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高考英語時文閱讀5篇Passage1Touchedbygreatness(籃球巨星喬丹亞洲之行首站北京，令眾多球迷夢想成真。)MICHAELJordan(邁克爾.喬丹)isbestknownforhis"airwalk"butitwasBeijingstudentswhowereflyinghighwhentheAmericanbasketballlegend(傳奇人物)visitedthecapitallastweek.TheformerNBAstarattendedthefinalofthe2004ChinaHighSchoolBasketballLeagueatBeijingWorkers'Gymnasium(北京工人體育館)onThursday.Presentingthetrophytothewinners,hegavetheyoungsterssomesimpleadvice:"Lovethegame,enjoythegame,andplaythegame."(MichaelJordancelebrateswiththewinningteamfromShenyangNo31MiddleSchool.XINHUA)ShenyangNo31MiddleSchooltastedvictoryinthetournament（錦標(biāo)賽）lastyear.Butthisyear's62-54victoryoverShanghaiNanyangModelMiddleSchoolhadanaddedsweetness:theplayersreceivedthechampion'scupfromJordanhimself."Iwasveryexcitedtakingthetrophy（獎杯）fromhim,"saidLiYuzhang,whowontheMostValuablePlayer(MVP)award."I'mluckytohavebeenabletoholdthecupafteritwastouchedbyJordan."Anotherplayersaid:"Wehavebeenwaitingforthisdayforalmostamonth.WetrainedveryhardbecauseweknewwewouldgettocelebrateourvictorywithMichaelJordan."Withcamerasflashingaroundthem,theplayerscouldn'thidetheirexcitementastheysteppedontothepodium（領(lǐng)獎臺）alongsidetheirhero.LiandteamcaptainFengWenxuwerealsoluckyenoughtohaveJordansigntheirjerseys（運動衫）."Iwillkeepthispreciousjerseyfortherestofmylife,"saidFeng.The5,000-strongaudienceofyoungstudentswasalsostirredup(鼓動)bytheappearanceofoneofbasketball'sgreatest-everplayers.Playwasevendelayedalittlewhile,suchwastheexcitementwhenhearrivedduringthefourthquarterofthematch."I'mheretoseeJordan,"saidagirlfromnearbyHuiwenMiddleSchool."It'sapitywecan'tseehimplaying,butaglimpse（一瞥、一看）ofhimtodayisenough."ItwastheNBAlegend'sfirstformalvisittoChina.JordanparticularlyenjoyedwalkingontheGreatWalllastWednesday—hesaidthatdoingsomeanthecouldcallhimselfarealman!BeijingwasthefirststoponJordan'sfirsteverAsiantour.HeleftforHongKonglastThursdaynightbeforegoingontoTaiwanandTokyo.Passage2Pointofnoreturn?(贏得選舉，但卻拒絕出任總理，索尼亞真能讓甘地家族再次崛起嗎？)SHEshockedtheworldbytakingherCongressParty(國大黨)tovictoryinIndia'sgeneralelectiononMay13.Whatcamenextwasevenmoresurprising.LastTuesdaySoniaGandhiturneddownboththechancetobetheprimeministerandtakeherfamousfamilybacktothetopofIndia'spoliticalpile.Herdecisioncameasinvestorslostconfidenceinhereconomicpolicies,andHindunationalistsattackedheroverherItalianbirth.ManmohanSingh,a71-year-oldeconomist,tookthepremiershipinstead.(SoniaGandhi.AFP)"Thepostofprimeministerhasnotbeenmyaim,"shetoldnewlyelectedmembersofParliament（議會）."Myresponsibility（責(zé)任）istoprovideIndiawithagovernmentthatisstrongandstable(穩(wěn)定)."SoniaGandhi,57,willremainpresidentofthelargestpartyinthecoalitiongovernment(聯(lián)合政府)sostillhaveaninfluenceonpolicy.Ifshehadacceptedthepost,shewouldhavebeenthefourthmemberofthefabled(傳奇式的)Nehru-Gandhidynastytobeprimeminister.Gandhiisthegranddaughter-in-lawofIndia'sfirstPrimeMinisterJawaharlalNehru,wholedthecountryfor17yearsafteritwasgivenindependencefromBritain.Sheisalsothedaughter-in-lawofanotherprimeminister,IndiraGandhi.WhileherhusbandRajivGandhiservedfrom1984to1988."Shewaspushedintothiswholegame-justlikeherhusband,"saidRajivDesai,anadvisortotheGandhis.NeitherRajivnorSoniaGandhihadmuchinterestinpolitics.Buthefeltcalledbyafamilyresponsibilityafterhismotherwasmurderedbyherguardsin1984.Inasimilarway,hiswifefeltshehadtorescuethestrugglingCongressParty14yearslater.However,thesuccessoftheNehru-Gandhidynastyhascomeataheavyprice.Sevenyearsafterthemurderofhismother,RajivGandhiwaskilledbySriLankanterrorists（恐怖分子）.IthasbeensaidthatSoniaGhandi'schildren,RahulandPriyanka,askedhernottotakethepostbecausetheyfearedlosingtheirmotheraswell.Despiteherdecision,theelectionsawtheGandhidynastybroughtbacktolife.RahulwonaseatinParliamentandPriyankaissettofollowhim.ItisontheirshouldersthatthefutureofIndianpoliticsmayrest.Choosethebestanswertothefollowing:WhichofthefollowingwasnotthereasonwhySoniaGandhiturneddownthechancetobeprimeminister?

A.WhenshewaspresidentoftheCongressParty,thestockmarketwasnotstable.

B.BecauseshewasborninItaly.

C.Becauseherchildrenfearedtheirmotherwouldbekilledbyterrorists.

D.Becausethepostofprimeministerwasnotheraim.2.HowmanyofSoniaGhandi'srelativeshaveservedasPrimeMinisterofIndia?

A.2.B.3.C.4.D.5Key:1.A2.BPassage3FutureoffootballisfoundinAfrica(2010年世界杯花落南非。非洲足球能否登臨世界之巔？)TWENTYyearsago,Pele,perhapsthegreatestfootballerwhohaseverlived,saidthatanAfricancountrywouldwintheWorldCupby2000.Althoughthishasn'tprovedcorrect,thereislittledoubtthatAfricawillchallengeEuropeandSouthAmerica'scontroloverthegame.ThisstrengthwasshownonMay16whenSouthAfricawontherighttohostthe2010FIFAWorldCup.(FormerpresidentNelsonMandelagetshishandsontheWorldCuptrophy.)Africafirsttastedfootballduringcolonialtimes(殖民地時期)and,asrecentlyas1974,itwasthebigjokeoftheinternationalgame.Zaire(扎伊爾),theAfricanrepresentative(代表)inthatyear'sWorldCup,wasbeaten8-0byYugoslavia(南斯拉夫).SomeoftheZaireplayersalsodidn'tseemtofullyunderstandtherules.Sincethen,Africahasworkedhardtolearnthegameandsometeamshavestartedmakingwavesontheinternationalscenewithsomeskilful,fastandpowerfulplay.Cameroon(喀麥隆),theAfricanLions,reachedthequarter-finalsofthe1990WorldCupinItalyandwongoldatthe2000OlympicGamesinSydney,Australia.LikemanyAfricansides,Cameroon'sstyleofplayfocusesmostlyonspeedandindividualtalents.Thepassingisshortratherthanlong,andthereismoredribbling(帶球).Astheweatherisusuallyhot,thegameisalsooftenplayedataslowerpacethanitisinEurope.However,teamsstilllacktactical(戰(zhàn)術(shù)的)knowledgeandexperience,andthiscancostthematthehighestlevelofplay.Thereisalsotheproblemofpoororganization.AtarecentAfricanNationsCup,theNigerian(尼日利亞)sidefoundthemselveslockedoutoftheirhotelroomsbecausetheirbillshadnotbeenpaid.Cameroon'splayerscamehomefromthe1990WorldCuptodiscoverthatUS$600,000oftheirwinningshaddisappeared.ThewealthgapbetweenAfricaandEuropemeansthat,formanyyearstocome,thetopAfricanplayerswillearntheirlivingwithEuropeanclubs.Senegal(塞內(nèi)加爾)famouslybeatFranceintheopeningmatchofthe2002WorldCupinJapanandSouthKorea,andwentontothequarter-finals.ButeverySenegaleseplayerwaswithaclubintheFrenchleague.Passage4Heartbeatswithhappiness《音樂之聲》用歌聲講述蕩漾在心底里最溫暖的感動。WHENthefilm"TheSoundofMusic"(《音樂之聲》)wasshownincinemas,itwasdescribedasthehappiestsoundinalltheworld."Myheartwantstosingeverysongithears.Myheartwantstobeatlikethewings,"sangtheheroineMaria.Dotheselinesmakeyouwanttosingalong?PeopleinShanghainowhavethechance.ThemusicalopenedinthecityonMay22.Itwillbeperformedforamonth."TheSoundofMusic"isfilledwithlaughter,tearsandsweetromance.Andofcourse,itcontainssomeofthemostmemorablemusiceverwritten.ItisthetaleofafamilylivinginAustriaastheWorldWarIIdrawsclose.Afree-spiritednun(修女)namedMariabecomesthegoverness(家庭教師)ofthevonTrappfamily.Thefamilyhassevenchildrenandafather,CaptainvonTrapp.Heisawidowednaval(海軍)officerwhoeducateshischildrenwithmilitarydiscipline.Aftermakingafewmistakesandsingingseveralsongs,Mariawinsherwayintotheheartsofthechildren.Sheteachesthembeautifulmelodies(歌曲)andtheyformthe"VonTrappFamilySingers".Atthesametime,shemeltsthecaptain'stoughheartandfallsinlovewithhim.Intheend,Mariamarriesthecaptainandthefamilyfleesfromtheinvading(入侵的)Nazisoldiers."TheSoundofMusic"openedin1959andwentontobecomethesecond-longestrunningBroadwaymusicaluptothattime.SixyearslateritwasturnedintoanOscar-winningfilm."Itisoneofthemostenduring,feel-goodmusicalsevermade.Sing-along(合唱)songsarefortheentirefamily,"saidMikeSzymanski,amusiccriticintheUS.Passage5TheISS:aflyingcityinthesky（國際空間站——一座漂浮在浩渺太空的人類新"城市"！）Ifyouwatchtheskyaboutanhourafterthesungoesdown,youmayseesome"movingstars."Butthey'renotreallystars.They'resatellites.AndthebiggestofallistheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS,國際空間站).FromnowuntilJulyisthebestseasontowatchtheISSflyingovertheEarth.Andpeoplecanseeitwithjusttheireyes.(TheISSisastallasanine-storybuildingandweighs186,900kilograms.Itisaboutthesizeoftwofootballfieldsandfliesabout400kilometersaboveourheadsat28,970kilometersperhour.ItgoesaroundEarthonceevery90minutes—that’s16timesaday!)TheISSisthebiggestsatellitebecausescientistswanttoliveonit.Theythinkthatthebestwaytolearnmoreaboutspaceistolivethere.Whenthespacestationisfinished,itwillbelikeacityinspace.Peoplewi