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1、毕业班泛读小测1 AThomas Jefferson was inaugurated on March 4, 1801. He was the first President to take the oath of office in the nations permanent capital, Washington D.C. Although Washington was a new city, it was already familiar to President Jefferson. In fact, Jefferson had helped plan the capitals str
2、eets and public buildings. Besides being a city planner and architect, the new President was a writer, a scientist, and the inventor of several gadgets and tools.After his inauguration, Jefferson moved into the Presidential Palace. The Palace was more than a home: it contained offices for the Presid
3、ent and some of his staff and adviser. It also included dining and reception rooms, where the President could entertain congressmen. However, President Jefferson did not give many formal parties. This was partly because there was no First Lady; Jeffersons wife had died in 1782. But it was also becau
4、se Jefferson liked to live in a simple fashion. Once , he showed up for an important meeting wearing old clothes and down-at-the-heels slippers！Neither Washington nor Adams would ever have dressed so causually. Jefferson was different from the first two Presidents in other ways, too. He disagreed wi
5、th them about how the country should be run, and about what part a President should play in running it.（ ）1.Which of the following statements about Washington D.C. can be correctly inferred from passage？A.The Presidential Palace was not located there. B.It contained many old buildings in 1801.C.It w
6、as not the first capital of the United States.D.Thomas Jefferson was a newcomer there in 1801.（ ）2, According to the passage, Thomas Jefferson was all of the following EXCEPT.A. A scientist. B. An architect. C. A writer . D. A carpenter.（ ）3,According to the passage, the Presidential Palace was buil
7、t to be _A.a hotel for visiting kings B.an office building and homeC.a museum for colonial American tools and gadgets D.a meeting place for newspaper reporters（ ）4. It can be inferred that one reason Thomas Jefferson did not entertain very often in Washington was because_A.he did not enjoy elaborate
8、 parties B.he and his wife did not have appropriate clothesC.the food in the area was not good D.he could not understand foreign languages（ ）5. It can be inferred from the passage that George Washington and John Adams both_. A.lived for a long time in Washington D.C. B.were rather formal gentlemenC.
9、traveled to many foreign countries D.encouraged Jefferson to run for the Presidency BIn the old days divers used to go down into the sea looking for ship that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ship, but they also try to bring
10、to the surface the ships themselves, or part of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.One famous sunken ship is the “Lusitania”, which sank off
11、 the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 1500 lives. It had four huge propellers made of an expensive metal. Today each of those propellers is worth $300,000 or more. The ship, lying on the sea-bed, has been bought by a man called John Ligh. He paid about $12,000 for the whole sh
12、ip. He hopes to bring up those propellers and sell them. He also hopes to sell other parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $600,000.The “Andria Doria”is another valuable ship lying on the sea-bed. It is an Italian passenger ship which sank in 1956 after a collision wi
13、th a Swedish ship. The ship itself is worth at least $30,000,000 and in addition she was carrying over $ 4,800,000 in money and many other valuable things. There is one silver object which is worth over $ 1,200,000. But the ship is lying in deep water which is very dark and cold. A strong current al
14、so sweeps past the ship and so far divers have been unsuccessful.Note: 1. propeller 螺旋桨 2. collision: 碰撞（ ）1.Divers today try to bring to the surface and sell_A. gold and jewels B. whole ships C.valuable things in the ship D. all of the above（ ）2.Divers try to bring up metal from sunken ships becaus
15、e_A. gold and jewels are not as valuableB. some kinds of metal are worth a lot of money todayC. it is easy to bring up metalD. metal becomes better after it has been in the sea（ ）3.John Light bought the “Lustiania”_A. before 1915 B. after it sankC, after it had been brought to the surface D. after he had brought up the propellers（ ）4.Divers have tried to bring up things from “Andria Doria” because_A.the water is not very deep B. it is lying on the sea-bedC.there is silver in the ship D.the sh
