There are stories about two US Presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，which attempt to explain the American English term OK. We don't know if either story is true，but they are both interesting.
The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education. In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing. When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said. If he approved of a paper, he would write “all correct” on it. The problem was that he didn't know how to spell. So what he really wrote was “ol korekt”. After a while，he shortened that term to “OK”．
The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New York. Van Buren's friends organized a club to help him become president. They called the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called “OK”．
小題1:The author ________．
A．believes both of the stories
B．doesn't believe a word of the stories
C．is not sure whether the stories are true
D．is telling the stories just for fun
小題2:According to the passage，President Jackson ________．
A．couldn't draw up any documents at all
B．wasn't good at reading，writing or spelling
C． often had his assistants sign documents for him
D．didn't like to read important papers by himself
小題3:According to the first story, the term “OK”________．
A．was approved of by President Jackson
B．was the title of some official documents
C．was first used by President Jackson
D．was an old way to spell “all correct”
小題4:According to the second story，the term “OK” ________．
A．was the short way to say “Old Kinderhook Club”
B．meant the place where President Van Buren was born
C．was the name of Van Buren's club
D．was used to call Van Buren's supporters in the election

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：文章通過美國安德魯·杰克遜和馬丁·范布倫兩個(gè)總統(tǒng)的故事，介紹了OK的由來。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段We don't know if either story is true，but they are both interesting. 看出，作者對(duì)這兩個(gè)故事的真實(shí)性也是沒有把握的。選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的President Jackson had very little education. In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing.和The problem was that he didn't know how to spell.看出杰克遜總統(tǒng)不擅長閱讀寫字，答案。B
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的he shortened that term to “OK”看出是杰克遜總統(tǒng)先使用OK的，答案是C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的anyone who supported Van Buren was called “OK”看出OK是用了稱呼Van Buren的支持者的，答案是D 。
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小題11:
A．whenB．soC．a(chǎn)fterD．if
小題12:
A．expressedB．condemned C．yelledD．a(chǎn)rgued
小題13:
A．purposeB．choicesC．desireD．thoughts
小題14:
A．shockedB．curiousC．guiltyD．cruel
小題15:
A．jarB．boxC．canD．bag
小題16:
A．spotB．formC．conditionD．style
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)irB．heatC．windD．sweat
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)bsentlyB．unwillinglyC．weaklyD．fearfully
小題19:
A．offB．downC．inD．up
小題20:
A．suspectB．explodeC．tolerateD．regret

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced towaist-high ruins, smelly and dirty.
Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill，she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?”she asked I said I was, “No charge.”She said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.
As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage (抵押貸款〉on our mined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we*d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for State, the online magazine  and wanted to give us (""no conditions attached’）a new house across thelake from New Orleans.
It sounded too good to be true, but I replied, thanking him for his exceptional generosity, that we had no plan to go back. Then a poet at the University of Florida offered to let his house to me, while he went to England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.
Throughout this painful experience, the kindness of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in humanity. It’s almost worth losing your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given half a chance.
小題1:The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of          
A．unconcernB．sympathy
C．doubtD．tolerance
小題2:What do we know about James Kemnedy?
A．He was a writer of an online magazine.
B．He was a poet at the University of Florida
C．He offered the author a new house free of charge.
D．He learned about the author’s sufferings via e-mail
小題3:It can be inferred from the text that         
A．the author’s family was in financial difficulty
B．rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster
C．houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area
D．the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank
小題4:The author learned from his experience that         
A．worldly possessions can be given up when necessary
B．generosity should be encouraged in some cases
C．people benefit from their sad stories
D．human beings are kind after all.

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