第三节 阅读理解(共20题.每题2分.共40分) President Barack Obama has apologized for a gaffe in wh

第三节  阅读理解（共20题，每题2分，共40分）

President Barack Obama has apologized for a gaffe (失言) in which he described his bowlingskills as akin to participants in the Special Olympics, a sports program forpeople with intellectual disabilities.

Obama made the mistake during an interview on Thursday night on“The Tonight Show” with host Jay Leno, the first time a sitting U.S. presidenthad been on the show.

Talking about living in the White House, Obama said he had beenpracticing his bowling in the home’s bowling alley and had scored a 129 out ofa possible 300.

It was an improvement on the embarrassing 37 he had rolled duringa stop on the presidential campaign trail a year ago. “It’s like—it was likeSpecial Olympics or something,” Obama said.

The Special Olympics is a global nonprofit organization servingsome 200 million people with intellectual disabilities, with a presence innearly 200 countries worldwide.

Soon after the Jay Leno interview, Obama telephoned SpecialOlympics chairman Tim Shriver to apologize.

Shriver told ABC’s “Good Morning America” television show thatObama had apologized “in a way that I think was very moving” and that he said“he did not intend to humiliate (羞辱) thepopulation, didn’t want to embarrass or give anybody any more reason for painor kind of suffering.”

Shriver said people should gain a lesson from the incident.

“I think it’s important to see that words hurt. Words do matter.And these words in some respect, can be seen as humiliating or a put-down topeople with special needs, do cause pain. And they do result in stereotypes,”Shriver said.

White House spokesman Bill Burton said Obama “made an offhandremark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to look downupon the Special Olympics.”

“He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program thatgives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around theworld,” Burton said.

1. What does the underlined word “akin” in Paragraph 1 mean?

   A. skillful          B. similar           C. appealing              D.superior

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Obama loves sportsand is especially gifted at bowling.

B. Obama apologizedfor his remarks via ABC’s TV show.

C. The SpecialOlympics are for various disabled people.

D. The SpecialOlympics don’t intend to make any money.

3. What does Shriver mean by saying people should gain a lessonfrom the incident?

A. Disabled peoplecannot be humiliated.             B.One should be careful with his words.

   C. An apology for wrong words is wanted.           D.Words matter even more than actions.

4. The passage is mainly about ________.

   A. Obama receiving a TV interview                            B.Obama looking down on the disabled

   C. Obama apologizing for his gaffe                   D.Obama being attacked for his words

试题答案

【答案】

 B

 D

 B

 C

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