Question

阅读理解 　　A large number of U．S．presidents had experiences in the army．The best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight Eisenhower．Grant was general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a 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 neither of them did well in the school．Eisenhower, for example, was once fined(受罚)because he broke the rules of the school． 　　The jobs of U．S．presidents are tiring．He must keep an eye on anything important that happens at home and abroad．Every day, a lot of work await(等待)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) Ulysses Grant and Dwight D．Eisenhower ________． [　　] A． served in the same army B． graduated at the same time C． studied in the same time D． were once soldiers (2) It happened that Grant and Eisenhower were ________． [　　] A． in the American Civil War B． in the Second World War C． schoolmates D． heroes (3) In the last passage,“keep an eye on”means“________”． [　　] A． take care of B． look carefully at C． make a careful study of D． think about (4) According to the passage, the writer wanted to tell us that being president of the United States was ________． [　　] A． quite comfortable B． not so easy C． very great D． not too satisfied (5) Which of the following is NOT true? [　　] A． Eisenhower once broke the rules of the school and was fined． B． Grant was in the front． C． None of American presidents did well in the school． D． It is a tiring job to be U．S．president．

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．C;3．A;4．B;5．C;
解析：

(1)	根据第一段前两句话可得出答案。
(2)	根据第一段中“It happened that they graduated from the same school”，可知他们是同学。
(3)	考查固定短语的意思，它的意思是“照看，密切关注……”。
(4)	考查对全文的理解。原文中也有很多暗示，如“The jobs of U．S．presidents are tiring．”。
(5)	虽然原文中提到的两位在学校的表现并不是很好，但并不代表所有的总统都表现不好，C项太绝对。