2011届高三英语阅读理解专练(一)
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Whenhetookoffice,GeorgeW.Bush,sonofformerpresidentGeorgeHerbertWalkerBush,becamethefirstsontofollowhisfatherintotheWhiteHousesinceJohnQuineyAdamsfollowedJohnAdamsintheearly19thcentury.
BushwasbornonJuly6,1946,inNewHaven,Connecticut,thefirstchildofGeorgeHerbertWalkerBushandBarbaraPierceBush.AlthoughGeorgeHerbertWalkerBushbeganhiscareerintheoilindustry,hefinallyservedasacongressman(国会议员,andvice(副presidentandpresidentoftheUnitedStates.Attheageoftwo,BushmovedwithhisparentsfromConnecticuttoOdessa,Texas,wherehisfathertookuptheoilbusiness.AfterayearinTexas,thefamilymovedtoCaliforniaforbusinessreasons.Ayearlater,thefamilyreturnedtoTexasandsettledinMidland,whereBushlivedfrom1950to1959.
In1959,againforbusinessreasons,thefamilymovedtoHouston,Texas.In1961BushleftTexasandwenttoAndover,Massachusetts,toattendPhillipsAcademy,aboardingschool(寄宿学校thathisfatherhadalsoattended.
AtPhillips,Bushplayedbasketball,baseball,andfootball.Hewasbestknownforbeingheadcheerleader.In1964heenrolledatYaleUniversityinConnecticut.HisfatherandgrandfatherhadalsoattendedYale.AtYale,Bushwasconsideredanaveragestudent,buthewaspopularwithhisclassmates.
BushgraduatedfromYalewithabachelor’sdegreeinhistoryin1968.ThenhejoinedtheAirNationalGuardandremainedintheGuarduntil1973.AfterearninghisMBAfromHarvardin1975,BushreturnedtoMidland.Likehisfather,hefirstenteredtheoilindustryasa“landsman(新手”.However,Bush’soilcompaniesneverenjoyedgreatsuccess.Hetookmoreinterestinpolitics.Hehelpedhisfathertobecomepresidentandin1994hehimselfwaselectedgovernorofTexas.
1.Whatdoesthewriterintendtotellusinthefirstparagraph?
A.GeorgeW.BushisthefirstsoninAmericanhistorytofollowhisfatherintotheWhiteHouse.
B.GeorgeW.BushisthefirstsonofformerpresidentGeorgeHerbertWalkerBush.C.JohnQuincyAdamsandhisfatherwerebothformerAmericanpresidents.
D.GeorgeW.BushisthesecondoneinAmericanhistorytofollowhisfatherintotheWhiteHouse.
2.WemaylearnfromthetextthatyoungBush______.A.gotonverywellattheuniversities
B.wasverygoodatbasketball,baseballandfootballC.dideverythingashisfatherhaddone
D.wasaverysuccessfulpoliticianlikehisfather
3.FromtheyearwhenBushwastwototheyear1959,theBushfamilymovedinall.
A.seventimesB.fourtimes