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(A)
A”dark horse”is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, even though the experts said he had little chance of winning.
In politics, an unknown candidate(候选人) for office who wins a nomination(提名) or election is called a”dark horse”.
British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is believed to have been the first to use the phrase in his novel, The Young Duke, published in 1831. Disraeli described a horse race and told how the two top choices fell behind, while a”dark horse”which had never been thought of rushing past the grandstand in a sweeping triumph.
From racing to politics was a short step. As a political phrase,”dark horse”appeared for the first time in the national Democratic Party Congress of 1844. The”dark horse”was James Knox Polk who became the 11th President of the United States.
Polk had been the leader of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839. He had also been Governor of the state of Tennessee, but as a national leader, he was considered a political nobody.
Nevertheless, he surprisingly won the Democratic nomination and was elected President.
Martin Van Buren of New York, a former President, seemed sure of getting the nomination. But he opposed making the territory of Texas part of the United States as another state. He was against it because there was slavery in Texas. Van Buren did not want another slave state in the Union. As a result, he lost support among those Democrats who supported slavery.
At the 1884 congress, Van Buren could not get enough votes to win the nomination. The congress got into trouble. Therefore, the Democratic leaders decided that the only wise thing would be to run a”dark horse”, a man who could unite the party.
And so, one of the party leaders, George Bancroft, proposed the name of James Knox Polk. He won, and the party united behind him. And he defeated his opponent, Henry Clay of the Whig Party.
After the 1844 congress, the”dark horse”candidates became an established fact of national political life.
One historian said,”The invention of ‘the dark horse’was in itself a remarkable product of our professional politics.”This made it possible for party leaders to choose candidates who were not tied to certain ideas. Therefore, they represented nothing and had developed few enemies.
1. The term”dark horse”is often used to refer to ____.
A. a horse that can be in the lead all the time
B. a horse that can attracts attention for its dark color
C. a person that people think the first to succeed
D. a person who achieves some goal unexpectedly
2. The author introduced the novel The Young Duke with the intention that ____.
A. he would come to tell us about a”dark horse”in politics
B. he would point out how the nobleman appreciated horse racing
C. he would tell us how the dark horse rushed past the two tophorses
D. he would describe the fierce competition in the party
3. The failure of Martin Van Buren in the nomination lay in the fact that ____.
A. he opposed the territory of Texas becoming a part of the United
States
B. he had already been president of the United States for four years
C. he couldn’t get support from the Democrats who would keepslavery
D. he had made few achievements during his presidency
4. According to the author, Polk’s being nominated and elected President
is considered entirely ____.
A. a good choiceB. a lucky chance
C. a difficult processD. an expected result
(B)
A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent conference. To the little boy’s dismay, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that covered nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the conference, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a conversation between his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
“How did you get the scar on your face?”the teacher asked.
The mother replied,”When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was running toward his crib, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.”She touched the burned side of her face.”This scar will be permanent, but to this day, I have never regretted doing what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt an overwhelming sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
1.When the little boy heard his mother’s decision, he felt ____.
A. happyB. excitedC. movedD. disappointed
2. The little boy didn’t want his mother to attend the conference ____.
A. because he thought his mother’s right face was ugly
B. because his head teacher didn’t like him very much
C. because he got a lower mark in the final examination
D. because his home is far away from the school
3. At the conference, the little boy’s mother ____.
A. stayed with his son all the time
B. left a deep impression on people present
C. didn’t say a word to anyone
D. was made fun of by the teachers
4. From the passage we can know that the scar on the boy’s mother’s right face was caused ____.
A. by a car accidentB. by a big fire
C. by a cigarette-endD. by boiling water
5. Which of the following should be the best title for this passage? ____.
A. An Unforgettable Experience
B. The First Teacher-parent Conference
C. The Most Beautiful Mother
D. The Little Boy and His Mother
Key(1)
A”dark horse”is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, even though the experts said he had little chance of winning.
In politics, an unknown candidate(候选人) for office who wins a nomination(提名) or election is called a”dark horse”.
British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is believed to have been the first to use the phrase in his novel, The Young Duke, published in 1831. Disraeli described a horse race and told how the two top choices fell behind, while a”dark horse”which had never been thought of rushing past the grandstand in a sweeping triumph.
From racing to politics was a short step. As a political phrase,”dark horse”appeared for the first time in the national Democratic Party Congress of 1844. The”dark horse”was James Knox Polk who became the 11th President of the United States.
Polk had been the leader of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839. He had also been Governor of the state of Tennessee, but as a national leader, he was considered a political nobody.
Nevertheless, he surprisingly won the Democratic nomination and was elected President.
Martin Van Buren of New York, a former President, seemed sure of getting the nomination. But he opposed making the territory of Texas part of the United States as another state. He was against it because there was slavery in Texas. Van Buren did not want another slave state in the Union. As a result, he lost support among those Democrats who supported slavery.
At the 1884 congress, Van Buren could not get enough votes to win the nomination. The congress got into trouble. Therefore, the Democratic leaders decided that the only wise thing would be to run a”dark horse”, a man who could unite the party.
And so, one of the party leaders, George Bancroft, proposed the name of James Knox Polk. He won, and the party united behind him. And he defeated his opponent, Henry Clay of the Whig Party.
After the 1844 congress, the”dark horse”candidates became an established fact of national political life.
One historian said,”The invention of ‘the dark horse’was in itself a remarkable product of our professional politics.”This made it possible for party leaders to choose candidates who were not tied to certain ideas. Therefore, they represented nothing and had developed few enemies.
1. The term”dark horse”is often used to refer to ____.
A. a horse that can be in the lead all the time
B. a horse that can attracts attention for its dark color
C. a person that people think the first to succeed
D. a person who achieves some goal unexpectedly
2. The author introduced the novel The Young Duke with the intention that ____.
A. he would come to tell us about a”dark horse”in politics
B. he would point out how the nobleman appreciated horse racing
C. he would tell us how the dark horse rushed past the two tophorses
D. he would describe the fierce competition in the party
3. The failure of Martin Van Buren in the nomination lay in the fact that ____.
A. he opposed the territory of Texas becoming a part of the United
States
B. he had already been president of the United States for four years
C. he couldn’t get support from the Democrats who would keepslavery
D. he had made few achievements during his presidency
4. According to the author, Polk’s being nominated and elected President
is considered entirely ____.
A. a good choiceB. a lucky chance
C. a difficult processD. an expected result
(B)
A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent conference. To the little boy’s dismay, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that covered nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the conference, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a conversation between his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
“How did you get the scar on your face?”the teacher asked.
The mother replied,”When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was running toward his crib, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.”She touched the burned side of her face.”This scar will be permanent, but to this day, I have never regretted doing what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt an overwhelming sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
1.When the little boy heard his mother’s decision, he felt ____.
A. happyB. excitedC. movedD. disappointed
2. The little boy didn’t want his mother to attend the conference ____.
A. because he thought his mother’s right face was ugly
B. because his head teacher didn’t like him very much
C. because he got a lower mark in the final examination
D. because his home is far away from the school
3. At the conference, the little boy’s mother ____.
A. stayed with his son all the time
B. left a deep impression on people present
C. didn’t say a word to anyone
D. was made fun of by the teachers
4. From the passage we can know that the scar on the boy’s mother’s right face was caused ____.
A. by a car accidentB. by a big fire
C. by a cigarette-endD. by boiling water
5. Which of the following should be the best title for this passage? ____.
A. An Unforgettable Experience
B. The First Teacher-parent Conference
C. The Most Beautiful Mother
D. The Little Boy and His Mother
Key(1)