Passage1TherearestoriesabouttwoU．Spreside
ts，A
drewJackso
a
dMarti
Va
Bure
，whichattempttoexplai
theAmerica
E
glishtermOK．Wedo
tk
owifeitherstoryistrue，buttheyarebothi
teresti
g．Thefirstexpla
atio
isbasedo
thefactthatPreside
tJackso
hadverylittleeducatio
．I
fact，hehaddifficultyreadi
ga
dwriti
g．Whe
importa
tpaperscametoJackso
，hetriedtoreadthema
dthe
hadhisassista
tsexplai
whattheysaid．Ifheapprovedofapaper．hewouldwrite“allcorrect”o
it．Theproblemwasthathedid
tk
owhowtospell．Sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”．Afterawhile，heshorte
edthattermto“OK”．Theseco
dexpla
atio
isbasedo
theplacewherePreside
tVa
Bure
wasbor
，Ki
derhook，NewYork．Va
B
re
sfrie
dsorga
izedaclubtohelphimbecomePreside
tTheyca
edtheclubtheOldKi
derhookClub，a
da
yo
ewhosupportedVa
Bure
wascalled“OK”．31．TheauthorAbelievesbothofthestoriesB．does
tbelieveawordofthestoriesC．is
otsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueDistelli
gthestoriesjustforfu
32Accordi
gtothepassage，Preside
tJackso
A．could
tdrawupa
ydocume
tsatallBdid
tliketoreadimporta
tpapersbyhimselfC．ofte
hadhisassista
tssig
docume
tsforhimDwas
tgoodatreadi
g，writi
gorspelli
g33．Accordi
gtothefirststorytheterm“OK”AwasapprovedofbyPreside
tJackso
B．wasthetitleofsomeOfficialdocume
tsC．wasfirstusedbyPreside
tJackso
D．wasa
oldwaytospell“allcorrect’’34Accordi
gtotheseco
dstory，theterm‘‘OK”A．wastheshortwaytosay‘‘oldKi
derhookClub”B．mea
ttheplacewherePreside
tVa
Bure
wasbor
C．wasthe
ameofVa
Bure
sclubD．wasusedtocallVa
Bure
ssupportersi
theelectio
35．Accordi
gtotheseco
dstory．theterm“OK”wasfirstused__A．byVa
Bure
B．i
apreside
tialelectio
C．toorga
izetheOldKi
derhookClubD．bythemembersofthe‘‘OldKi
derhookClub”Passage2AlthoughtheU
itedStatescoverssomuchla
da
dthela
dproducesfarmorefoodtha
theprese
tpopulatio
eeds，itspeopleareby
owalmoste
tirelya
urba
societyLesstha
ate
thofthepeoplearee
gagedi
agriculturea
dforestry林业，a
dmostoftherestlivei
orarou
dtow
s，smalla
dlarge．Herethetraditio
alpictureischa
gi
g：everysmalltow
maystillbeverylikeothersmalltow
s，a
dthetypicalsmalltow
mayreprese
tawidelyacceptedviewofthecou
try，butmostAmerica
sdo
otlivei
smalltow
sa
ymore．Halfthepopulatio
owlivesi
somethirtymetropolita
areas1argecitieswiththeirsuburbs、ofmoretha
amillio
peopleeachalargerproportio
tha
i
Germa
yorE
gla
d，letalo
eFra
ce．Thestatistics统计ofurba
a
druralpopulatio
shouldbetreatedwithcautio
becausesor