Whenhetookoffice,GeorgeW.Bush,sonofformerpresidentGeorgeHerbertWalkerBush,becamethefirstsontofollowhisfatherintotheWhiteHousesinceJohnQuineyAdamsfollowedJohnAdamsintheearly19thcentury. BushwasbornonJuly6,1946,inNewHaven,Connecticut,thefirstchildofGeorgeHerbertWalkerBushandBarbaraPierceBush.AlthoughGeorgeHerbertWalkerBushbeganhiscareerintheoilindustry,hefinallyservedasacongressman(国会议员),andvice(副)presidentandpresidentoftheUnitedStates. Attheageoftwo,BushmovedwithhisparentsfromConnecticuttoOdessa,Texas,wherehisfathertookuptheoilbusiness.AfterayearinTexas,thefamilymovedtoCaliforniaforbusinessreasons.Ayearlater,thefamilyreturnedtoTexasandsettledinMidland,whereBushlivedfrom1950to1959. In1959,againforbusinessreasons,thefamilymovedtoHouston,Texas.In1961BushleftTexasandwenttoAndover,Massachusetts,toattendPhillipsAcademy,aboardingschool(寄宿学校)thathisfatherhadalsoattended. AtPhillips,Bushplayedbasketball,baseball,andfootball.Hewasbestknownforbeingheadcheerleader.In1964heenrolledatYaleUniversityinConnecticut.HisfatherandgrandfatherhadalsoattendedYale.AtYale,Bushwasconsideredanaveragestudent,buthewaspopularwithhisclassmates. BushgraduatedfromYalewithabachelor’sdegreeinhistoryin1968.ThenhejoinedtheAirNationalGuardandremainedintheGuarduntil1973.AfterearninghisMBAfromHarvardin1975,BushreturnedtoMidland.Likehisfather,hefirstenteredtheoilindustryasa“landsman(新手)”.However,Bush’soilcompaniesneverenjoyedgreatsuccess.Hetookmoreinterestinpolitics.Hehelpedhisfathertobecomepresidentandin1994hehimselfwaselectedgovernorofTexas. Inthesummerof1999,BushbegantorunforthepresidentoftheUSAandonJanuary20,2001,GeorgeW.Bush,handraised,tooktheoath(宣誓)ofofficetobecomethe43rdpresidentoftheUS. 小题1:Whatdoesthewriterintendtotellusinthefirstparagraph? |
A.GeorgeW.BushisthefirstsoninAmericanhistorytofollowhisfatherintotheWhiteHouse. |
B.GeorgeW.BushisthefirstsonofformerpresidentGeorgeHerbertWalkerBush. |
C.JohnQuincyAd
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小题1:D小题1:D小题1:A
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