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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 prime minister was not her aim.2. How m
