The President lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Lincoln is regarded as a great President partly because

A．he saved many people's lives in the United States

B．he always treated people with food

C．he knew how to make a decision with sticks

D．he would like to take responsibilities

A.WHITE HOUSE

B.WHITE house

C.WHITEhouse

D.white HOUSE

A.president

B.manager

C.principal

D.local

A．To expose the horrible lives of slaughter house workers in Chicago.

B．To urge the president to form. a special investigating commission.

C．To protect consumers' rights.

D．To quicken the passing of the Meat Inspection Act.

A. about

B. in

C. on

D. where

A、'Whitehouse (= official residence of the American president)

B、white 'house (= house painted white)

When President Obama reached India, one of the first things he pushed for was

A．to improve the lives of both countries.

B．to protect the security for Asia and for the world.

C．to meet with the First Lady.

D．to increase trade between the two countries.

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Do you know what the White House is？ Perhaps some of you do, while others don't.

The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U. S. A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white？ The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the "White House" ever since.

White House is a house for ______ .

A．the American people

B．the soldiers of the U. S. A.

C．the president of the U. S. A.

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Calvin Coolidge(1 872--1 933)was the thirtieth president of the United States．

He looked down on a Derson as being unworthy of respect who was too fond of talking about the details of other people’S actions and private lives——he had no time for small talk．The following two incidents clearly show how Coolidge treasured silence．

When he was vice-president，Coolidge had plenty of opportunity to participate in Washington，s social life，especially the many dinner parties．Because of his complete disregard for the art of conversation，he couldn’t exactly make himself dear to his hostesses．One lady felt she could SOlVe this problem．She placed him next to Alice Roosevelt Longworth，daughter of the former President Theodore Roosevelt．Mrs．Longworth，brilliant conversationalist，began to talk in her usual charming manner，but all attempts to awake interest on the part of vice-presi-dent were unproductive．Firrally．being shamed into annoyance，she said，“I am sure that going to as many dinners as you d0，you must get terribly bored．”Without lifting his eyes from his plate．Coolidge said not very．clearly，“Well，a man has to eat somewhere．”

Later，when he was president and once again at a dinner party，Coolidge was seated next to an outstanding society woman，one of those people who seem to take delight in trying to change the lives of everyone they meet．“0h，Mr．President，”she spoke with too much enthu-siasm“you are always so quiet，I made a bet today that l could get more than two words out of you．”In anger．the president made a low，rough sound and then said，“You lose．”

President Coolidge considered those people as being unworthy of respect__________ ． 查看材料

A.who talked much about himself

B.who never talked about anything serious

C.who told him a lie’

D.who enjoyed talking about the affairs of others

in an area of the country where 29 elite 'troops died in one of the worst guerilla ambushes since he took office. Visiting the scene of Tuesday's attack near the town of Vista Hermosa, Mr. Uribe called the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerillas "miserable terrorists" funded by the drug trade and vowed to hunt them down. "In the first place it hurts us a lot that in this tactical action we lost 29 compatriots of the army. It hurts us very much. We recognize this setback that pains us immensely, but it doesn't discourage us." The Colombian troops died in a hail of artillery fire as they provided security for a coca eradication program.

29 Colombian troops lost their lives when they ______.

A．fell into an ambush of Colombian drug traders and the FARC guerillas.

B．tried to hunt for the terrorists funded by Colombian drug dealers.

C．provided security for the government's action to destroy coca plants,

D．provided security for me Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.