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英文阅读理解

Passage1
TherearestoriesabouttwoU．S.presidents，AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren，whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK．Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue，buttheyarebothinteresting．
ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation．Infact，hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting．WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson，hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid．Ifheapprovedofapaper．hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit．Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowtospell．Sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”．Afterawhile，heshortenedthattermto“OK”．
ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn，Kinderhook，NewYork．VanBnren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresidentTheycanedtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub，andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”．
31．Theauthor
A.believesbothofthestoriesB．doesn’tbelieveawordofthestories
C．isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueD.istellingthestoriesjustforfun
Accordingtothepassage，PresidentJackson
A．couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatallB.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimself
C．oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhimD.wasn’tgoodatreading，writingorspelling
33．Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJacksonB．wasthetitleofsomeOfficialdocuments
C．wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD．wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect’’
34.Accordingtothesecondstory，theterm‘‘OK”
A．wastheshortwaytosay‘‘oldKinderhookClub”B．meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn
C．wasthenameofVanBuren’sclubD．wasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersintheelection
35．Accordingtothesecondstory．theterm“OK”wasfirstused__
A．byVanBurenB．inapresidentialelection
C．toorganizetheOldKinderhookClubD．bythemembersofthe‘‘OldKinderhookClub”
Passage2
AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthanthepresentpopulationneeds，itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansocietyLessthanatenthofthepeopleareengagedinagricultureandforestry(林业)，andmostoftherestliveinoraroundtowns，smallandlarge．Herethetraditionalpictureischanging：everysmalltownmaystillbeverylik