Question

   When she was elected (推選) to the U. S. Senate (美國參 議院) in 2001,Hillary Clinton became the only American first lady to hold national office. She became the 67th U. S. secretary of state (國務卿) in 2009. Now,the powerful woman is running for president of the United States.

    There is no doubt that Hillary is a great woman. She was bom in Chicago on October 26 ,1947. She studied law at Yale Law School where she was good at all her subjects. She graduated with many great prizes. It was at Yale that she met her future husband,Bill Clinton.

   In 1992,Bill Clinton was elected president of the United States. As first lady,Hillary worked on many events about children and women. She traveled to more than 80 countries. In Beijing China,in 1995,she said, " Human rights are women's rights,and women's rights are human rights. " This helped start a global movement for women's rights.

   Hillary once said, " Every one of us every day has choices to be what we are and what we wish to be. You can decide to be someone who likes contributing to our society to make it better and better,or you can be someone who doesn’t care about anything. You have a choice."

50. Hillary is a great woman because .

   A. she was good at all her subjects at Yale Law School

   B. she became the only American first lady to hold national office

   C. she became the 67th U. S. secretary of state

   D. all of the above

51. The underlined part " contributing to" in the last paragraph means.

   A. doing something helpful to

   B. being harmful to

   C. looking up to

   D. looking forward to

52. According to the article,which of the following is NOT TRUE?

   A. In 1992,her husband was elected president of the United States.

   B. Now,she is running for president of the United States.

   C. She helped start a global movement for women's rights.

   D. As the U. S. secretary of state,Hillary worked on many events about children and women.

Answer 1

50. D 51. A 52. D

[閱讀C篇短文大意]文章主要講述了希拉里的故事。

50. D通讀前兩段可知選D.

51. A通讀最后一段可知，contributing to的意思是"對 做出

貢獻”，相當于 doing something helpful to

52. D 由第一段中的"She became. .secretary of state (國務卿) in2009” 以及第三段中的” In 1992... As first lady,Hillary worked on many events about children and women"可知 D 項表述是錯誤的。