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1、......阅读理解Passage1TherearestoriesabouttwoU.S.presidents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK.Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue,buttheyarebothinteresting.ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation.Infa
2、ct,hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson,hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid.Ifheapprovedofapaper.hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit.Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowtospell.Sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”.Afterawhile,heshorte
3、nedthattermto“OK”.ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn,Kinderhook,NewYork.VanBnren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresidentTheycanedtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub,andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”.Passage1这里要讲述AndrewJackson和Martin
4、VanBuren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AndrewJackson的故事。AndrewJackson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,AndrewJackson就在上面写“allcorrect”.学习参考.......。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“olkorekt”。过了不
5、久,他又把这2个单词缩写为“OK”。第二个解释来源于总统MartinVanBuren的家乡的名字——纽约的Kinderhook。为了帮助VanBuren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OldKinderhookClub,社团中支持VanBuren的人都被称为“OK”31.TheauthorCA.believesbothofthestoriesB.doesn’tbelieveawordofthestoriesC.isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueD.istellingthestorie
6、sjustforfun32.Accordingtothepassage,PresidentJacksonD_A.couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatallB.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimselfC.oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhimD.wasn’tgoodatreading,writingorspelling33.Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”CA.wasapprovedofbyPresi
7、dentJacksonB.wasthetitleofsomeOfficialdocumentsC.wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD.wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect’’34.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm‘‘OK”DA.wastheshortwaytosay‘‘oldKinderhookClub”B.meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasbornC.wasthenameofVanBuren’sclubD.was
8、usedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersin.学习参考.......theelection35.Accordingtothesecondstory.theterm“OK”w
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