【正文】 s how one major newspaper reported the event: LOS ANGELES ELECTS BRADLEY MAYOR UNSEATING YORTYBLACK WINS 56% OF VOTES Bradley called his victory over Yorty “ the fulfillment (實現(xiàn) ) of a dream” . During his childhood and youth, people had kept telling him, “ You can’ t do this, you can’ t go there, you are a Negro.” Nevertheless he had won a decisive victory over a man who had been won percent. Los Angeles voters have had many opportunities to judge. Thomas Bradley had to form an opinion of him. The son of a poor farmer Texas, he joined the Los Angeles police force in 1940. During his twentyone years on the police force he earned a law degree by attending school at night. He was elected to the city council (市政廳 ) ten years ago. At the time of the Los Angeles election, three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles. Besides, the percentage of blacks in those other cities was much larger. Cleveland, Ohio, had thirtysix percent black when Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967. In the same year Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Cary. In Newark, New Jersey, sixty percent of the population were black when Kenh Gibson was elected in 1970. Thus election of a black mayor in those cities was not very surprising. In Los Angeles thousands of white citizens voted for Thomas Bradley because they believed he would be a better mayor than the white candidate(候選人 ). Bradley had spent fortyeight of his fiftyfive years in Los Angeles. Four years ago Bradley lost mayoral election to Yorty. This time Bradley won. 72. In the author’ s opinion, it was surprising that _______. A. the whites would vote for a black mayor B. a black mayor would be elected in such a large city C. a black from a poor farmer’ s family could be elected mayor of Los Angeles D. there would be so many black mayors 73. From the passage we can infer that people ________. A. voted for Bradley because of his black color B. didn’ t care much about his color when they voted C. voted for him to give a chance to fulfill his dream D. voted for Bradley because they trust him 74. Bradley hit the front page headline for _______. A. he was the first black mayor in history B. he was the first black mayor in the south of USA C. he was the first black mayor of one of the largest cities in USA D. a poor farmer’ s son could also win an important election 75. From Bradley’ s victory in the election we can see that ________. A. blacks had equal rights as whites in the USA B. black people’ s situation began to be improving much more than before C. one can be successful through hard work in the USA no matter what color he is D. it is certain that someday the USA will have a black president 第四部分：寫作 （共 四 節(jié)，滿分 65 分） 第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫： 1. Many social services are still provided by ______________ (志愿的 ) societies in our city. 2. The president declared that a new ______________ (貨幣 ) would be issued. 3. Think it over before you put your ______________ (簽名 ) on the document. 4. The ______________ (重負(fù) ) on his back seemed to be crushing him to the earth. 5. Several candidates had been peting for position long before the leadership became v______________ (空缺的 ). 6. Size of ______________ (養(yǎng)老金 ) depends on length of service with the pany. 7. If you make a mistake, use the ______________ (刪除 ) button to erase backwards. 8. The air in the garden was warm and ______________ (芳香的 ). 9. Gentleness is the ______________ (優(yōu)點 ) he appreciates in his wife. 10. Our club is a member of the Football ______________ (聯(lián)合會 ). 11. There39。s what I strive to do. I genuinely love teenagers. I want to share with others what I know and what I have learned through the years. Life is full of ups and downs, and if I can help students avoid some potholes on the road of life, I want to do so. If they39。s in my blood. My mother was my most influential teacher, and she was a 6th grade reading teacher until her death in 1990. She instilled(逐漸灌輸 ) in me a love of reading and the knowledge that education opens doors. Teaching is a way to make a difference. If you throw a stone in a pond the ripples go on and on until they reach the shore. You can39。t let it slide. Let me get this straight, he said, You went to college for four years so you could e here every day because you have the hope that someday you might say something that will influence someone? He shook his head as if I were crazy and walked away looking confused. I39。s life. Even though I was sincere, that wasn39。 A How to Make the Most of Your Time Time management is important in our daily life. There never seems to be eno ugh hours in the day to acplish all you need to do. Here are some tips that might be of some help to you. 1. Set up a plan. Go for a week at a time, and prioritize the most important ones. Include things you want to acplish. Focus (關(guān)注 ) mostly on the things that are important to you. 2. Control your stress. No matter what kind of pressure mounts on you, try to keep cool. Stressingout can lead to an early breakdown , which is definitely counterproductive (事與愿違 ) when you have a list of things to do. It’s easier to take a 10minute break and cool off than work all week with built up stress. 3. Shut your door. When working under a schedule, perform your important tasks with your door shut to get them done. This will ensure a better quality time to get what needs to be done. 4. Focus on one thing at a time. Fet tryi