Question

On his first visit to China,Barack Obama has won hearts and minds with a simple ges?ture―by carrying his own umbrella.

He 1       it clasped (扣緊，緊握) firmly in his left hand,a large black umbrella protecting him from a downpour 2        he stepped off Air Force One on arrival in Shanghai on Sunday evening. In a country where officials often have flunkeys ((穿制服的) 仆役，諂媚者) to hold their umbrellas,the image of a U. S. president keeping his own head 3        was poignant (醒目有力的) .Xinhua and other prominent Chinese media all 4        the moment.

"I felt 5        to this―Obama holding the umbrella 6        his own”，said a commentator in Wuhanbased Changjiang Daily." There was nobody crowding 7       . The Chinese public puts up with a culture in which government officials have their umbrellas 8        for them. Officials enjoying themselves under an umbrella,don't even 9        they are doing anything wrong."

The "umbrella performance" of Chinese officials has long attracted 10        from the Chi?nese public,and invited unfavorable 11        with official custom in the 12        In one set of photos widely circulated (傳播) on the Internet,a Chinese girl student is shown 13        an um?brella for an official as he 14       a speech on Children's Day. Others show the U. K. Queen holding an umbrella aloft (在高處) ；former U. S. President George W. Bush and formerRussiaPresident Putin 15        their First Ladies;and Bush struggling with his umbrella on a 16       day. " Being a government official in our country is truly 17        and glorious," says an online commenter.

To his credit,Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao bucks the umbrella 18        in China. Wen,who cultivates (培養(yǎng)，陶冶) a man-of-the-people 19      ,often carries his own umbrella when he shows up to 20        victims of natural'disasters.

(   ) 1. A. took   B. had   C. grasped   D. seized

(   ) 2. A. before   B. as   C. until   D. since

(   ) 3. A. dry   B. wet   C. smart   D. sweet

(   ) 4. A. caught   B. had   C. took   D. captured

(   ) 5. A. unusual   B. unfamiliar   C. unaccustomed   D. strange

(   ) 6. A. of   B. on   C. by   D. in

(   ) 7. A. next   B. besides   C. throughout   D. round

(   ) 8. A. grasped   B. kept   C. held   D. clasped

(   ) 9. A. think   B. consider   C. believe   D. regard

(   ) 10. A. criticism   B. attack   C. disapproval   D. condemnation

(   ) 11. A. similarity   B. resemblance   C. comparison   D. judgment

(   ) 12. A. East   B. USA   C. UN   D. West

(   ) 13. A. catching   B. holding   C. seizing   D. possessing

(   ) 14. A. delivers   B. conveys   C. talks   D. speaks

(   ) 15. A. defending   B. protecting   C. shielding   D. guarding

(   ) 16. A. windy   B. cloudy   C. sunny   D. snowy

(   ) 17. A. fearful   B. frightful   C. amazing   D. awesome

(   ) 18. A. fashion   B. current   C. style   D. trend

(   ) 19. A. appearance   B. vision   C. image   D. picture

(   ) 20. A. encourage   B. comfort   C. reassure   D. sympathize

Answer 1

  BBADC  6-10 BDCAA   CDBAC    16 -20 ADDCB

奧巴馬第一次訪華，下飛機(jī)時(shí)親自打雨傘，展現(xiàn)在大眾面前一個(gè)親民形象。

1. B雖然take,grasp,seize均有"抓住，握緊" 之意，但此處是一個(gè)have sth. done結(jié)構(gòu)。

take指用手抓取某東西或控制某物；grasp指緊緊抓住、抓牢；seize指突然抓住某物，強(qiáng)調(diào)突然的猛烈動(dòng)作。

3. A sweet adj.甜的，芳香的。

4. D capture捕獲，奪取，(用照片等) 留存； catch趕上，抓住;seize奪取，利用。

5. C此處為"不習(xí)慣"；unusual異常的，獨(dú)特的；unfamiliar不熟悉的;strange奇怪的，陌生的。

6. B on one's own靠自己的力量，獨(dú)自地；of one's own屬于某人自己的；by one's own據(jù)自己所說(shuō);in one's own ...以某人自己的……

9. A consider,think,believe,regard這些動(dòng)詞均含有"認(rèn)為"之意。

consider指經(jīng)過(guò)考慮和觀察后得出的結(jié)論;think指按照自己的意見(jiàn)提出看法;believe通常指根據(jù)一定的證據(jù)，經(jīng)思考后而認(rèn)為屬實(shí);regard側(cè)重憑外表或表面現(xiàn)象作判斷,多強(qiáng)調(diào)觀點(diǎn)。

10. A disapproval n.不贊成;condemnation n.

譴責(zé)，非難，定罪。

11. C similarity n.相似，類似；resemblance 相像，相似;judgment n.裁判，判斷。

14. A make/give/deliver a speech是常用固定搭配。

15. C defend v.防守，防護(hù)，辯護(hù)；shield vt.避開(kāi)，庇護(hù)；protect vt.保護(hù)，投保；guard v.看守，守衛(wèi)，保衛(wèi)。

17. D fearful adj.擔(dān)心的，可怕的；frightful adj.可怕的，嚇人的；amazing adj.令人驚異的；awesome adj.可怕的，表示敬畏同時(shí)還有了不起的、精彩的、絕妙的意思。此處有點(diǎn)譏諷的味道，譯為"就是牛，就是爽"。

18. D current趨勢(shì)，(水、氣、電) 流尤其指目前存在和發(fā)生的；fashion n.時(shí)尚，風(fēng)格，樣子；style ".文體，風(fēng)格，式樣;trend趨勢(shì)，傾向。指事物發(fā)展總的方向、傾向或趨勢(shì)。

19. C picture n.照片，影片，描述，指廣義的"圖畫"，現(xiàn)多用來(lái)指相片、畫像;vision n.視力，視覺(jué)，幻覺(jué)；appearance n.出現(xiàn)，露面，外貌。

20. B本句的意思是"看望并慰問(wèn)受災(zāi)的人民群眾"；encourage著重于"鼓勵(lì)，促進(jìn)，支持”；reassure使. 安心，再保證；sympathize 同情，不符合題意。