河北2017.11成人學位英語考試通關試題及答案一
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of Presi-dent Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg on-ly out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked,"I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a fiat failure, and the people are disappointed".
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. I.t was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
16.In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was
A.very critical
B.unpopular
C.very popular
D.very courteous
答案：B
解析：事實細節題。段中提到林肯總統當時受到了很多批評，而且一點也不受歡迎。critical“批評的，愛挑剔的”，所以A不對。
17.Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was
A.a famous speaker
B.a very handsome man
C.President of the country
D.a popular statesman
答案：C
解析： 推理判斷題。根據文章段的第五句，人們之所以出于禮貌請他做演講，就是因為他是總統。
18.It can be inferred from the text that
A.Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg
B.Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn' t have much time to prepare his speech
C.Lincoln' s speech was full of rich words
D.Lincoln' s soeech was very long
答案：B
解析： 推理判斷題。從第二段可知，林肯是在路上寫的演講稿，并且當晚只是“briefly(簡單地)”修改了一下。由此可推斷出他當時很忙，沒有充足的準備時問。
19.It was a fact that Lincoln' s speech was
A.an immediately success
B.warmly applauded
C.a total failure
D.not well-received at first
答案：D
解析： 事實細節題。由三、四段可知，盡管林肯的演講初并未成功，但這篇簡短的演說后來深入人心，不能說是徹底的失敗。
20.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.
B.Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is simple in style.
C.Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.
D.Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.
答案：D
解析： 事實細節題。根據后一句話，林肯的演講是美國歷史上偉大的演講之一，但并未說是偉大的演講，所以選D。
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