The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy(喜剧), that is exactly what happens.

Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical(典型的) American way of life, except for one thing－he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!

   The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever.

   Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic(经典).

   The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave!

1.What is the purpose of the text?

   A. To tell the reader about the American government.

   B. To discus the Americans’ ideas about the President.

   C. To make a comparison between Dave and other films.

   D. To introduce a new film to the reader.

2.Who plays the role of the President in the film?

   A. Sigourney Weaver.                B. Kevin Kline. 

   C. Bill Mitchell.                   D. Ivan Reitman.

3.The underlined word “one” in the 3rd paragraph refers to _____.

   A. the President   B. the director   C. an actor       D. a look-alike

4.Which of the following is best supported by the text?

   A. The author makes fun of the President.

   B. The author thinks highly of the film.

   C. The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.

    D. The author wishes to become the American President.

 

My Uncle Dave posed an interesting question to my wife and me when he came to visit us the other day. He asked: “What do you think the world will be like in 50 or 100 years, in terms of technology and society and so on?”

He says he asks many of the people he meets this question to see what their thoughts are. His point is that no one really knows. I mean, in 1945, could people have even imagined surfing the net or sending e-mails as we do? No way. And the pace of technological innovation(创新) is incredible (难以置信的). We’re on a more different curve than we used to be.

One thing I’m looking forward to is real software agents. There is so much information out there, but I want something that can help me find what I really want. For instance, in about ten years, I think, there will be no longer recorded music, and there will be some big databases from which you can download music onto your hard drive or whatever. At that point, there will be so much music to choose from and you’ll be able to sample things before you buy them. But the question will be how I find what I’m looking for and how I do find the music that might interest me. Or more generally, how do I find information that I want without spending all the time myself surfing the net? How do I find people who are like-minded (具有相似目的), with whom I might really want to communicate? I want to find those people but it’s hard to do. In the future I think that one will be able to build a community of like-minded people who live all over the globe. It’s going to be very interesting, I think.

1.No one really knows what the future will be like because _____.

A．there is too much information for us to choose from

B．technological development is too fast

C．people live in different countries

D．no one is intelligent enough to answer such a question

2.The function of the first paragraph is to _____.

A．explain the question given in this paragraph

B．put forward the topic in this passage

C．show Dave is a foolish man to ask such a question

D．describe a picture about what the future will be like

3.The writer is looking forward to some real software agents so as to _____.

A．earn a lot of money

B．communicate with some like-minded people

C．help find the correct information needed

D．spare some time for surfing the Internet

4.The best title of this passage should be _____.

A．What the Future Will Be Like

B．Listen to Music Through the Internet

C．Music and Software Development

D．How to Live a Happy Life in the Future

 

    The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy（喜剧）, that is exactly what happens.

Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical（典型的） American way of life, except for one thing－he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!

       The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever.

       Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic（经典）.

       The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave!

63．What is the purpose of the text?

       A. To tell the reader about the American government.

       B. To discus the Americans’ ideas about the President.

       C. To make a comparison between Dave and other films.

       D. To introduce a new film to the reader.

64．Who plays the role of the President in the film?

       A. Sigourney Weaver.         B. Kevin Kline. 

       C. Bill Mitchell.           D. Ivan Reitman.

65．The underlined word “one” in the 3rd paragraph refers to _____.

       A. the President          B. the director     C. an actor    D. a look-alike

66．Which of the following is best supported by the text?

       A. The author makes fun of the President.

       B. The author thinks highly of the film.

       C. The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.

       D. The author wishes to become the American President.

 Dave is always            , never making a decision about anything in a hurry.

    A. modest           B. curious                  C. cautious         D. outgoing

 

The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy(喜剧), that is exactly what happens.
Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical(典型的) American way of life, except for one thing－he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!
The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever.
Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic(经典).
The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave!
【小题1】What is the purpose of the text?

A．To tell the reader about the American government.

B．To discus the Americans’ ideas about the President.

C．To make a comparison between Dave and other films.

D．To introduce a new film to the reader.

【小题2】Who plays the role of the President in the film?

A．Sigourney Weaver.	B．Kevin Kline.
C．Bill Mitchell.	D．Ivan Reitman.

【小题3】The underlined word “one” in the 3rd paragraph refers to _____.

A．the President

B．the director

C．an actor

D．a look-alike

【小题4】Which of the following is best supported by the text?

A．The author makes fun of the President.

B．The author thinks highly of the film.

C．The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.

D．The author wishes to become the American President.