is better to share with members of the IOC the commitment and enthusiasm Chicago for the Olympic and Paralympic Movement than the President and First Lady.”
• Obama, who represented Illinois in the US Senate after serving in the Illinois Legislature, is a longtime supporter of Chicago's bid. Michelle Obama is a native of the city and he considers it his adopted hometown. Obama recently sent letters to selected IOC members promising a “spectacular Olympic experience for one and all.”
• C．The leads of state will attend the IOC meeting Friday with their wives.
• D．The leads of state will make a pitch for their bidding city for the 2016 Olympics.
lots of colourful ornaments(装饰品)—many of them handmade over
the years. Presents
are placed under the tree ready to be opened
on Christmas Day.
Many people attend church services on Christmas Eve or
• 答案：B 推理判断题。由倒数第二段可推 知，有两位领导人为2016年奥运会拉票加上 奥巴马总统，一共是三位。
• 4．Which might be the title of the passage? • A．Obama Makes Pitch for the 2016
Olympics Personally • B．President Obama and First Lady
• Obama is also mobilizing his administration on behalf of Chicago's bid. Senior adviser Jarrett, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, will also be joining the president and first lady in Copenhagen. All are from Illinois.
• The IOC is meeting in Copenhagen to select a host city for the 2016 Summer Games. Chicago faces tough competition from Rio
• The White House later formally announced the trip, saying that Obama and his wife “will both make presentations to the IOC during Friday's meeting. They will discuss why Chicago is best to host the 2016 Summer Games, and how the United States is eager to bring the world together to celebrate the ideals of the Olympic movement.” The IOC is scheduled to decide the site on Friday.
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二、阅读下面的文章,用所给的词语填空,了解与圣诞节相关的 词汇
church Christmas trees stockings Christmas songs carols Santa
Claus Christmas cards presents
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Christmas cards are sent to friends and relatives,and most homes
will have a tree which is decorated with lights,tinsel(光片,金属丝) and
Michelle • C．The IOC Decides the 2016 Olympic City
on Friday • D．How Chicago Bids for the 2016 Olympic
Games • 答案：A 主旨大意题。由文章大意可知。
Lesson 4 Christmas
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• 答案：A 细节理解题。由第二段最后一句
• 2．The passage might NOT be adapted
from ________.Βιβλιοθήκη • A．sports news
B．Olympic news
• C．a magazine
D．a
newspaper
• 答案：C 推理判断题。本文内容涉及奥运 会、体育，同时有报纸的时效性。
from house to house singing Christmas songs .
Children write letters to Santa Claus ,telling him what presents
they would like to receive for Christmas,and many stores have their own “Santa Claus” for children to meet.
• “President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama symbolize the hope, opportunity and inspiration that makes Chicago great, and we are honored to have two of our city's most accomplished residents leading our delegation in Copenhagen，” Mayor Richard M. Daley said in a statement. “Who
Christmas morning.The churches are decorated with evergreens and
poinsettias(猩猩木).
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After the evening service on Christmas Eve,the family will gather
• 文章大意：奥巴马总统将前往丹麦会晤奥委
• 1．We can know that in order to succeed in bidding for a Summer Olympics ________.
• A．Obama's the only US president who's appealed to the IOC directly
• 3．What can be inferred from the passage?
• A．No lead of state made a pitch for the bid for the Olympic Games before.
• B．At least 3 leads of state will make a pitch for the bid for the 2016 Olympics.
• Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to the president, told the Associated Press Monday morning that Obama will leave Thursday and join his wife, Michelle, in Copenhagen, where they'll make the pitch to the International Olympic Committee. Obama would be the first US president to actually appeal in person to the IOC for an Olympic event.
成才之路 ·英语
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路漫漫其修远兮 吾将上下而求索
Unit 2 The Olympic Games
话题导入
• (2015·鹰潭市高一期末质检)
• President Obama will travel to Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, projecting the highest-ever White House profile in appealing for the international event.