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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 fir
2、st 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 Hous
4、ton, 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 University
5、 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 e
7、lected 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?AGeorge W. Bush is the
8、 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.DGeorge W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his father i
9、nto 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, the B
10、ush family moved in all.Athree timesBfour timesCfive timesDsix 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 America
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13、a hotel specially for traveling motoristsBa traditional hotel that is near to a beautiful bayCa nice hotel that provides everything the customers needDa large hotel that provides the best service but charges the least61It can be learned from the two advertisements that .Aaged travelers will usually
14、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 Inn 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 onl
15、y a few yearsBit is not in the center of the cityCit has a parking placeDit has more roomsCOn hearing the words“Just do it!”, you will know there is 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 tel
