题目内容
President Lincoln made a speech in Gettysburg (葛底斯堡).
The speech ended. Lincoln spoke for less than three minutes, and the photographer who was standing in front of him didn't even have time to take a picture. The speech was over almost before it began.
On the platform(讲台) Edward Everett, the great speechmaker, whispered to Seward, the Secretary of State, "It is not what I expected from him. I'm disappointed." Seward, too, thought that the President had given a poor speech.
Lincoln himself felt badly about his speech. He thought that it didn't have the effect that he hoped it would have, and that in fact it made the listeners disappointed. Later he said, "I ought to have prepared it with more care."
The newspapers too were not impressed by the President's Gettysburg speech. The nearby Harrisburg paper considered it "silly", while the reporter of the London Times thought the speech uninteresting. The first favorable comment (好评) came from the Chicago Tribune (论坛报), and was followed by the Springfield Republican, a Massachusetts newspaper. "It will be studied as a model speech..."
6. Lincoln spoke for a short time because ________ .
A. he was given less than three minutes
B. he didn't think it good to speak in public for a long time
C. he didn't want to speak too much
D. he had really prepared a very short speech
7. Both Everett and Seward considered Lincoln's speech poor because ________ .
A. they were both disappointed at it
B. it was quite short
C. it was made by Lincoln
D. photographer didn't take a picture for Lincoln
8. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. A photographer wanted to take a picture.
B. Lincoln was not pleased with his own speech.
C. Newspapers paid much attention to Lincoln's speech.
D. No one considered Lincoln's speech a good one.
9. From the news we can see that ________ at first.
A. few people made a careful study of the speech
B. only two famous men didn't praise the speech
C. most people studied Lincoln's speech very carefully
D. many people were against Lincoln as President
10. The main idea of the passage is that ________ .
A. Lincoln wasn't a good speaker
B. Lincoln was good at making short speeches
C. Lincoln's Gettysburg speech was criticized(批评) by most people then
D. sometimes an important speech is very short
DBDAC
It was an afternoon Truman would never forget.
Rayburn and his friend were talking in the office before Truman arrived. The telephone rang. It was a call from the White House asking whether Vice-President Truman had arrived yet. No, Rayburn replied. The caller asked to have him telephone the White House as soon as he arrived.
Truman entered a minute later. He immediately called the White House. As he talked, his face became white. He put down the phone and raced out of the door to his car.
Truman arrived at the White House within minutes. An assistant took him to the president’s private living area. Eleanor Roosevelt, the president’s wife, was waiting for him there. “Harry,” she said, “the president is dead.” Truman was shocked. He asked Mrs. Roosevelt if there was anything he could do to help her. But her reply made clear to him that his own life had suddenly changed. “Is there anything we can do for you ?” Mrs. Roosevelt asked the new president, “You are the one in trouble now.”
Truman had been a surprise choice for vice-president at the Democratic Party nominating convention in nineteen forty-four. Delegates considered several other candidates before they chose him as Roosevelt’s running mate. That was at a time when presidential candidates did not make their own choices for vice-president.
Harry Truman lacked the fame,the rich family and the strong speech-making skills of Franklin Roosevelt.He was a much simpler man.He grew up in the Midwestern state of Missouri.Truman only studied through high school but took some nighttime law school classes.He worked for many years as a farmer and a small businessman,but without much success.
Truman had long been interested in politics.When he was almost forty,he finally won several low-level positions in his home state.By nineteen thirty-four,he was popular enough in Missouri to be nominated and elected to the United States Senate. And he won re-election six years later.
Most Americans, however, knew little about Harry Truman when he became president.They knew he had close ties to the Democratic Party political machine in his home state.But they had also heard that he was a very honest man.They could see that Truman had strongly supported President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs.But they could not be sure what kind of president Truman would become.
At the center of all the action was Harry Truman.It was not long before he showed Americans and the world that he had the ability to be a good president.He was honest,strong and willing to make decisions.
【小题1】When Mrs. Roosevelt said”You are the one in trouble now”,she really meant that .
A.Truman’s life had suddenly changed |
B.Truman was at the center of all the action |
C.Truman was a surprise choice for vice-president |
D.Truman had close ties to the Democratic Party |
A.decided by delegates |
B.recommended by presidential candidates |
C.chosen by the Democratic Party |
D.elected by vice-president |
A.for ten years | B.before he was forty |
C.before 1943 | D.for two terms |
A.An Unforgettable Afternoon |
B.Vital Telephone Call Makes a Difference |
C.Truman Makes His Decisions |
D.Roosevelt’s Death Makes Truman President |