忻州,临汾一中,长治二中,康杰中学2016第四次联考英语试题答案(2)

22. If you like to paint in a realistic style, you will learn from _______.
A. Phil Beck                     B. Christine Fifer
C. Rafael Galvez                     D. Peter van Dyck
23. Where should you go if you want to learn to paint in the open air?
A. Scottsdale, AZ.            B. Key West, FL.
C. Charlotte, NC.                     D. Philadelphia, PA.


B
    This summer, I was part of something that I have carried with me every day since. That was an experience that changed my life. The Kentucky YMCA has a program called Y-Corps, which are service trips of around 20 students. This summer, two trips were made across Kentucky, one down south and another trip up north.
    I was on the Y-Corps Service to the North in Indianapolis, Indiana, and our trip began at the end of July. I had butterflies flying around me as my parents drove me to Louisville, where the Service to the North team would set off on a nine-day journey in a school bus. I knew some of the team members from previous Y-Conferences, but there were many that I had never met, and I had never participated in a service trip like this before. Though I was nervous, I was also ready to try something completely out of my comfort zone. Once we loaded the bus with our lightly packed suitcases and sleeping bags, we said our goodbyes to our parents and departed for an adventure that changed all of our lives.
    With the Kentucky Y’s motto: “Participate, don’t anticipate (预知) ”, we had no idea where we headed. Road signs were our only clue of where we would be stopping. We did service work at a Middle Way House in Indiana, a Detroit Market Garden, a Pennsylvania YMCA for an invasive species clean-up, the Upper Main Line Y in Pennsylvania to spend time with children at a summer camp, a Hurricane Sandy clean-up in Jersey Shore and the National Mall in Washington D.C. We slept on floors of local YMCAs that would take us in for a night, and some nights we didn’t have the opportunity to shower. We had late nights on the road driving from city to city, and early mornings to start the day journaling (记录) and reflecting on the day before.
    Though we were physically exhausted from the hard work, we still enjoyed the time to experience the culture of the areas we were in.
24. For the author the Service Trip to the North is ________.
A. valueless     B. expensive C. meaningful D. fruitless
25. The Service Trip to the North started off from ________.
   A. Kentucky  B. Indiana   C. Indianapolis D. Louisville
26. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. The team members carried a lot of luggage on the trip.
B. The author had taken part in such kind of service before this one.
C. The author was nervous but willing to face something uncomfortable.
D. The members in the team were all familiar to the author.
27. We can infer from the last two paragraphs that _________.
A. their trip was packed with hard work and cultural experiences
B. they didn’t know where to go without road signs
C. they were physically exhausted and didn’t enjoy the hard work
D. they didn’t have enough water for a bath at night
C
    George Walker Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. He was born on July 6, 1946, in Connecticut. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale in 1968 and then served as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. He got a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School at the age of 29.
    Following graduation, Bush began a career in the energy business. After working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential campaign, Bush gathered a group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise (经营权) in 1989. He entered politics and was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to 2000 ---- the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to continuous 4-year terms.
    Bush won the Presidency in 2000. He worked to extend freedom, opportunity and security at home and abroad. His first initiative as President was the No Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan (两党支持的) measure that attempted to raise standards in schools. He also cut taxes for every taxpayer and carried out free trade agreements with more than a dozen nations.
    The most significant event of Bush’s term came on September 11, 2001, when terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people in the 9/11 attacks. He declared a War on Terror and invaded Afghanistan to end the Taliban rule and find Osama bin Laden. He later invaded Iraq over weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. Bush returned to his Texas big farm after leaving office and is now a public speaker.
28. When did Bush get his MBA from Harvard Business School?
A.In 1968.  B. In 1975.  C. In 1979.    D. In 1988.
29. We learn from the passage that George Walker Bush _______.
A. served as the 41st President of the USA
B. got a bachelor’s degree in politics from Yale in 1968
C. served as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard in 1988
D. started energy business after graduation from Harvard
30. Which of the following shows the order of the events according to the passage?
①Bush declared a War on Terror and invaded Afghanistan to end the Taliban rule.
②The terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people in the 9/11 attacks.