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1、Passage1TherearestiesabouttwoUS.presidents，rewJacksonMartinVanBuren，whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOKWedon’tknowifeitherstyistrue，buttheyarebothinterestingThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacks

2、onhadverylittleeducationInfact，hehaddifficultyreadingwritingWhenimptantpaperscametoJackson，hetriedtoreadthemthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaidIfheapprovedofapaperhewouldwrite“allcrect”onitTheproblemwasthathedidn’tkn

3、owhowtospellSowhathereallywrotewas“olkekt”Afterawhile，heshtenedthattermto“OK”ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasbn，Kinderhook，NewYkVanBnren’sfriendsganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresidentTheycaned

4、theclubtheOldKinderhookClub，anyonewhosupptedVanBurenwascalled“OK”31TheauthA.believesbothofthestiesBdoesn’tbelieveawdofthestiesCisnotsurewhetherthestiesaretrueD.istellingthestiesjustffun32.Accdingtothepassage，PresidentJac

5、ksonAcouldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatallB.didn’tliketoreadimptantpapersbyhimselfCoftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsfhimD.wasn’tgoodatreading，writingspelling33Accdingtothefirststytheterm“OK”A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJacksonBw

6、asthetitleofsomeOfficialdocumentsCwasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonDwasanoldwaytospell“allcrect’’34.Accdingtothesecondsty，theterm‘‘OK”Awastheshtwaytosay‘‘oldKinderhookClub”BmeanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasbnCwasthenam

7、eofVanBuren’sclubDwasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupptersintheelection35Accdingtothesecondstytheterm“OK”wasfirstused__AbyVanBurenBinapresidentialelectionCtoganizetheOldKinderhookClubDbythemembersofthe‘‘OldKinderhookClub”Passage2

8、AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlthelproducesfarmefoodthanthepresentpopulationneeds，itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansocietyLessthanatenthofthepeopleareengagedinagriculturefestry(林業(yè))，mostoftherestliveinaroundtown

9、s，smalllargeHerethetraditionalpictureischanging：everysmalltownmaystillbeverylikeothersmalltowns，thetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedviewofthecountry，butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymeHalfthepopulationno

10、wlivesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas(1argecitieswiththeirsuburbs、ofmethanamillionpeopleeach—alargerproptionthaninGermanyEngl，letaloneFranceThestatistics(統(tǒng)計)ofurbanruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecausesomanypeop

11、lewholiveinareasclassifiedasruraltravelbycartowkinanearbytowneachdayAstherushtoliveoutoftowncontinuesruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilledwithhouses，sothatitishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburbDW

12、heretherearenowrittenrecdsthereisnohisty42WeknowverylittleaboutthecentralAfrica200yearsagobecause___AtherewasnothingwthbeingwrittendownatthattimeB.thepeoplethereignedtheimptanceofkeepingarecdCthewrittenrecdswereperhapsde

13、stroyedbyafireDthepeopletheredidnotknowhowtowrite43“Rememberedhisty”refersto___Ahistybasedonaperson’simaginationB.stiesofimptanthappeningspasseddownfrommouthtomouthC.songsdancesaboutthemostimptanteventsD.bothBC44“Remembe

14、redhisty”isregardedasvaluableonlywhen____.A.itiswrittendownB.nowrittenaccountisavailableCitprovestobetimeDpeopleareinterestedinit45.Thepassagesuggeststhatwecouldhavelearnedmuchmeaboutourpastthanwedonowiftheancientpeopleh

15、ad_____AkeptawrittenrecdofeverypasteventB.notburnttheirwrittenrecdsinwarsCtoldexactstiesofthemostimptanthappeningsDmademesongsdancesPassage4WhenMrsJosephGroegerdiedrecentlyinVienna，Austria，peopleaskedtheobvious，“Whydidsh

16、elivetobe107”Answerswereprovidedbyasurveyconductedamong148Viennesemenwomenwhohadreachedtheageof100SomewhatsurprisingwasthefactthatthemajityhadlivedmostoftheirlivesincitiesInspiteofthecity’simageasanunhealthyplace，cityliv

17、ingoftenprovidesbenefitsthatcountrylivingcanlackOnefactseemstobeimptanttothelongevity(長壽)ofthoseinterviewedThisfactisexerciseinthecitiesitisoftenfastertowalkshtdistancesthantowaitfabusEventakingpublictransptationoftenreq

18、uiressomewalkingSmallerapartmenthouseshavenoelevats(電梯)，sopeoplemustclimbstairsCitypeoplecanusuallywalktolocalsupermarketsSinceparkingspacesarehardtofind，thereisoftennoalternativetowalkingOntheotherh，thosewholiveinthecou

19、ntrysuburbsdonothavetowalkeverydayInfact，theoppositeisoftentrueTogotoschool，wk，almostanywhereelse，theymustrideincars31TheViennasurveymayhelptoexplain_____AthecomplaintsofpeopleinapartmenthousesBthecauseofMrsGroeger’sdeat

20、hCthelongevityofpeoplelikeMrsGroegerD.theimageofcitiesingeneral32Thepurposeofthesecondparagraphistolistsome_____AbenefitsofwalkingBoccasionsfwalkingincitylifeC.commentsmadebycitypeopleDproblemsofcityliving33Toreachthethi