高中英语阅读理解附答案、解析、翻译

Passage 1There are stories about two U．S . presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，which atte

Passage 1 There are stories about two US .presidentsAndrew Jackson and Martin Van Burenwhich ．，， attempt to explain the American English term OKWe don’t know if either story is truebut ．， they are both interesting ． The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little educationIn fact ．， he had difficulty reading and writingWhen important papers came to Jacksonhe tried to read ．， them and then had his assistants explain what they saidIf he approved of apaperhe would ．． write“all correct”on itThe problem was that he didn’t know how to spellSo what he really ．． wrote was“ol korekt”After awhilehe shortened that term to“OK” ．，． The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born ， KinderhookNew YorkVan Bnren’s friends organized aclub to help him become President ，． They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Cluband anyone who supported Van Buren was called ， “OK” ． 31The author ． A. believes both of the stories Bdoesn’t believe aword of the stories ． Cis not sure whether the stories are true D. is telling the stories just for fun ． 32. According to the passagePresident Jackson ， Acouldn’t draw up any documents at all B. didn’t like to read important papers by ． himself Coften had his assistants sign documents for him D.wasn’t good at readingwriting or ．， spelling 33According to the first story, the term “OK” A. was approved of by President Jackson ． Bwas the title of some Official documents ． Cwas first used by President Jackson Dwas an old way to spell“all correct’’ ．． 34 .According to the second storythe term‘‘OK” ， Awas the short way to say‘‘old Kinderhook Club” Bmeant the place where President ．． Van Buren was born Cwas the name of Van Buren’s club Dwas used to call Van Buren’s supporters ．． in the election 35According to the second storythe term“OK”was first used __ ．． Aby Van Buren Bin apresidential election ．． Cto organize the Old Kinderhook Club Dby the members of the‘‘Old Kinderhook ．． Club” Passage 2 Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needsits people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a ， tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry()and most of the rest live in or 林业， around townssmall and largeHere the traditional picture is changingevery small town may ，．： still be very like other small townsand the typical small town may represent awidely accepted ， view of the countrybut most Americans do not live in small towns any moreHalf the ，． population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbsof more than 、 amillion people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or Englandlet alone FranceThe ，．