There are stories about two U.S . presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，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 explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education.In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing.When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then 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 shortened that term to“OK”.

　　The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New York.Van Bnren’s friends organized a club to help him become President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called“OK”.

　　31.The author

　　A. believes both of the stories B.doesn’t believe a word of the stories

　　C.is not sure whether the stories are true D. is telling the stories just for fun

　　32. According to the passage，President Jackson

　　A.couldn’t draw up any documents at all B. didn’t like to read important papers by himself

　　C.often had his assistants sign documents for him D .wasn’t good at reading，writing or spelling

　　33.According to the first story, the term “OK” A. was approved of by President Jackson B.was the title of some Official documents

　　C.was first used by President Jackson D.was an old way to spell“all correct’’

　　34 .According to the second story，the term‘‘OK”

　　A.was the short way to say‘‘old Kinderhook Club” B.meant the place where President Van Buren was born

　　C.was the name of Van Buren’s club D.was used to call Van Buren’s supporters in the election

　　35.According to the second story.the term“OK”was first used __

　　A.by Van Buren B.in a presidential election

　　C.to organize the Old Kinderhook Club D.by the members of the‘‘Old Kinderhook Club”

　　【答案】31-35 CDCDB

　　【解析】

　　這里要講述Andrew Jackson 和Martin Van Buren這2屆美國總統(tǒng)的小故事。這2個小故事也許可以解釋美語中OK一詞的來歷。故事的真實性我們不得而知，不過內(nèi)容卻很有意思。

　　第一個解釋來源于總統(tǒng)Andrew Jackson的故事。Andrew Jackson幾乎沒有受到過什么教育，事實上，他對于日常的讀寫都有困難。當收到重要文件的時候，在嘗試閱讀之后，還是讓他的助手幫忙解釋文件的內(nèi)容。如果批準一份文件，Andrew Jackson就在上面寫“all correct”。麻煩的是，他不知道怎么這2個單詞怎么拼寫，因此，實際上他在文件上寫的是“ol korekt”。過了不久，他又把這2個單詞縮寫為“OK”。

　　第二個解釋來源于總統(tǒng)Martin Van Buren的家鄉(xiāng)的名字——紐約的Kinderhook。為了幫助Van Buren成為總統(tǒng)，他的朋友為此組織了一個社團。他們把這個社團叫做Old Kinderhook Club，社團中支持Van Buren的人都被稱為“OK”