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George Washington is remembered as a great general, as one of the founders of the Republic, and as the first president of the United States. But beyond all else he is venerated (崇敬) for his admirable qualities of character.
“When we think of Washington,” wrote John Truslow Adams, “…we think of the man who by sheer force of character held a divided and disorganized country together until victory was achieved, and who, after peace was won, still held his disunited countrymen by their love and respect and admiration for himself until a nation was welded (焊接) into enduring strength and unity.” For good cause has he been called “the Father of his Country”.
Washington had strong ideals and patriotic leadership. He was scarce in his teens when his father died. No one could have guessed that the rather awkward (笨拙的) youth so lacking in society and education would become the first president of his country. But George had the ability to learn from every experience. Once he was sent on a surveying (勘察) trip with one of his young friends, whose family owned at least a million acres of land, to make sure just where the boundaries lay. Besides the chance to practice the surveying, a skill he had already acquired, the expedition (远征) gave George his first close contact with Indians, and it also gave him his first look at the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Ambitions (雄心) were forming in the silent, determined young man. He saw those vast lands to the West as territory to conquer.
Soon Gecrge was making his living as a surveyor and buying up land with earnings. At 19 he was a prosperous (成功的) landowner with a promising (有前途的) future; and had the winds of circumstance (环境)not shifted his course he might have spent his life as a successful planter. But his brave conduct of the dangerous expedition through rough terrain (地形), Indian strongholds, and bitter cold weather foretold his ability as a military (军事的) leader.
1．According to John Truslow Adams, the reason that George Washington has been called “the Father of his Country” is that ________.
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A．he led the people to achieve the independence and with the peace
B．he is the first president of the country
C．he united the disorganized country into a strong one
D．Both A and C.
2．According to the author, the significance of Washington's surveying trip with his friend when he was young is that ________.
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A．he learned where the boundaries of his friend’s land lay
B．he had his first look at the beautiful Shenandoah Valley
C．it was the beginning of his life as a surveyor and led him to become a successful landowner
D．he got in the surveying trip what was needed as an excellent military commander
3．The sentence “…and had the winds of circumstances not shifted his course he might have spent his life as a successful planter” in last paragraph most probably means ________.
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A．during his surveying trip, the strong winds helped him change his direction and discovered many new lands
B．because he met strong winds in his trip, he lost the chance to get a lot of lands
C．the change of the political situation led him to change his life and become a political leader of the country
D．the change of the social circumstances helped him to become a successful planter
4．According to the author, Washington became an outstanding leader because of ________.
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A．his success as a planter
B．his knowledge about the land
C．his ambition
D．his good qualities of charater
5．Which of the following statements is true?
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A．Washington was admired just because he is the first president of the country.
B．Because he couldn't succeed in becoming a rich landowner, he changed his career as a military man.
C．Because he felt disgraceful for his father's death, he became lost and silent.
D．Because he had experience about dangerous expedition, he became a military leader.
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