Question

Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families．They spent their childrenhood in little wooden rooms．They got little education(教育)．Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves．Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shopkeeper and post officer in his early years． 　　A large number of U．S．presidents had experiences(经历)in the army．The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D．Eisenhower．Grant was a general(将军)in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War．It happened that they graduated(毕业)from the same school－West Point Military Academy(西点军校)．One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school．Eisenhower, for example, was once fined(罚款)because he broke the rules of the school． 　　The jobs of U．S．presidents are tiring．He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad．Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do, and he has to make many important decisions．When Franklin Roosevelt was s child, he was once brought to visit President Taft．The old president said to him,“When you grow up, you should not be president．It's a tiring job．” (1) In the nineteenth century, many U．S．presidents ________． [　　] A． did not have much knowledge in their work B． had been workers, shop-keepers and post officers in their early years C． couldn't receive good education before they grew up D． didn't want to go to school during their childhood (2) President Eisenhower became well-known ________． [　　] A． while studying in West Point Military Academy B． during the American Civil War C． after he was elected President of the U．S． D． during World War Ⅱ (3) In this passage,“keep an eye on”means“________”． [　　] A． pay close attention to(密切注意) B． not pay attention to C． look at something with one eye D． never keep in mind (4) Which of the following do you think is right according to the last paragraph? [　　] A． In the U．S．no one wanted to be president because it was tiring． B． None of the presidents except Taft could do the tiring job． C． It is an important and tiring job to be a president in the U．S． D． President Taft didn't want Roosevelt to be a president because he was too young．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．A;4．C;
解析：

(1)	文章开头即说明当时许多美国总统生于贫苦家庭，没有受过正式教育。故此题答案为C。
(2)	此题考查细节事实。艾森豪威尔二战期间立下功劳，是个英雄，从文章第二段第三句可以得知。
(3)	此题考查词义理解。总统工作非常繁重，必须密切注意国内外重大事件，根据上下文，可猜知此词组意为“密切注意”。
(4)	据文章第三段可知，总统这项工作既重要又累人，可选出答案C，此题亦可用排除法。