黑龙江省铁力市高考英语阅读理解暑假训练(2)

2015黑龙江省铁力市高考英语阅读理解暑假训练（2）及答案

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President George Bush is heading to Camp David for Thanksgiving, thankful for his almost-expired "privilege of serving as the president."

President-elect Barack Obama is staying in Chicago to "have a whole bunch of people over to the house" and squeeze in some Christmas shopping.

On a holiday designed for reflection(回忆), one ma n, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.

Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church with wife Michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and happily telling people "you can call me Barack."

He followed that with a quick visit to a school next door, where he asked the excited kids, "Who's going to have turkey?" "Who's going to have green beans?" "Who's going to have sweet potato pie?"

Obama has shown a knack(窍门) for symbolism, in this case following the Thanksgiving tradition of helping the poor, said David Greenberg, a Rutgers University historian who is working on a history of political spin.

"Here he's showing a different side of himself, the president as national conscience or moral authority. I think that's probably a good note for him to introduce in a transition per iod that's been so heavily focused on Wall Street and the financial system and these economic problems," he said. "He's not forgetting who these economic problems are hurting the most."

For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is provi ng a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared（放飞）the Thanksgiving turkey, "Pumpkin," on Wednesday.

He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters —"two

Thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago" — and that his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was doing well after being hospitalized. "Most of all," he said, "I thank the American people for the tremendous privilege

of serving as the president."

This Thanksgiving, Obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event

with his wife and children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 —and a chance for a little lesson

for the kids.

"I want them to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and to make sure

they're giving back," he said of bringing the girls to the church.

And what's he thankful for?

"I just want you to know what I'm thankful for is my family and my friends and

my community," he told the schoolchildren. "That's the most important thing."

1. The best title of the passage should be _______

A. Thanksgiving for Bush and Obama

B. Thanksgiving Day

C. How to celebrate Thanksgiving Day

D. Thanksgiving Day for presidents

答案解析：答案为A。本题考查文章的标题。全文报道了即将卸任的总统Bush和新选举的总

统Obama各自在感恩节做的事情。故答案为A。

2. The underlined word “squeeze” in paragraph 2 is closest to _______

A. force

B. push

C. join

D. take

答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义猜测题。结合下文的第三段“On a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with

his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people

in a busy city.”可知，“one man”指的是第一段提到的President George Bush，他和家

人一起要去遥远的山顶；“The other”指的是第二段提到的President-elect Barack Obama，

他在繁忙的城市中，周围都是人。可以推断，第二段写的是新选举的总统Obama加入了圣诞

节的购物潮中，因此squeeze意思最接近“join”，故答案为C。

3. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passge?