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初中英语专项阅读—名人轶事 A Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs as a worker, a shopkeeper and a post officer in his early years. A larger number of US presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general(将军) in the American Civil War. It happened that they came from the same school—West Point Military Academy(西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them didn’t do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was fined(罚款) because he broke the rules of the school. The jobs of the US president are tiring. He must keep an eye on everything important which happened both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waited for him to do and he had to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be a president. It’s a tiring job.” Choose the best answer according to the passage. ( )1. In the nineteenth century, many US presidents _______. A. got poor education during their childhood B. didn’t like to go to school in their early years C. got good education during their childhood D. hadn’t any knowledge in their work at all ( )2. How many US presidents who came from West Point Military Academy are mentioned? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. ( )3. In the last paragraph, the underlined phrase “keep an eye on” means “_______”. A. pay no attention to B. take care of C. never sleep all the day D. look at everything with one eye ( )4. What can be inferred(推测) from the passage? A. Most of the people who had studied at West Point Military Academy became presidents. B. Only those who didn’t study well