第三部分阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分.满分40分) A teenager says he convinced the White House that he

第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A teenager says he convinced the WhiteHouse that he was Iceland’ s president and managed to schedule a call withGeorge W.Bush , but was found out before he got to talk to the US president.

“My call was transferred around a few timesuntil I got hold of Bush’s secretary and managed to book a call meeting withBush the following Monday evening ,” Vifill Atlaso, 16, told Reuters.

Several Icelandic police turned up at hisdoor two days later---the day of the planned call---and took him in forquestioning.

“They told me the CIA had called theNational Commissioner of the Icelandic Police and asked if the police could tryand find out where I received that phone number from,” said Atlason.

The teenager said he was unable to recallwhere he had discovered the telephone number of the White House.

“I know I’v had it on my phone card for atleast four years now and that an Icelandic friend gave it to me, but I don’tremember who,”he said.

At a White House news conference on Monday,Bush’s spokeswoman Dana Perino said her understanding was that Atlason hadcalled a public line “that anybody can call”, according to a transcript(记录).

Jon Buartmarz, Chief Superintendent atIceland’s national police headquarters, said Icelandic police had not spoken totheir US counterparts about the matter. He declinced(拒绝) to say how police weretipped off (通告)about Atlason’s call.

“As far as we’re concerned, there will notbe any further investigation, and I don’t know if the American government istaking any action because of this,”he said.

1.According to the passage, when didAtlason call the White House ?

A.On Friday     B. On Saturday     C. On Sunday    D. OnMonday

2.What does the underlined “it ”refer to ?

A.The telephone number of the White House.

B.The telephone number of his friend.

C.A White House news conference .

D.CIA

3.How did Atlason get the telephone numberof the White House ?

A.From a newspaper   

B.From Bush’s secertary

C.From an Icelandic friend  

D.By calling the National Commissioner of theIcelandic Police.

4.What is the main idea of the article ?

A.An Icelandic teenager tricks the theWhite House

B.CIA found out the truth of a trick.

C.A teenager pretended to be the Icelandicpresident.

D.The telephone number of the Whiite Houseis known by public.

试题答案

【答案】

 B

 A

 C

 A

【解析】略