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Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated on March 4, 1801. He was the first President to take the oath of office in the nation’s permanent capital, Washington D.C. Although Washington was a new city, it was already familiar to President Jefferson. In fact, Jefferson had helped plan the capital’s streets and public buildings. Besides being a city planner and architect, the new President was a writer, a scientist, and the inventor of veral gadgets and tools.
After his inauguration, Jefferson moved into the Presidential Palace. The Palace was more than a home: it contained offices for the President and some of his staff and advir. It also included dining and reception rooms, where the President could entertain congressmen. However, President Jefferson did not give many formal parties. This was partly becau there was no First Lady; Jefferson’s wife had died in 1782. But it was also becau Jefferson liked to live in a simple fashion. Once , he showed up for an important meeting wearing old clothes and down-at-the-heels slippers！Neither Washington nor Adams would dollars
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Jefferson was different from the first two Presidents in other ways, too. He disagreed with them about how the country should be run, and about what part a President should play in running it.
（ ）1.Which of the following statements about Washington D.C. can be correctly inferred from passage？
软件设计师证书A.The Presidential Palace was not located there. B.It contained many old buildings in 1801.
C.It was not the first capital of the United States.D.Thomas Jefferson was a newcomer there in 1801.
（ ）2, According to the passage, Thomas Jefferson was all of the following EXCEPT.
lenticularA. A scientist. B. An architect. C. A writer . D. A carpenter.
（ ）3,According to the passage, the Presidential Palace was built to be _____
A.a hotel for visiting kings B.an office building and home
C.a muum for colonial American tools and gadgets D.a meeting place for newspaper reporters
（ ）4. It can be inferred that one reason Thomas Jefferson did not entertain very often in Washington was becau_____
A.he did not enjoy elaborate parties B.he and his wife did not have appropriate clothes
C.the food in the area was not good D.he could not understand foreign languages
（ ）5. It can be inferred from the passage that George Washington and John Adams both____. deeplove
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C.traveled to many foreign countries D.encouraged Jefferson to run for the Presidency
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In the old days divers ud to go down into the a looking for ship that had sunk, becau they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still arch for valuable things in sunken ship, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themlves, or part of them. The value of different kinds of metals has incread greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the a for many years, it may be worth a great deal.
One famous sunken ship is the “Lusitania”, which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 1500 lives. It had four huge propellers made of an expensive metal. Today each of tho propellers is worth $300,000 or more. The ship, lying on the a-bed, has been bought by a man called John Ligh. He paid about $12,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up tho propellers and ll them. He also hopes to ll ot
her parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $600,000.
The “Andria Doria”is another valuable ship lying on the a-bed. It is an Italian pasnger ship which sank in 1956 after a collision with a Swedish ship. The ship itlf is worth at least $30,000,000 and in addition she was carrying over $ 4,800,000 in money and many other valuable things. There is one silver object which is worth over $ 1,200,000. But the ship is lying in deep water which is very dark and cold. A strong current also sweeps past the ship and so far divers have been unsuccessful.
Note: 1. propeller 螺旋桨 2. collision: 碰撞
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（ ）1.Divers today try to bring to the surface and ll____
A. gold and jewels B. whole ships C.valuable things in the ship D. all of the above
（ ）2.Divers try to bring up metal from sunken ships becau____
ld and jewels are not as valuable
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B.some kinds of metal are worth a lot of money today
C.it is easy to bring up metal
D.metal becomes better after it has been in the a
（ ）3.John Light bought the “Lustiania”____
A.before 1915 B. after it sank
C, after it had been brought to the surface D. after he had brought up the propellers
（ ）4.Divers have tried to bring up things from “Andria Doria” becau____
A.the water is not very deep B. it is lying on the a-bed
blcC.there is silver in the ship D.the ship and the thing in it are very valuable
