填空题
The presidential campaign if 1932 was chiefly a debate over the causes of and possible remedies for the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover, unlucky in entering the White House (1) 1 eight months before the stock market crash, had struggled (2) 2 to set the wheels of industry in (3) 3 again. But constrained by a traditional conception of the (4) 4 government’s proper role, he could take no (5) 5 action.
His Democratic opponent, Franklin D. Roosevelt, already popular (6) 6 governor of New York state during the developing crisis, (7) 7 that the depression stemmed from the American economy’s underlying flaws, (8) 8 had been aggravated by republican policies during (9) 9.
President Hoover replied that the American economy was fundamentally (10) 10 but had been shaken by the repercussions of (11) 11 worldwide depression whose causes could be (12) 12 back to the world war.
Behind this argument (13) 13 a clear implication: Hoover preferred largely to depend on natural processes of recovery, while Roosevelt was (14) 14 to use the federal government’s authority for bold experimental remedies.
The election (15) 15 in a smashing victory for Roosevelt, who won 22,800,000 votes to Hoover’s 150700,000.
1. A、exactly B、only C、purely D、simply
2. A、cheerfully B、willfully C、endlessly D、tirelessly
3. A、action B、exertion C、mission D、motion
4. A、civil B、federal C、legitimate D、nationwide
5. A、actual B、drastic C、mighty D、real
6. A、as B、being C、elected D、with
7. A、argued B、debated C、persuaded D、retorted
8. A、it B、that C、there D、which
9. A、1920’s B、the 1920s C、twenties D、the twenty’s
10. A、excellent B、faulty C、questionable D、sound
11. A、a B、any C、each D、some
12. A、tracked B、traced C、trailed D、tramped
13. A、laid B、lain C、lay D、lie
14. A、bent B、certain C、firm D、prepared
15. A、caused B、brought C、led D、resulted