Where will the two presidents meet?
A.At the White House
B.In Miami
C.At Bush's home
where is the General Reading Room?
A.Beside the library building.
B.Inside the library building.
C.In a white house across the sports field.
听力原文: In this lesson, I want to talk about the history of The White House. At first, most Americans didn't think there was anything particularly special about the White House. Few had ever seen it or had any idea what it looked like, and even the families who lived there found it completely inadequate. When it was built, the White House was the largest house in the country and it remained so until after the Civil War. But it served so many different purposes that little of it was available for the First Family to actually live in. The first floor, or "State Floor" was made up entirely of public rooms; and the president's offices, which where staffed by as many as 30 employees, took half of the second floor up. The First Family had to get by with the eight or fewer second-floor rooms that were left. By Lincoln's time, the situation was intolerable. The White House was open to visitors; office seekers, and the merely curious had no difficulty making their way upstairs from the official rooms on the first floor. Lincoln was so uncomfortable with the situation that he had a private corridor constructed. He also received a $ 20, 000 appropriation to improve the furnishings of the White House. The new furnishings did not last for more than a few years. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, the White House fell into disarray. No one really supervised the White House during' the first five weeks.
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A.They didn't care.
B.They hated it.
C.They loved it.
D.They have mixed feelings.
Problems of Old Age
Mrs. White was 67 when she was moved out of the house where she had lived most of her life. The house was pulled down and a new block of flats was built there instead. At about the same time her only son was offered a job in Canada. Since the shopping and the housework had become too much for her, and her son and his wife were not able to look after her any more, Mrs. White had to be taken to Homefield Old People's Home. She still had some friends near her old home, but now she was separated from them. During the first few months she was visited by friends and former neighbours, but Homefield was a long way from where they lived, too far away for old people.
At Homefield Mrs. White was given a small room of her own, and she was well looked after. But she knew no one when she arrived, and she was not able to make friends there. She was well liked by the people who worked there, but she kept apart from the other old people and spent most of her time in her room. After a time she was hardly ever seen at meetings and social evenings.
Although she was in poor health and had to be treated for a weak heart, she did not complain. "After all", she said, "lots of people are worse off than I am".
What she disliked most was the "quietness" in the home, and what was even worse was that her son was not able to see her, not even at Christmas.
Mrs, White was moved out of her old house mainly because
A.her son was going to work in Canada.
B.she didn't want to do housework any more.
C.her house was to be replaced by a new building.
D.her friends had all moved away from the area.
听力原文:W: I hear you'll get a month off for a holiday, won't you?
M: Yes. I'm going to see the Statue of Liberty first, then the White House, then Hollywood
Q: Where is the man's first stop?
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A.New York.
B.Washington.
C.Hollywood.
D.Chicago.
President Bush congratulated the leaders of Ghana, Mali and Senegal for their commitment to democracy and their willingness to send troops on regional peacekeeping missions. The leaders met for more than one hour in the Oval Office for a conversation that focused on promoting democratic gains and boosting foreign investment.
Where will Mr. Bush talk with industrialized nations on South African issues?
A.In White House.
B.In South Africa.
C.In New York.
D.In Europe.
Her nomination this past week was criticized by some in the president's Republican Party, who question the former-Democratic lawyer's conservative credentials.
Ms. Miers has never been a judge, and has spent most of her career in corporate litigation. She does not have a wide collection of legal opinions on Constitutional issues indicating where she stands on politically-divisive social topics, including abortion.
In his weekly radio address, President Bush tried to reassure conservatives that Ms. Miers understands the restrained and modest role of judges to interpret laws as written, not as he or she might wish they were written.
"I chose Harriet Miers for the Court both because of her accomplishments, and because I know her character and her judicial philosophy," said President Bush. "Harriet Miers will be the type of judge I said I would nominate: a good conservative judge. She shares my belief that judges should strictly interpret the Constitution and laws, not legislate from the bench."
President Bush says her work as White House counsel has involved complex matters of constitutional law, serving as the chief legal advisor during regular meetings of the National Security Council and handling sensitive issues of relations between the White House and Congress.
Why do some Party members reject Bush's nomination?
A.Because they think Ms. Micra is inexperienced.
B.Because they don't believe Ms. Miers is conservative.
C.Because Ms. Miers is a woman.
D.Because Ms. Miers is a Democrat.
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