Lifeguard, sportscaster, movie star, governor, president——there wasn’t much Ronald Reagan didn’t do in life.
“The world was a vast opportunity for him,” Lou Cannon wrote in his biography（傳記） of the former US president, who died on June 5，2004， aged 93.
Reagan’s final years saw him fight a losing battle against Alzheimer’s disease（老年癡呆癥）. But his positive attitude toward life has given hope to many people.
Born in 1911 to a poor family in a small town in Illinois, his father was a failed salesman who drank too much. It was in these difficult times, though, that Reagan developed the powerful optimism（樂觀） that would serve him so well. He always believed better times lying ahead, and this was reflected in his high school yearbook entry. “Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music,” he wrote.
As a teenager, Reagan spent summers working as a lifeguard at a local beach, saving 77 lives in seven years. He graduated from college in 1932 with a degree in economics and sociology. But America was still in the middle of the Great Depression, and jobs were hard to find. Reagan finally found work as a radio sports announcer and this road led him to Hollywood in 1937.
During the 20---year film career, he never became a leading star. As in his lifeguard days, Reagan loved to play the hero and only took the role of a bad guy once in more than 50 films.
A talented speaker who was always able to connect with his audience, Reagan became involved in politics in the 1950s. This popular touch led to him being elected the governor of California in 1967.
All the while Reagan was in California, he had his eye on the White House. In 1980, aged 69, he became the oldest man ever elected president.
He held office from 1981 to 1989, the first president to serve two complete terms after World War Ⅱ. When he left, aged 77, he held the highest popularity rate of any retiring president in US history.
He remained positive even when he discovered he had an illness that would destroy him. “I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal（永恒的optimism(樂觀) for its future,”he wrote.
【小題1】Reagan can be best described as a man with ______.

A．firmnessB．humourC．optimismD．talent
【小題2】What didn’t Reagan do in his life time?
A．Playing the role of a bad guy.
B．Being a leading star of the film.
C．Saving people’s lives.
D．Working as a radio sports announcer.
【小題3】Which is the correct order of events described in the passage?
a. Reagan fought a losing battle against Alzheimer’s disease.
b. Reagan became an actor.
c. Reagan worked as a lifeguard.
d. Reagan graduated from college.
e. Reagan was elected the governor of California.
A．a(chǎn), c, d, e ,bB．e, c, d, b, a
C．b, a, c, d, eD．c, d, b, e, a
【小題4】When the writer of Reagan’s biography says “The world was a vast opportunity for him,” he really means that _______.
A．Reagan achieved much in his whole life
B．Reagan could have done much better
C．Reagan did much for America and the world
D．Reagan was a very lucky man


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析 本文講述里根的生平，尤其是晚年與病魔的斗爭鼓舞了許多人。
【小題1】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段 But his positive attitude toward life has given hope to many people得出C項(xiàng)正確，找出原名，進(jìn)行仔細(xì)辨別，很容易得出正確的答案。
【小題2】B 細(xì)節(jié)題。里根在一生中沒有做到哪些事。在文中第六段During the 20---year film career, he never became a leading star，得出選 B項(xiàng)。
【小題3】D 排序題。做此類題要比較答案，有哪些不同，四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，位于第一的是哪件事，再根據(jù)文章中As a teenager, Reagan spent summers working as a lifeguard at a local beach, saving 77 lives in seven years.判斷出c應(yīng)該排一位。而a晚年與病魔做斗爭排在最后，故選D項(xiàng)是正確的。
【小題4】A 推斷題。從第一段得知，里根從事很多職業(yè)，故選A項(xiàng)。
考點(diǎn) 人物傳記。

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