C
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee High School graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable difficulties with determination and courage.
The first lady told the 170 graduates that she spent too much of her own time in college focusing on academic achievements. While her success in college and law school led to a high-profile(备受瞩目) job, she said, she ended up leaving to focus on public service.
“My message to all of you today is this: Do not waste a minute living someone else’s dream,”she said. “It takes a lot of real work to discover what brings you joy… and you won’t find what you love simply by checking boxes or padding your GPA(成绩).”
She said the school reminded her of her own high school experience in Chicago. “My No. 1 goal was to go to a high school that would push me and challenge me,” she said. “I wanted to go somewhere that would celebrate achievement. A place where academic success wouldn’t make me a target of teasing or bullying, but instead would be a badge of honour.” But Mrs. Obama said pitifully that not all students have the same opportunities. “Unfortunately, schools like this don’t exist for every kid,” she said. “You are lucky.”
The first lady told graduates that failure may be a part of their college lives and careers, and that how they respond to any difficulties will define them. “That’s when you find out what you’re really made of in those hard times,” she said. “But you only do that if you’re willing to put yourself a position where you might fall.”
Overcoming difficulties has been the hallmark(特征) of many great people, she said. “There’s this guy Barack Obama… he lost his first race for Congress, and now he gets to call himself my husband.” The first lady joked: “I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures.”  
66. Michelle went to Tennessee High School to _____.
  A. visit her old school     B. help the votes for Obama
  C. welcome new students     D. give some advice for the graduates
67. By talking about her academic achievements, Michelle wanted to _____.
  A. show off her great success in college  B. be the example for the students
  C. warn that it’s not enough to study well  D. encourage the students to focus on study
68. According to Michelle’s description, Tennessee High School is likely to _____.
  A. tease or bully students    B. receive black children only
  C. promise students with GPA   D. honour students with academic success
69. How could you find out what you really love according to Michelle?
  A. Put yourself in a difficult position and meet the challenge.
  B. Try your best to be successful in academic performances.
  C. Try everything you are interested in and make comparison.
  D. Choose a target and insist on it regardless of failures.
70. Michelle mentioned Obama as an example of _____.
  A. winning the vote    B. overcoming difficulties
C. being a top students    D. doing public service

D
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. That saying holds true not only for you and me, but also for some of the most powerful and influential people in the world, such as the presidents of the United States.
But how do American presidents spend their vacation time? Let’s take a look!
Franklin D. Roosevelt, considered one of the greatest presidents in American history, had limited vacation options because of his polio(小儿麻痹症). He began visiting Warm Springs, Georgia in 1924 for its curative waters and later built a 2,000 acre polio treatment center nearby. He liked to cruise the Potomacon his yacht(游艇) and three times as president returned to his beloved Canadian island of Campobello, with which he fell in love as a kid.
Former President Bill Clinton, however, was never much good at vacationing. His staff had to practically force him to go on vacation his first year in office; his idea of relaxing was reading four good books simultaneously(同时) while enjoying a cigar (chewed, not smoked). He could also lose himself in a game of golf, where his somewhat flexible interpretation of the rules could at times drive his partners crazy.
Obama’s predecessor(前任) also knows how to relax. Fishing is in the Bush family DNA: for blue sharks off the coast of Maine or anything with fins, almost anywhere else. George W. Bush also relaxed as president by jogging and clearing brush on his Texas ranch. Since leaving office, he has become an active mountain biker and, more recently, has taken up painting.
Obama tends to take a winter break in Hawaii, where he was born and raised, and a summer vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, off the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In between, he plays basketball every couple of weeks and has been known to do some skeet shooting at Camp David. Obama’s favorite pastime, no matter the location, has become easy to spot: golf.

71. What’s the passage mainly about?
  A. US presidents on holiday.   B. Relationship between work and play.
  C. Famous US presidents.    D. Suggestions on spending holidays.
72. What’s the main reason for Franklin choose to spend his holidays in the spring or on his yacht?
  A. Personal interests.    B. Physical disability. 
C. Tidal current.     D. Official arrangement.
73. What’s special when Bill Clinton was playing golf?
  A. He could often be the top player.    B. He could often be the bottom player.
  C. He did not often respect the rules.  D. He usually showed good team spirit.
74. From Paragraph 5, we may infer that _____.
  A. the Bush family were mostly fishermen.
  B. the Bush family like to fish only near Maine.
  C. father of George W. Bush likes to work on farm.
  D. father of George W. Bush also loves fishing.
75. In the last paragraph, many of Obama’s hobbies are mentioned EXCEPT_____.
  A. sailing B. playing basketball C. shooting D. golfing

Key：56~60 BACDD   61~65 ADBCA   66~70 DCDAB   71~75 ABCDA