Hillary Rodham Clinton released the first television spot of her Senate campaign this morning, a 30-second commercial that will begin airing statewide on Thursday. The spot, titled "First," uses numerous still photos to highlight landmarks in Mrs. Clinton's career, while the voiceover says she is "more than a fist lady."

　　There is no mention of Mrs. Clinton's rival for New York's Senate seat, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

　　Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said the ad was "positive" and "biographical," instead of focusing on the first lady's opponent.

　　Mrs. Clinton has previously aired radio ads, but has generally stayed with a strategy of making extensive campaign appearances instead of using television spots, while Giuliani has already run statewide TV ads.

　　Text of Hillary Commercial:

　　First she became a lawyer, named one of the top hundred in America.

　　Her first cause was children, fighting abuse and chairing the board of the Children's Defense Fund.

　　Her first priority was public schools, helping to establish teacher testing.

　　More than a first lady. For 30 years, she's fought for children and families.

　　As New York's senator, she'll fight for better schools and heath care for children.

　　Hillary, Put her to work for all of us.

　　11. What does the word "air" in the first sentence mean?

　　A. dry

　　B. express

　　C. breathe

　　D. broadcast

　　參考答案：D

　　考點(diǎn)：該題是一個(gè)詞匯題

　　解析：本題提問(wèn)的是第一段中的"air"是什么意思。由這句話我們可以得知，希拉里今天早晨發(fā)表了她競(jìng)選紐約州議員的電視宣傳;為時(shí)30分鐘的電視宣傳將于星期二開(kāi)始進(jìn)行全國(guó)播放。由該句的意思我們可以猜出“air”的意思為“播放”。所以，答案為D.而其他三個(gè)詞A(曬干)，B(表達(dá))和C(呼吸)均與原義不符，故不能入選。

　　12. What does "more than first lady" in the first paragraph suggest?

　　A. Hillary is not a first lady.

　　B. Hillary does much more than what a first lady is expected to do.

　　C. There are more women in America who does better than Hillary does.

　　D. Hillary is doing better than her husband.

　　參考答案：B

　　考點(diǎn)：這是一個(gè)理解判斷題。

　　解析：本題提問(wèn)的是第一段里"more than first lady"是什么意思。在世界各地，第一夫人作為國(guó)家元首的妻子，是一國(guó)之母，她的形象一般是一個(gè)幫助總統(tǒng)處理好家務(wù)，并且進(jìn)行一些婦女活動(dòng)和慈善事業(yè)，借此來(lái)提高元首的形象。但是，希拉里作為第一夫人，她所做的超出了第一夫人的職責(zé)。她不但在社會(huì)活動(dòng)中經(jīng)常露臉，而且直接參與政事，開(kāi)始競(jìng)選起議員來(lái)了。所以，選項(xiàng)B應(yīng)該是該題的答案。

　　13.Which of the following statement is true regarding the Senator campaign according the passage?

　　A. Hillary has appeared on TV shot for mumerous times.

　　B. Hillary rarely makes her public appearance.

　　C. Giuliani has made TV advertisement for himself.

　　D. Hillary has a bigger chance to win the campaign.

　　參考答案：C

　　考點(diǎn)：這是一個(gè)對(duì)原文事實(shí)的理解題。

　　解析：本題提問(wèn)的是對(duì)此次參議院競(jìng)選，以下哪一個(gè)說(shuō)法是正確的。文章的第四段告訴我們，希拉里以前曾經(jīng)在廣播上作過(guò)宣傳，但是她一直采取的戰(zhàn)略是頻頻在公眾場(chǎng)合出現(xiàn)，而不是使用電視宣傳;與她不同的是，Giuliani已作過(guò)全國(guó)電視宣傳。由該段可知，選項(xiàng)C為正確答案。從文章的第一句話我們可以得知，這是希拉里第一次在電視上為自己作宣傳，所以，選項(xiàng)A和B不符合原文;此次議員競(jìng)選，花落誰(shuí)手尚未分曉，所以，選項(xiàng)D也不能入選。

　　14. Hillary's campaign focuses on all the flooowing except_____.

　　A. children's health care

　　B. school education for children

　　C. combating child abuse

　　D. family planning policy

　　參考答案：D

　　考點(diǎn)：這是一個(gè)對(duì)原文細(xì)節(jié)的分析判斷題。

　　解析：本題提問(wèn)的是以下哪一下不是希拉里的競(jìng)選重點(diǎn)。希拉里的競(jìng)選廣告在文章的最后幾段里;它的重點(diǎn)是學(xué)校教育;作者評(píng)論道，在過(guò)去的30年里，希拉里一直都在為兒童和家庭的幸福斗爭(zhēng)。將來(lái)當(dāng)了紐約的參議員，她會(huì)為孩子們的良好教育和健康保險(xiǎn)而努力;由此我們得知，選項(xiàng)A(兒童健康保險(xiǎn))B(兒童的學(xué)校教育)和C(打擊虐待兒童現(xiàn)象)都是她的競(jìng)選重點(diǎn)，只有選項(xiàng)D(計(jì)劃生育政策)與原文不合，所以，D為本題答案。

　　15.Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

　　A. First Lady's Senator Campaign

　　B. Hillary's TV Advertisement

　　C. A Rivalry for New York's Senate Seat

　　D. The Focuses of Hillary Campaign

　　參考答案：A

　　考點(diǎn)：該題是一個(gè)主旨題，考的是文章的題目應(yīng)該是哪一個(gè)。

　　解析：本文從第一夫人希拉里-克林頓為其入選紐約參議員拉開(kāi)序幕講起，對(duì)目前的競(jìng)選狀況作了一個(gè)大概介紹，并且對(duì)希拉里的競(jìng)選內(nèi)容作了一個(gè)介紹，同時(shí)，作者表達(dá)了他自己的觀點(diǎn);整篇文章以介紹她的競(jìng)選情況為主，所以，選項(xiàng)A(第一夫人競(jìng)選參議員)用以概括全文最為全面，因此，為正確答案。

　　For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part if the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the "Netherlands" which means "low land." Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens.

　　Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low.

　　The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take, or reclaim, land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years.

　　Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea.

　　Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained (that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods.

　　A piece of reclaimed land is called polder, and Holland has thousands of polders. Some are very large, but others are quite small. There are farms on many of the polders. Corn and other crops grow well on the drained land, and it gives good grass for cattle. Many small towns and villages stand on polders. Even Amsterdam's great airport, Schiphol, was built on reclaimed land. This land used to be under the old Lake Haarlem.

　　16.Water is the main threat to Holland because _____.

　　A. the sea is too rough

　　B.the land is lower than the sea

　　C.the high and strong dykes can not keep the floods out

　　D.the weather is too rough

　　參考答案：B 分析：第一段中提到：Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. 他們主要的敵人就是海洋。國(guó)家大部分地區(qū)都在海平面以下。故答案為B.

　　17."Netherlands" means _____.

　　A.high land

　　B.land of water

　　C.low land

　　D.land of dykes

　　參考答案：C 分析：第一段中提到：...Netherland which means "low land"。由此可以得出結(jié)論，所以選C.

　　18.Holland is threatened not only by the sea, but also by _____.

　　A.the floods from broken dykes

　　B.the three rivers

　　C.the sea tides

　　參考答案：B 分析：第二段開(kāi)頭提到：Three large rivers are also part of the problem. 三條大河也是一個(gè)問(wèn)題。所以選B

　　D.many passages the three rivers have cut across the country

　　19.The Holland claim land from the sea in order to _____.

　　A.prevent floods

　　B.make their country larger

　　C.make their country more beautiful

　　D.have more farmland

　　參考答案：B 分析：第三段開(kāi)頭提到：The battle against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger county. 與洪水的斗爭(zhēng)一直沒(méi)有停，但這使荷蘭成為越來(lái)越大的國(guó)家。所以選B.

　　20.If pumps stop working there will be very floods because _____.

　　A.the water will run back at high tide

　　B.the sea may break the dykes in rough weather

　　C.the battle against water will never end

　　D.the land is too low and water can rise up through the drained land

　　參考答案：D 分析：第五段開(kāi)頭提到：Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. 選項(xiàng)D正是這句話的改寫(xiě)。

　　21.The word "polder" means ____.

　　A.a piece of newly-claimed land

　　B.a small island

　　C.a newly built dyke

　　D.a long canal

　　參考答案：A 分析：最后一段提到：A piece of reclaimed land is called polder. 重新收回的土地叫開(kāi)拓地。所以答案是A.