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1、SectionV人物事件篇Passage42 BillClintontookoffice(就职)onJanuary20,1993andbecamethe42ndU.S.President(总统).HeisthefirstU.S.presidentwhowasbornafterWorldWarII.HeisalsooneoftheyoungestofallU.S.presidents. Clintonwasborninapoorfamily.Threemonthsbeforehewasborn,
2、hisfather,WilliamBlats,died.Whenhewassmall,hismotherremarried(再婚)NorgerClinton,sotheboy‘sfamilynamewaschanged. Inthesummerof1963,ClintonwasaskedtovisitthecityofWashington.Duringhisvisit,hemetPresidentKennedyintheWhiteHouse.Atthattime,hewantedtobecome
3、apresident,andnowheis! 1.Clintonbecamethe42ndU.S.presidentwhenhewas______. A.thirtyB.aboutfortyC.forty-sevenD.37yearsold 2.Clinton’sfatherdied______. A.after1946B.beforeClintonwasbornC.beforeWorldWarIID.whenClintonwasyoung 3.Whywastheboy‘snamecha
4、nged? A.Becausehebecameapresident B.Becausehisfamilywasverypoor C.Becausehisfatherwasdead D.BecausehismotherremarriedNorgerClinton 4.In1963ClintoncametothecityofWashington___. A.totakepartinanexamB.forhisholidaysC.foravisitD.tohaveameetingwithKe
5、nnedy 5.WhichoneofthefollowingisNotright? A.EverybodycanvisitthepresidentintheWhiteHouse B.AlltheU.S.presidentsworkintheWhiteHorse C.ClintonwantedtobecomeapresidentafterhesawPresidentKennedy D.TheWhiteHouseisinthecityofWashington Passage43 EVER
6、YTHINGhastwosides.OnesideofSARSisalreadyclear.Itisadeadlydisease,whichcausesfear.Therewere2,601cases(病例)recordedontheChinesemainlandonApril24,accordingtogovernmentreport.115peoplehavediedandnumberskeeprising. But,thereisanotherside. SARSisareminder(
7、提醒)ofhowfragilelifecanbe.Suddenly,it’snotjusttheoldpeoplewhoarethinkingaboutdeath.Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow. WangXinying,astudentinTaiyuan,ShanxiProvincecameintocontact(接触)withasuspected(疑似)SARSpatientinmid-April.Hewastoldtost
8、ayathomeforatleasttwoweeks.“WatchingTVaboutmoreandmoreSARSpatientsdying,Ineverknewthatdeathcouldbesoclose.Lifeisvaluable(珍贵的)andI’mgoingtotreasure(珍惜)everysingleday,”hesaid.14用心爱心专心 SARSteachespeopletobegrateful,bothfortheirownlivesandforothe
