Question

【题目】 Adding to the madness of the 2016 US presidential election is American lawyer（律师） Andrew Basiago. He says he has traveled through time nearly all his life, and is pretty sure that he’s going to become “either president or vice(副) president” between 2016 and 2028. Polling data（民意测评） is obviously useless to this guy.

Basiago’s greatest qualification(条件) to hold office, of course, is his first-hand information of past and future events. Basiago claims to have gone back in time to 1863 and witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg. He’s also been to the future — the year 2054 — so he has an idea of the pitfalls（缺陷） that a president should be avoiding. Having traveled widely in time, Basiago has held conversations with President Bush, President Clinton, and President Obama decades before they were elected to office, telling them in advance of their presidencies. More importantly, he has been to Mars in 1981, which makes for rich experience in foreign relations.

【1】What is Andrew Basiago sure to become between 2016 and 2028?

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【2】What is almost useless to Basiago in his eyes?

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【3】What did Basiago witness when he went back in time to 1863?

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【4】What’s Basiago’s most important advantage to be the president?

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【5】How do you like traveling through time and space?（请自拟一句话作答）

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Either president or vice president.

【2】Polling data.

【3】(He witnessed) Abraham Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg.

【4】His first-hand information of past and future events.

【5】Itismaybetheoreticaltrue, butitishardtomakeithappen.

【解析】

本文主要讲述了AndrewBasiago，一个美国律师被载入了美国2016年美国大选的史册，其中有他的一些关于时空旅行的言论。

【1】根据文中He says he has traveled through time nearly all his life, and is pretty sure that he’s going to become “either president or vice(副) president” between 2016 and 2028. 他说，他几乎一生都在穿越时空，非常肯定他将在2016年至2028年间成为“总统或副总统”。可知，他会成为总统或者副总统，故答案为Either president or vice president。

【2】根据文中Polling data（民意测评）is obviously useless to this guy. 投票数据对这个家伙来说显然毫无用处。可知，是民意测试没有用，故答案为Polling data。

【3】根据文中Basiago claims to have gone back in time to 1863 and witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg. 巴西亚戈声称，他追溯到1863年，亲眼目睹了亚伯拉罕·林肯在葛底斯堡的演讲。可知他目睹了林肯的演讲，故答案为He witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg.

【4】根据文中Basiago’s greatest qualification(条件) to hold office, of course, is his first-hand information of past and future events. 当然，巴西亚戈任职的最大资格是他对过去和未来事件的第一手资料。可知是他对过去和未来事件的资料，故答案为His first-hand information of past and future events。

【5】根据文中He’s also been to the future-the year 2054-so he has an idea of the pitfalls（缺陷） that a president should be avoiding. 他也去过未来——2054年——所以他有一个总统应该避免的陷阱。可知这也许是理论上的事实，但很难去实现。故答案为Itismaybetheoreticaltrue, butitishardtomakeithappen.