Question

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

奥朗德

President Normal

(2012年洛阳二模)BEFORE Nicolas Sarkozy became French president，he was asked if he thought about presidency when he looked in the mirror while shaving(刮胡子)．“Not just when I'm shaving，”he answered.

When Francois Hollande，now presidentelect(总统当选人)of France，was asked the same question，he replied：“Do I see myself as president？No，I am a presidential candidate.A candidate must not think himself president；he must give hope that he becomes president.”

Hollande has promised to be a“normal(普通的) president”－something Sarkozy certainly was not.Sarkozy celebrated his election in 2007 at a worldclass Parisian restaurant.He took holidays on the yachts(游艇)of wealthy businesspeople.Hollande，by contrast，was still going around Paris on his threewheeled motorbike at the start of this year.One member of his party said he looked“more like a pizza delivery man”than the next president.

“That is the key to Hollande's success because the election is turning into a sort of referendum(公民投票)for or against Nicolas Sarkozy，”Eric Dupin，a journalist and political observer(观察员)told Global Post.“Francois Hollande is the one who appears not only as his main opponent(对手)politically，but also as his complete opposite psychologically(心理上)．”

When he was the Socialist party leader，Hollande was nicknamed“the marshmallow(软糖)”because he hated fights.Sarkozy，by contrast，is known to be loud and aggressive(好斗的)．

When faced with Sarkozy's verbal attacks during the election，Hollande stayed calm.This sometimes annoyed even his own supporters.“I wish he would just let go and savage(用暴力对付)Sarko，”one Hollande voter said to the Guardian.

But Hollande still knows how to fight.Stéphane Le Foll，a Sicialist MEP who has been one of Hollande's closest advisors for 17 years and is codirecting his campaign，said Hollande had quietly planned his presidential bid(投标) for 10 years.“I think we all underestimated(低估)this guy，”Alain Minc，one of Sarkozy's closest friends and advisers，told Reuters.

Hollande was born in 1954 into a middleclass family.He lived through the 1968 protests(抗议)that nearly overthrew(推翻)the French government.“They shocked him，but also politicized him，he said in a recent interview，making him understand that change was possible，”reported the New York Times.When Hollande was 15，he told friends he expected to become president.

“I didn't come to the first rank either by chance or by obsession(执迷)，”Hollande said in an interview with Reuters.“I got there because I put myself in this situation，and because I deserved (值得的；应受的)it.”

【1】By citing Hollande and Sarkozy's replies to the same question，the author intends to show ________.

A．Sarkozy is more confident than Hollande

B．Hollande is more modest than Sarkozy

C．Hollande is less ambitious than Sarkozy

D．Sarkozy is more humorous than Hollande

【2】What is the key to Hollande's success in the presidential election according to Eric Dupin?

A．His dislike of fights.

B．His careful plan for the presidential bid.

C．How different he is form Sarkozy.

D．The gentle way in which he ran his campaign.

【3】How did Hollande react to Sarkozy's verbal attacks according to the article?

A．He fought back violently.

B．He got annoyed on the spot.

C．He didn't say anything.

D．He dealt with them calmly.

【4】What did Hollande think he owed his success to，according to the article?

A．His good luck.

B． His devotion and efforts.

C．His obsession with politics.

D．His personality and experience.

【5】What is the purpose of the article?

A．To show what kind of person Hollande is.

B．To compare the differences between Hollande and Sarkozy

C．To show what French people think of Hollande.

D．To explain why Sarkozy lost the election.

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】 奥朗德当选法国新任总统。本文通过奥朗德在胜出竞选前后与前总统萨科奇的种种不同，向我们展示了一个“普通先生”的新总统。

【1】细节理解题。由文中第一、二段可知新任总统奥朗德是谦虚的，故B项正确。

【2】细节理解题。由文中第三、四段“One member of his party said he looked“more like a pizza delivery man”than the next president.”可知奥朗德的成功在于他与萨科奇的不同。

【3】细节理解题。由文中第六段“When faced with Sarkozy's verbal attacks during the election, Hollande stayed calm.”可知D项正确。

【4】细节理解题。由文中最后一段奥朗德对自己的成功的评价“I got there because I put myself in this situation and because I deserved it.”可知B项正确。

【5】意图判断题。本文通过介绍两位总统的不同，意在说明新任总统奥朗德是一个什么样的人。