单选题 Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shopkeeper and postmaster in his early years.
A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated from the same school— West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined because he broke the roles of the school.
The jobs of the US president are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, "When you grow up you should not be the president. It's a tiring job./

单选题 According to the passage, who regarded the jobs of the US president as tiring ones?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问:“根据文章内容,谁认为美国总统是累人的工作?”从文章最后一句塔夫脱总统对罗斯福说的话“当你长大后你不应该当总统,这活儿很累。”可知,塔太脱总统认为美国总统是累人的工作。所以答案选B。
单选题 In the third paragraph, "keep an eye on" means "______".
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问:“第三段中keep an eye on的意思是什么?”作为总统应该是要关注国内外发生的大事,所以keep an eye on应是“关注,密切注视”的意思。所以本题的答案选A。
单选题 The second paragraph mainly tells us ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问:“文章第二段主要告诉我们什么?”文章的第二段第一句话开篇点明了该段主题——很多美国总统都有在军队的经历。所以本题的答案选D。
单选题 Which of the following is true according to the text?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问:“根据文章内容,下面哪项是正确的?”文章中并没有说格兰特,林肯和艾森豪威尔谁先当的总统,所以答案 A和D是错误的。文章中也没有提西点军校是什么时候建的,所以答案C也不正确。文章的第一段说华盛顿生在穷人的家庭,A是正确的。