单选题 Text
George Washington was six feet tall, with (26) shoulders, a big nose, reddish hair that was now grey and that (27) of power and authority large men often (28) . He had a wonderful quality of silence (29) in the noisy Constitutional Conventtion at Philadelphia in 1787 had (30) an eloquence of (31) . He was the unlikely (32) the people were seeking: a citizen-soldier, a steady, rocklike, responsible man. He was not a (33) There have been (34) soldiers, more capable executives, more creative statesmen. (35) he had been once, and was now again, pre-eminently the (36) man in the right place (37) the right time.
He had (38) the weight of the Revolution on his shoulders, had torn victory out of defeat because he had never known when he was (39) . He could never give in, yet he was no statue. (40) passions strung on a hair trigger. When (41) that the painter Gilbert Stuart had seen signs of a fierce temper controlled only with difficulty, Washington said soberly, "He is right."
He was too honest to evade anything. He was the good soldier who never (42) his country's call. Like several later generals, he would bring to the presidential (43) more prestige than he found in it; (44) some, he would leave the office greater than he had found it, and (45) an authority that could be handed down to those who came after him.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据文中题意，“宽大的肩膀”，显然四个选项，C选项broad最合适。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】“look of power and authority”(力量和权威的外表)，因此C选项最合适。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据题意，“large men often have”(大人物所经常拥有的)。综观四个选项，A选项最符合题意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据上下文，文中已有先行词silence，因此that做连接词最符合题意，后面的定语从句修饰silence。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据29的题解，此处空白处的意思应为“显得、呈现出”，只有A、B选项有此意，而B选项不能接宾语，所以只能选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由于前面为单数(an eloquence)，因此只有C选项符合题意。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据后文，此处的意思应为“他不像人们所追求的那样的复合体(综合体)”，所以根据下文，应该选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】“he was not a genius”(他不是天才)是常用语，故选C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据后文“more”，用的是比较级，故此处应该也用比较级，所以选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据上下文，此处明显表示转折的意思，故选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据下文，“right man in the right place”，故选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】“at the right time”是习惯用法，故选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据文中的意思，“他肩负着革命的重任”，故选B(carried)。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】“当他遭受挫折时，他从不知道”，根据文中的四个选项，只有 A、B选项有此意，但A选项与文中的搭配不符，故选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据上下文，空白处应为“his passions”的意思，B选项his省略了passions，故选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此处C选项“told”相当于“he was told”，显然选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】文中的意思“他从不拒绝国家的召唤”，D选项为最佳答案。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】“presidental office”搭配最为合适，表示比较正式，故选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】“不向其他人”，根据题意，显然选A合适。B选项dislike为“不喜欢”之意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】“with...”，此处表示伴随状态，其他选项无此意，故选A。