高中英语阅读理解精题(附答案、解析、翻译).pdf

阅读理解 Passage 1 There are stories about two U ．S . presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren ，which attempt to explain the American English term OK ．We don ’t know if either story is true ，but they are both interesting ． The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education ． In fact ， he had difficulty reading and writing ．When important papers came to Jackson ，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said ． If he approved of a paper ． he would write “all correct ” on it ．The problem was that he didn ’t know how to spell ．So what he really wrote was “ol korekt ”．After a while ，he shortened that term to “OK”． The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born ，Kinderhook ，New York．Van Bnren ’s friends organized a club to help him become President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club ，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called “OK”． Passage 1 这里要讲述 Andrew Jackson 和 Martin Van Buren 这 2 届美国总统的小故事。这 2 个小故事也许可以 解释美语中 OK 一词的来历。故事的真实性我们不得而知，不过内容却很有意思。 第一个解释来源于总统 Andrew Jackson 的故事。 Andrew Jackson 几乎没有受到过什么教育，事实上， 他对于日常的读写都有困难。当收到重要文件的时候，在尝试阅读之后，还是让他的助手帮忙解释 文件的内容。如果批准一份文件， Andrew Jackson 就在上面写“ all correct ”。麻烦的是，他不知道怎 么这 2 个单词怎么拼写，因此，实际上他在文件上写的是“ ol korekt ”。过了不久，他又把这 2 个单 词缩写为“ OK”。 第二个解释来源于总统 Martin Van Buren 的家乡的名字——纽约的 Kinderhook 。为了帮助 Van Buren 成为总统，他的朋友为此组织了一个社团。他们把这个社团叫做 Old Kinderhook Club，社团中支持 Van Buren 的人都被称为“ OK” 31 ．The author C A. believes both of the stories B．doesn ’t believe a word of the stories C．is not sure whether the stories are true D. is telling the stories just for fun 32. Ac