高中英语阅读理解(附答案、解析、翻译)[1]1.docx

Passage 1 There are stories about two U . S . preside nts , An drew Jacks on and Marti n Van Bure n , which attempt to explain the American English term OK . We don?t know if either story is true , but they are both interesting The first expla nati on is based on the fact that Preside nt Jacks on had very little educati on . In fact , he had difficulty read ing and writi ng . Whe n importa nt papers came to Jacks on , he tried to read them and the n had his assistants explain what they said . If he approved of a paper . he would write “ all correct ” on it . The problem was that he didn ?t know how to spell . So what he really wrote was “ ol korekt ”. After a while , he shorte ned that term to “ OK ”. The sec ond expla nati on is based on the place where Preside nt Van Buren was born , Kin derhook , New York . Van Bnren ?s friends orga ni zed a club to help him become Preside nt They caned the club the Old Kin derhook Club , and anyone who supported Van Bure n was called “ OK ”. . The author believes both of the stories B. does n?t believe a word of the stories C . C . is not sure whether the stories are true 32. Accord ing to the passage , Preside nt Jacks on A . couldn?t draw up any documents at all C. ofte n had his assista nts sig n docume nts for him . According to the first story, the term “ OK” title of some Official docume nts D. is telling the stories just for fun did n?t like to read importa nt papers by himself D .wasn?t good at reading , writing or spelling was approved of by Preside nt Jacks on B. was the was first used by Preside nt Jacks on D. was an old way to spell “ all correct '' .According to the second story , the term '‘ OK ” A . was the short way to say '‘ old Kin derhook Club ” B. meant the place where Preside nt Van Bure n was born C. was the name of Van Buren ?s club D . was used to call Van Buren?s supporters in the electio n . According to the second story . the term “ OK ” was first used __ A . by Van Buren B . in a presidential electio