中考英语阅读理解实战演练之人物事件SectionV人物事件篇Passage42BillClintontookoffice(就职)onJanuary20,1993andbecamethe42ndU.S.President(总统).HeisthefirstU.S.presidentwhowasbornafterWorldWarII.HeisalsooneoftheyoungestofallU.S.presidents.Clintonwasborninapoorfamily.Threemonthsbeforehewasborn,hisfather,WilliamBlats,died.Whenhewassmall,hismotherremarried(再婚)NorgerClinton,sotheboy‘sfamilynamewaschanged.Inthesummerof1963,ClintonwasaskedtovisitthecityofWashington.Duringhisvisit,hemetPresidentKennedyintheWhiteHouse.Atthattime,hewantedtobecomeapresident,andnowheis!1.Clintonbecamethe42ndU.S.presidentwhenhewas______.A.thirtyB.aboutfortyC.forty-sevenD.37yearsold2.Clinton’sfatherdied______.A.after1946B.beforeClintonwasbornC.beforeWorldWarIID.whenClintonwasyoung3.Whywastheboy‘snamechanged?A.BecausehebecameapresidentB.BecausehisfamilywasverypoorC.BecausehisfatherwasdeadD.BecausehismotherremarriedNorgerClinton4.In1963ClintoncametothecityofWashington___.A.totakepartinanexamB.forhisholidaysC.foravisitD.tohaveameetingwithKennedy5.WhichoneofthefollowingisNotright?A.EverybodycanvisitthepresidentintheWhiteHouseB.AlltheU.S.presidentsworkintheWhiteHorseC.ClintonwantedtobecomeapresidentafterhesawPresidentKennedyD.TheWhiteHouseisinthecityofWashingtonPassage43EVERYTHINGhastwosides.OnesideofSARSisalreadyclear.Itisadeadlydisease,whichcausesfear.Therewere2,601cases(病例)recordedontheChinesemainlandonApril24,accordingtogovernmentreport.115peoplehavediedandnumberskeeprising.But,thereisanotherside.SARSisareminder(提醒)ofhowfragilelifecanbe.Suddenly,it’snotjusttheoldpeoplewhoarethinkingaboutdeath.Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow.WangXinying,astudentinTaiyuan,ShanxiProvincecameintocontact(接触)withasuspected(疑似)SARSpatientinmid-April.Hewastoldtostayathomeforatleasttwoweeks.“WatchingTVaboutmoreandmoreSARSpatientsdying,Ineverknewthatdeathcouldbesoclose.Lifeisvaluable(珍贵的)andI’mgoingtotreasure(珍惜)everysingleday,”hesaid.SARSteachespeopletobegrateful,bothfortheirownlivesandforothers.Doctorsandnurses,forexample,havetospendalltheirtimewithinfected(被感染的)patients.Asaresult,morethanonefifthofSARScasesinChinaaremedicalworkers.XuBing,astudentofBeijingNo.5MiddleSchoolwantstobeadoctorinthefuture.“Althoughtheycertainlyknowthedangers,doctorsandnurseskeptworkinghardonsavingpeople’slives.I’mdeeplymovedbywhattheyhavedone.Ithinktheyarerealheroes.”hesaid.SARSalsoteachessympathy(同情).ThepastfewweekshavebeenterribleforChinesepeople.ButtherearefarworsethingsthanSARSinthisworld,suchaswar,earthquakesandrobberies.ThinkoftheIraqis,whohavebeenlivingterriblelivesfor20years.ThinkofhowtheAmericansfelton9.11.Andfinally,SARSoffersthechancestogrow.Alldifferentkindsofpeopleandthegovernmentsarejoiningtogethertoworkinthisdifficulttime.Whenthispasses,Chinaanditspeoplewillhavelearnedgreatlessons.1.Whatdoes“Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow”mean?Itmeanslifeiseasyto_____andwemust______ourlife.2.HowlongwasWangXinyingtoldtostayathome?Hewastoldtostayathomeforabout_______a_______.3.Whycanmedicalworkersbeeasilyinfected?Becausetheyhavetobewithinfectedpatients_______and_______.4.Whatdowelearninthedifficulttime?Welearnnothingisdifficultifwe___________.Passage44MarcoPolowasborninVenicein1254.HewasthemostfamouswesternertovisitAsiaduringthemiddleAges.Hewroteabookabouthistravels.Inhisbookhewroteallt...
