1、1阅读理解训练题（四十四）AWhen he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quincy Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century.Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the fi
2、rst child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally served as a congressman（国会议员）,and vice（副的）president and president of the United States.At the age of two, Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut
3、 to Odessa, Texas, where his father took up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Hou
4、ston, Texas. In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, a boarding（寄宿）school that his father had also attended.At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader. In 1964 he enrolled at Yale Universit
5、y in Connecticut; his father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelors degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973
6、. After earning his MBA form Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a “landsman”.However, Bushs oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in 1994 he himself was
7、elected governor of Texas.In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20,2001, George W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath（宣誓）of office to become the 43rd president of the US.56What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph?A George W. Bush is t
8、he first son in American history to follow his father into the White House.BGeorge W. Bush is the first son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush.CJohn Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.D George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his fathe
9、r into the White House.57We may learn from the text that young Bush .A.got on very well at the universities Bwas very good at basketball, baseball and footballCdid everything as his father had done Dis a very successful politician like his father58From the year when Bush was two to the year 1959, th
10、e Bush family moved in all.Athree times B four times Cfive times Dsix times59Which of the following is NOT true about George W. Bush?AYoung Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.BHe once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.CHe once ruled over an
11、American state before he entered the White House.DHe once served at the Air National Guard for about five years.2B60 “The Bay Motel”is most probably .Aa hotel specially for traveling motoristsBa traditional hotel that is near to a beautiful bayCa nice hotel that provides everything the customers nee
12、dDa large hotel that provides the best service but charges the least61It can be learned from the two advertisements that .Aaged travelers will usually choose the Welcome InnBguests in the Bay Motel only pay a little for parkingCwise travelers always put up at the Welcome InnDguests in the Welcome In
13、n can have food or drinks in their rooms62The most possible reason why the Bay Motel is cheaper than the Welcome Inn is that .Ait has been open for only a few years Bit is not in the center of the cityCit has a parking place Dit has more roomsCOn hearing the words“Just do it!”, you will know there i
14、s a Nike product nearby. If its “Always Coca-Cola”, you can be sure someone wants to sell you a refreshing drink.An advertising slogan is to a brand what eyes are to a person. The slogan helps people understand the brand better by telling them what it wants to sell to its customers. Good slogans lea
15、ve a message inside peoples minds. Its almost certain that every brand has a popular slogan.Here are a few examples:“Just do it!”This slogan speaks out to teens. It tells them to do something, but only if they think its worth it. And if so, why not do it wearing Nike?“Always Coca-Cola.”Cokes slogans
16、 change every few years, but this one has enjoyed a lasting popularity because it shows the brands spirit. It seems to say“Coke is the only drink there is; there are no other forms of drinks.”Happy Vacations at the Hotel of Your ChoiceTHE BAY MOTEL The Welcome InnQuality and Economy A tradition for
17、wise travelersEverything you need, nothing you dont! Since 193280 rooms with color TV 54 rooms, color TVRestaurant and bar Heated swimming pool5 miles form downtown Restaurant, bar, room serviceSan Francisco In the heart of San Francisco!Free parking service! Fantastic rates: $35 1 person,Modernopen
18、ed 1995 $ 45 2 personsAnd$29 single! $ 39 double!3“Share moments, share life.”This slogan from Kodak connects photos and beauty. It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of them using Kodak film of course!63What would be the best title for the text?AJust Do It! BSlogan A
19、nd BrandCFamous Slogans DWhat Is A Good Slogan?64Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence（paragraph 2）?AA good advertising slogan should draw peoples attention.BA brand should have an advertising slogan just as people have eyes.CAn advertising slogan is as important to a brand
20、 as eyes are to a person.DAn advertising slogan acts as the eyes of a brand.65The word “them” in the last paragraph refers to . Apeople Bthe happy moments C photos and beauty DKodak films66Which of the following tables can best match the slogans with their brands?A BSlogan Brand Slogan BrandObey you
21、r thirst. Volkswagen Obey your thirst. CanonIf anyone can, Canon can. Eastern Airlines If anyone can, Canon can. VolkswagenThe wings of man. Casio Watches The wings of man. Eastern AirlinesDrivers wanted. jobworld.co.uk. Drivers wanted. Casio WatchesTechnology for life. Sprite Technology for life. j
22、obworld.co.ukDownload a better future. Canon Download a better future SpriteC D DLondon Thursday July 26（Reuters）Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her. The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction.He and Amy Dolby even man
23、aged to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.Dolby, heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstones Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London, told the Times: “It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on
24、 us. He is the most romantic person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive（冲动的）people. We are always trying to surprise each other.”Slogan Brand Slogan BrandObey your thirst. Casio Watches Obey your thirst. SpriteIf anyone can, Canon can.Canon If anyone can, Canon
25、 can. CanonThe wings of man. Eastern Airlines The wings of man. Eastern AirlinesDrivers wanted. Sprite Drivers wanted. VolkswagenTechnology for life. jobworld.co.uk Technology for life. Casio WatchesDownload a better future.Volkswagen Download a better future jobworld.co.uk4After an 11,000-mile flig
26、ht across the globe, she was greeted by Johnstones astonished flat mate asking what she was doing there.“The terrible truth dawned when I found that Ians rucksack and most of his clothes were missing. I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out. And that really annoyed me,” she said.Johnstone,
27、 a 27yearold bricklayer, had taken a year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Dolby, a 26yearold secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring, champagne a
28、nd flowers.“I really missed Amy and Id been thinking about her all the time. I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia,”he said.Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone. “I didnt know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted, ”she said.Dolby was given a short tour o
29、f Sydney by Johnstones friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.67It can be learned from the text that .AJohnstone got a job in Sydney so that he could start saving money for a surprise to DolbyBDolby was heartbroken because someone was playin
30、g a cruel joke on herCDolby was greeted by Johnstones flat mate at the airport.DDolby was not so impulsive as Johnstone68According to the text, it seemed that .AJohnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore.Bthe couple pretended not to see each other in
31、 the same airport waiting-room in SingaporeCthe young lovestruck couple had both intended to propose to each otherDDolby stayed longer in Sydney than Johnstone stayed in Britain69When Johnstone asked her to marry him on the phone, Dolby didnt know whether to laugh or cry because she had a mixed feel
32、ing of .Alove, hatred and nervousness Bexcitement, anger and shynessCcheer, regret and annoyance Dhappiness, surprise and sadness70Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?aJohnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend, Amy Dolby.bJohnstone started wor
33、king at a Sydney building site.cJohnstone went to Amys apartment in Britain with an engagement ring.dJohnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone.eThey were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport lounge in Singapore.fDolby called Johnstone from Australia.EThe group of tourists walking thro
34、ugh Stockholms old street never knew what hit them. As they admired Swedish art works in a storefront window, one of their mobile phones chirped（唧唧叫）with an anonymous（匿名的）note:“Try the blue sweaters. They keep you warm in the winter.”The tourist had just been“bluejacked”secretly sent a text message
35、using short-range wireless technology called Bluetooth.The more people get Bluetooth-enabled mobile phonesboth sender and receiver need them for this to workthe more there is likely to be mischievous（恶作剧的）messaging.Websites are already offering tips on bluejacking, and collections of astonished reac
36、tions quickly turn up on the Internet. One site, www, bluejackq. com, was set up by a British teenager.“I bluejacked three or four people,” says 13-year-old Ellie in UK, who runs the site and 5makesbluejacking a daily affair. Bluetooth has a range of about nine metres. Ellie used it to send a note t
37、o a man in a cafe asking how his coffee was and saying that she liked his wifes glasses.Ellie says he looked here and there to try to figure out where the message came from, even sending text messages back and forth with his wife, but to no avail.Bluetooth is fast becoming more common on new mobile
38、phones, though Forrester Research says at present only 9 per cent of phones in Europe have such a function.The technology is handy for people wanting to use wireless headsets with their phones or for sending data by phone to Bluetooth-enabled printers.When Bluetooth is activated（激活）, it seeks out ot
39、her equipped mobile phones by itself and sets up a link. Bluetooth phones can be set to block anonymous messaging, but people who carry them dont necessarily know that.71What is mainly discussed in the text?AThe meaning of the word“bluejack” BThe technology called BluetoothCAnonymous messages DTips
40、on bluejacking.72When a tourist was “bluejacked”,he or she might .Areceive an anonymous and often mischievous messageBsend others a text message using short-range wireless technology called BluetoothCbe persuaded to buy a blue sweaterDget a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone73We may learn from the text
41、that .Awith Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones people can send anonymous notes to friends far awayB13-year-old Ellie makes bluejacking to earn some money by advertisingCnot many people in Europe now carry Bluetooth mobile phonesDIts not easy for activated Bluetooth to set up a link with other equipped
42、mobile phones74People often receive anonymous messages though they dont want to because .AWithout a reply BOf no use.CNo problem. DNo signal.75People often receive anonymous messages though they dont want to because .Amany of them probably dont know how to block such messagesBits not necessary for people to know how to block such messagesCtheir phones are not able to block anonymous messagingDits just impossible for people to reject any messages6阅读理解训练题（四十四）答案56-60DDBAA 61-65DBBCB 66-70DAACC 71-75BACBA
