the US every year

  B. is a state competition held for the football championship

  C. is part of a national competition held on September 1st every year

  D. was an occasional football competition between two universities

Michigan wanted to play with Appalachian State because Michigan ________.

  A. needed money to support its development

  B. wanted to test the skills of Appalachian State

 C. was a new football team without experience

  D. needed victories to enter nationally broadcast bowl games

After the game, the Appalachian State University got _________.

  A. much economic support from the government

 B. much national assistance

  C. national recognition

 D. many applicants for admission

Suddenly we felt the _________atmosphere grow tense as neither of the sides would give in.

  A. atmosphere     B. state            C. situation   D. phenomenon

The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen was held in a tense ______ due to lack of deep understanding.

A．a(chǎn)tmosphere

B．state

C．situation

D．phenomenon