You don’t have to ask Barack Obama what it is like to be a president-elect. Chances are you can be one, too, and it won’t take more than 30 years’ efforts to achieve that.

A new computer game, Commander in Chief, offers the chance to step into the president’s shoes and see whether you can do a better job running the country than he can.

The video game will be available on January 20, the day Obama is sworn in (宣誓就职) as president.

So what will you do in the game?

Like Obama, your early task is to select members of the Cabinet(内阁)from 250 personality types. Then you immediately face internal(国内的)and external challenges. Every decision you make has an in-game consequence.

“You can put your own political theories into action and see the domestic(国内的)and international effect,” said the lead designer Louis-Marie Rocques.

Internal decisions involve managing budgets, security, education, health care and discussion over many proposed laws. You also have to respond to critics. Every decision has a consequence, which changes the political environment. For example, raising taxes will raise criticisms and protests while lowering taxes means you will have less money to play with.

What about external decisions? Well, you have to deal with military issues, global economics, trade agreements, and spending time lobbying(游说)other presidents. You can determine the course of world events by invading(侵略)a neutral country, or toppling(推翻)an unfriendly country but then you must face the economic, political, and military consequences.

Don’t want to be president of the US? The game also lets you become virtual(虚拟的)leader of other countries including France, Germany, Spain and Russia.

The purpose of writing this passage is mainly to     .

   A. show you how hard it is to be the newly-elected president, Barack Obama

   B. explain why the video game is so popular among American citizens

   C. introduce to you one special computer game, Commander in Chief

   D. inform how designers developed the interesting computer game

Which of the following items belongs to internal affairs in the game?

A. Managing budgets, responding to critics and military issues.

   B. Managing budgets, raising taxes and trade agreements.

   C. Health care, discussing proposed laws and lowering taxes.w(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m

   D. Education, security and lobbying other countries.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Those who want to be a president one day will get a taste of their private life.

   B. The first task in the game is to form the Cabinet consisting of 250 members.

   C. The video game has hit the stores in America and enjoys sales success.

   D. Like a real president, the players will face challenges at home and abroad

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across the border.you must report to both the US and Canadian border

services amounts equal to or greater than $10.000.

PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS(免税)ON PURCHASES

AMERICANS RETURNING TO THE US

Less than 48 hours: $ 200 US

48 hours or more:  $ 800 US duty-free personal exemption.

                 next $ 1.000 US at 3%

                 Including up to 100 cigars and 100 cigarettes.

CANADIANS RETURNING TO CANADA

Less than 24 hours: $ 50 CAN

48 hours or more:  $ 400 CAN

                Including up to 100 cigars and 200 cigarettes.

7 days or more:      $ 750 CAN

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BORDER CROSSING

LAND OR SEA TO THE US(INCLUDING FERRIES)

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1.If a Canadian who is on a 7-day trip to New York buys $ 800 CAN worth of goods,how much should he pay tax on when returning home?

A. $ 800 CAN       B. $750 CAN     C.$ 400 CAN     D. $ 50 CAN

2.For an American citizen on a 2-day tour of Canada,how much tax does he have to pay on $ 1.600 US worth of purchases when returning to the US?

A. $ 24 US          B. $ 48 US       C. $52 US       D. $ 200 US

3.What documentation should a couple with a 7-year-old child carry when they drive a car from Canada to America?

A. A BC driver’s license, an Air NEXUS card, and a birth certificate.

B. An Air NEXUS card, a U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Document, and a birth certificate.

C.Two vaild passport crads and a certified copy of a birth certificate.

D. A NEXUS card, a U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Document.,and a certified copy of a birth certificate.

 

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