单选题
Lincoln was a strong executive who saved the government, saved the United States. He was a President who understood people, and, when time came to make decisions, he was willing to take the responsibility and make those decisions, no matter how difficult they were. He knew how to treat people and how to make a decision stick, and that's why he is regarded as such a great Administration. Carl Sandburg and a lot of others have tried to make something out of Lincoln that he wasn't. He was a decent man, a good politician, and a great President, and they've tried to build up things that he never even thought about. I'll bet a dollar and a half that if you read Sandburg's biography of Lincoln, you'll find things put into Lincoln's mouth and mind that never even occurred to him. He was a good man who was in the place where he ought to have been at the time important events were taking place, but when they write about him as though he belongs in the pantheon (从神庙) of the gods, that's not the man he really was. He was the best kind of ordinary man, and when I say that he was an ordinary man, I mean that as high praise, not deprecation. That's the highest praise you can give a man. He's one of the people and becomes distinguished in the service that he gives other people. He was one of the people, and he wanted to stay that way. And he was that way until the day he died. One of the reasons he was assassinated was because he didn't feel important enough to have the proper guards around him at Ford's Theatre.
单选题
According to the passage, Lincoln was ______ . A. a man belonging in the pantheon of the gods B. defied (藐视) by all the people C. as ordinary as all the other people D. a responsible person
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节理解题。参见第二段第四句话后半句…but when they write about him as though he belongs in the pantheon(众神庙)of the gods， that's not the man he really was．可知A正是作者所批驳的观点。B项明显不对。至于C选项，虽然作者认为林肯是个普通人，但他是the best kind of ordinary man．所以C也是错误的。应该选择D是因为第一段第二句中说…he was willing to take the responsibility…“他愿意承担责任…”
单选题
What's the author's comment on Carl Sandburg's biography of Lincoln? A. It's objective. B. It's unfair to Lincoln. C. It sang high praise of Lincoln. D. It's widely read.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 观点态度题。由文章的第二段第三句I'll bet a dollar and a half that if you read Sandburg's biography of Lincoln，you'll find things put into Lincoln's mouth and mind that never even occurred to him．“我敢打赌如果你读了Sandburg的林肯传记，你会读到一些没有发生在林肯身上的事情。”可知Sandburg的林肯传记过分褒扬了林肯，所以它不可能是客观的，也不会对林肯有所不公。C则是正确选项。至于D，文中并没有提及。
单选题
What's the author's attitude toward Lincoln? A. Admiring. B. Indifferent. C. Critical. D. Affectionate.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 观点态度题。在文章中，作者批评了一些将林肯神化的观点，提出林肯是一个普通人，他将这一说法称为the highest praise you call give a man，仅根据这一点，即可判断A是正确选项，而且第一段本身也充满对林肯的赞誉之辞。
单选题
Which of the following titles suits the passage best? A. Lincoln-an Ordinary Man. B. Lincoln-a Great Politician. C. Lincoln's Biography by Carl Sandburg. D. How was Lincoln Assassinated?
单选题
In the author's opinion, an ordinary man ______ . A. is a mediocre (平庸的) person B. can never become distinguished C. indicates deprecation D. can be used to praise a person
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节判断题。作者在文章第二段中明确提出I mean that (an ordinary man)as high praise，not deprecation“我所说的一个普通人是作为高度的赞誉，而不是责难。”所以A，C可被排除。B与林肯本身显然矛盾。所以选D。