-
A. fulfill
F. represent
B. assume
C
. demands
G.
possibly
D. particularly
I. presence
E. personal
J.
symbolic
H. welfare
When
Michelle
Obama
became
first
lady
of
the
United
States
on
January
20,
she
began
to
join
her
husband
in
a
partnership
to transform the public face America presents to
the world. In the process, she is expected to
___41____ a new role
that offers
exciting opportunities and challenges.
Although the position of first lady is
unelected and u
npaid, a president’s
spouse has many official duties, some practical
and some ceremonial or ___42____. As
first lady, Michelle Obama will ___43___ her
country when traveling overseas, and
she will
preside
(
担任
) as hostess at White
House state dinners and other important functions.
In addition, she will ___44___
continue
meeting with citizens across the United States,
much as she did during the 2008 presidential
campaign.
Modern U.S. first ladies
often devote part of their time to a public-
service agenda of their own choosing. Michelle
Obama
already has indicated she is
___45___ interested in the ___46___ of military
families, and her efforts on their behalf almost
certainly will ensure that those
families’ needs receive high
-level
attention.
On a more ___47___ level,
the first lady has told reporters she intends to
___48___
her obligations as
“mom
-in-
chief” to
the Obamas’ two young daughters, Malia
and Sasha, as the girls adjust to their new home
at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Her
balancing act should be familiar to
working mothers everywhere as she strives to meets
the ___49___ of a fast-paced job while
carving out time with her husband and
children.
41-49
B J F G D H E A C
A
．
avoiding
B
．
regard
C
．
correct
D
．
properly
AB
．
custom
Foreigners often fail to appreciate the
formal code of greeting in France. The French
shake hands with everyone(family,
AC
．
anyone
AD
．
feature
BC
．
those
BD. notic
CD
．
polite
way
home from
work, etc. Thus, in an
children, strangers), at home, on the
way to
work, at
work, on leaving
work, on
the
office , perhaps a dozen people, no
work
will be done for the
first half
hour
while
41
who have not
met since the
day
before, remind each other who they
are.
However,
it
is
important
to
remember
with
whom
one
has
shaken
hands
on
any
one
day.
The
French
42
it
as
extremely
bad manners to shake hands twice, as though one
had not taken enough
43
for the first time.
It
is
still
the
44
to
say
“
Bonjour
”
and
“
Au
revoir
”
to
others
when
entering
or
leaving
a
shop
or
bar.
This
is
not
because
the
French
are
too
45
.
It
is
because
they
see
acknowledging(
注意
)
the
existence
of
others
as
a
way
of
46
being rude. This may seem unbearably
slight to others, but to the French it
is most important. Manners mean
civilization to
them.
Kissing is not so much of a(n)
47
of French life as others supposed. But
when it does take place, it must be done
48
, according to the rules. The
49
order is left cheek, right cheek, left
cheek---very formal, very stylized. In Paris four
kisses are sometimes permitted: left,
right, left, right.
41
．
BC
42
．
B
43
．
BD
44
．
AB
45
．
CD
46
．
A
47
．
AD
48
．
D
49
．
C
A. major
F. surprisingly
B. determined
G. impressed
C. promotion
H. questions
D. prosperous
I. cooperation
E. stressed
J. increasingly
Barack Obama has been a hit in China.
Apart from holding talks with Chinese leaders,
the
president
___41___
the
Chinese
with
a
lively
question-and-answer
session
with
college
students. In fact,
he is the first U.S. president to visit China
inside his first year
in office.
“
The United States insists
we do not seek to contain
China
’
s
rise,
”
he told Chinese
students in Shanghai.
“
On
the contrary,
we welcome China as a
strong and ___42___ and successful member of the
community of nations.
”
The U.S.-China relationship has opened
the door to partnerships on ___43 ___ global
concerns including economic recovery,
clean energy, climate change, and the ___44___ of
peace and beyond, he added.
Indeed, given these
pressing
issues,
China
and
the United States have ___45___
found
their future
linked together.
They
discovered that
the
largest
developing
nation and
the
most powerful industrialized country
have to work in concert.