Question

When he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quiney Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century.

Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally served as a congressman(国会议员), and vice(副) president and president of the United States.

At the age of two, Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut to Odessa, Texas, where his father took up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.

In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Houston, Texas. In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, aboarding school(寄宿学校) that his father had also attended.

At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader. In 1964 he enrolled at Yale University in Connecticut.His father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.

Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973. After earning his MBA from Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a “landsman(新手)”. However, Bush’s oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in 1994 he himself was elected governor of Texas.

In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20, 2001, George W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath(宣誓) of office to become the 43rd president of the US.

1.What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph?

A. George W. Bush is the first son in American history to follow his father into the White House.

B. George W. Bush is the first son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush.

C. George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his father into the White House.

D. John Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.

2.We may learn from the text that young Bush ______.

A. got on very well at the universities

B. was very good at basketball, baseball and football

C. was a very successful politician like his father

D. did everything as his father had done

3.Which of the following is NOT true about George W. Bush?

A. He once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.

B. Young Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.

C. He once ruled over an American state before he entered the White House.

D. He once served at the Air National Guard for about five years.

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：小布什是美国历史上第二个接替父亲当上总统的人。小布什出生于1946年7月6日，1961年，布什离开德克萨斯，前往菲利普学院就读。小布什在1968年获得耶鲁大学历史学的学士学位，在1975年获得哈佛大学工商管理硕士学位。1999年夏，小布什开始竞选美国总统。在2001年1月20号，小布什宣誓就职，成为美国第43任总统。

1.George W. Bush...became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quiney Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century”可知，在美国历史上，George W. Bush是继John Quiney Adams之后，第二个接替父亲执政的人，文章主要讲的是George W. Bush，故选C。

2.At Yale, Bush was considered an average student”排除A；根据倒数第三段“At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader.”可知，小布什是有名的啦啦队队长，排除B；小布什的父亲是做石油生意的，而小布什没有创办自己的石油公司，说明小布什并非做过父亲做过的所有的事情，排除D，故选C。

3.At the age of two, Bush moved with his parents...Odessa, Texas,...After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland”可知，1948年，两岁的小布什随父母搬到了德克萨斯，一年之后，一家人搬到了加利福尼亚，又过了一年，一家人再次回到德克萨斯。在1948年到1961年间，其中有一年是在加利福尼亚度过的，B项错误，故选B。

考点：人物类短文阅读