1、精诚凝聚 =_= 成就梦想 高考英语时文阅读5篇Passage 1Touched by greatness(篮球巨星乔丹亚洲之行首站北京，令众多球迷梦想成真。)MICHAEL Jordan (迈克尔.乔丹)is best known for his air walk but it was Beijing students who were flying high when the American basketball legend (传奇人物) visited the capital last week.The former NBA star attended the final of th
2、e 2004 China High School Basketball League at Beijing Workers Gymnasium (北京工人体育馆) on Thursday. Presenting the trophy to the winners, he gave the youngsters some simple advice: Love the game, enjoy the game, and play the game.(Michael Jordan celebrates with the winning team from Shenyang No 31 Middle
3、 School. XINHUA)Shenyang No 31 Middle School tasted victory in the tournament（锦标赛） last year. But this years 62-54 victory over Shanghai Nanyang Model Middle School had an added sweetness: the players received the champions cup from Jordan himself.I was very excited taking the trophy（奖杯） from him, s
4、aid Li Yuzhang, who won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. Im lucky to have been able to hold the cup after it was touched by Jordan.Another player said: We have been waiting for this day for almost a month. We trained very hard because we knew we would get to celebrate our victory with Michael J
5、ordan.With cameras flashing around them, the players couldnt hide their excitement as they stepped onto the podium（领奖台） alongside their hero. Li and team captain Feng Wenxu were also lucky enough to have Jordan sign their jerseys（运动衫）.I will keep this precious jersey for the rest of my life, said Fe
6、ng.The 5,000-strong audience of young students was also stirred up (鼓动) by the appearance of one of basketballs greatest-ever players. Play was even delayed a little while, such was the excitement when he arrived during the fourth quarter of the match.Im here to see Jordan, said a girl from nearby H
7、uiwen Middle School. Its a pity we cant see him playing, but a glimpse（一瞥、一看） of him today is enough.It was the NBA legends first formal visit to China. Jordan particularly enjoyed walking on the Great Wall last Wednesday he said that doing so meant he could call himself a real man!Beijing was the f
8、irst stop on Jordans first ever Asian tour. He left for Hong Kong last Thursday night before going on to Taiwan and Tokyo.Passage 2Point of no return?(赢得选举，但却拒绝出任总理，索尼亚真能让甘地家族再次崛起吗？)SHE shocked the world by taking her Congress Party (国大党) to victory in Indias general election on May 13. What came ne
9、xt was even more surprising. Last Tuesday Sonia Gandhi turned down both the chance to be the prime minister and take her famous family back to the top of Indias political pile.Her decision came as investors lost confidence in her economic policies, and Hindu nationalists attacked her over her Italia
10、n birth. Manmohan Singh, a 71-year-old economist, took the premiership instead.(Sonia Gandhi.AFP)The post of prime minister has not been my aim, she told newly elected members of Parliament（议会）. My responsibility（责任） is to provide India with a government that is strong and stable (稳定).Sonia Gandhi,
11、57, will remain president of the largest party in the coalition government (联合政府) so still have an influence on policy. If she had accepted the post, she would have been the fourth member of the fabled (传奇式的) Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to be prime minister.Gandhi is the granddaughter-in-law of Indias firs
12、t Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who led the country for 17 years after it was given independence from Britain. She is also the daughter-in-law of another prime minister, Indira Gandhi. While her husband Rajiv Gandhi served from 1984 to 1988.She was pushed into this whole game - just like her husb
13、and, said Rajiv Desai, an advisor to the Gandhis. Neither Rajiv nor Sonia Gandhi had much interest in politics. But he felt called by a family responsibility after his mother was murdered by her guards in 1984. In a similar way, his wife felt she had to rescue the struggling Congress Party 14 years
14、later.However, the success of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has come at a heavy price. Seven years after the murder of his mother, Rajiv Gandhi was killed by Sri Lankan terrorists（恐怖分子）. It has been said that Sonia Ghandis children, Rahul and Priyanka, asked her not to take the post because they feared l
15、osing their mother as well.Despite her decision, the election saw the Gandhi dynasty brought back to life. Rahul won a seat in Parliament and Priyanka is set to follow him. It is on their shoulders that the future of Indian politics may rest.Choose the best answer to the following:1. Which of the fo
16、llowing was not the reason why Sonia Gandhi turned down the chance to be prime minister?A. When she was president of the Congress Party, the stock market was not stable.B. Because she was born in Italy.C. Because her children feared their mother would be killed by terrorists.D. Because the post of p
17、rime minister was not her aim.2. How many of Sonia Ghandis relatives have served as Prime Minister of India?A. 2. B.3. C. 4. D. 5Key: 1. A 2. BPassage 3Future of football is found in Africa(2010年世界杯花落南非。非洲足球能否登临世界之巅？)TWENTY years ago, Pele, perhaps the greatest footballer who has ever lived, said th
18、at an African country would win the World Cup by 2000.Although this hasnt proved correct, there is little doubt that Africa will challenge Europe and South Americas control over the game. This strength was shown on May 16 when South Africa won the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.(Former presid
19、ent Nelson Mandela gets his hands on the World Cup trophy.)Africa first tasted football during colonial times (殖民地时期) and, as recently as 1974, it was the big joke of the international game. Zaire (扎伊尔), the African representative (代表) in that years World Cup, was beaten 8-0 by Yugoslavia (南斯拉夫). So
20、me of the Zaire players also didnt seem to fully understand the rules.Since then, Africa has worked hard to learn the game and some teams have started making waves on the international scene with some skilful, fast and powerful play. Cameroon (喀麦隆), the African Lions, reached the quarter-finals of t
21、he 1990 World Cup in Italy and won gold at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.Like many African sides, Cameroons style of play focuses mostly on speed and individual talents. The passing is short rather than long, and there is more dribbling (带球). As the weather is usually hot, the game is
22、also often played at a slower pace than it is in Europe.However, teams still lack tactical (战术的) knowledge and experience, and this can cost them at the highest level of play.There is also the problem of poor organization. At a recent African Nations Cup, the Nigerian (尼日利亚) side found themselves lo
23、cked out of their hotel rooms because their bills had not been paid. Cameroons players came home from the 1990 World Cup to discover that US$600,000 of their winnings had disappeared.The wealth gap between Africa and Europe means that, for many years to come, the top African players will earn their
24、living with European clubs.Senegal (塞内加尔) famously beat France in the opening match of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, and went on to the quarter-finals. But every Senegalese player was with a club in the French league.Passage 4Heart beats with happiness音乐之声用歌声讲述荡漾在心底里最温暖的感动。WHEN the fi
25、lm The Sound of Music (音乐之声) was shown in cinemas, it was described as the happiest sound in all the world.My heart wants to sing every song it hears. My heart wants to beat like the wings, sang the heroine Maria.Do these lines make you want to sing along? People in Shanghai now have the chance.The
26、musical opened in the city on May 22. It will be performed for a month.The Sound of Music is filled with laughter, tears and sweet romance. And of course, it contains some of the most memorable music ever written.It is the tale of a family living in Austria as the World War II draws close.A free-spi
27、rited nun (修女) named Maria becomes the governess (家庭教师) of the von Trapp family. The family has seven children and a father, Captain von Trapp. He is a widowed naval (海军) officer who educates his children with military discipline.After making a few mistakes and singing several songs, Maria wins her
28、way into the hearts of the children. She teaches them beautiful melodies (歌曲) and they form the Von Trapp Family Singers.At the same time, she melts the captains tough heart and falls in love with him. In the end, Maria marries the captain and the family flees from the invading (入侵的) Nazi soldiers.T
29、he Sound of Music opened in 1959 and went on to become the second-longest running Broadway musical up to that time. Six years later it was turned into an Oscar-winning film.It is one of the most enduring, feel-good musicals ever made. Sing-along (合唱) songs are for the entire family, said Mike Szyman
30、ski, a music critic in the US.Passage 5The ISS: a flying city in the sky（国际空间站一座漂浮在浩渺太空的人类新城市！）If you watch the sky about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some moving stars. But theyre not really stars. Theyre satellites . And the biggest of all is the International Space Station (ISS, 国
31、际空间站).From now until July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the Earth. And people can see it with just their eyes.(The ISS is as tall as a nine-story building and weighs 186,900 kilograms. It is about the size of two football fields and flies about 400 kilometers above our heads at 28,
32、970 kilometers per hour. It goes around Earth once every 90 minutes thats 16 times a day!)The ISS is the biggest satellite because scientists want to live on it. They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there.When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in spac
33、e. People will stay and study there with many of the things they have at home. Laboratories, living rooms and power stations (发电站) are being built. The ISS is the most ambitious (雄心勃勃的) and expensive space program ever. Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year.Scientists hope that the IS
34、S will be a stepping stone (跳板) for future space exploration (探索).The ISS will help us better understand the human body, explore space and study the Earth. It can help us make life on Earth better, said Kathryn Clark, an ISS scientist.Sixteen countries are part of the program: the US, Russia, Canada
35、, Japan, Brazil（巴西） and 11 European countries.China is not an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments. In 2003, China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it.The ISS is not finished yet. More than 100 parts must still be put on. Scientists hope it will be finished by 2006.After its finished, more than 90 per cent of the worlds population (人口) will be able to see the Space Station. So keep looking up, and maybe youll see it get bigger. 点亮心灯 /(v) 照亮人生
