Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families．They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms．They got little education．Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves．Lincoln once did jobs for a worker, shop-keeper and post-master in his early years．
A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army．The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight
D．Eisenhower．Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was hero in the Second World War．It happened that they graduated from the same school－West Point Military Academy(西点军校)．One may be surprised to learn that both of them didn’t do well in the school．Eisenhower, for example, was once fined(punished to pay money)because he broke the rules of the school．
The jobs of the U．S．presidents are tiring．He must keep an eye on anything important that 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 a 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)
Who regard the jobs of the U．S．presidents as the tiring ones?
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A．
Grant．
B．
Taft．
C．
Eisenhower．
D．
Roosevelt．
(2)
In this passage, “keep an eye on” means ________．
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A．
take care of
B．
see
C．
look at fixedly
D．
stare at
(3)
The second paragraph mainly tells us ________．
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A．
that Eisenhower became famous in the Second World War
B．
how Grant became a general
C．
that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmates
D．
that many of the U．S．presidents had served in the army
(4)
Which of the following is true?
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A．
F．Roosevelt was one of the U．S．presidents before Grant．
B．
Lincoln was elected the U．S．president after Grant．
C．
West Point Military Academy was founded in the Second World War．