[单项选择]The elder Bush lost a second term mainly because ________.


A. he lost the Persian Gulf War
B. he failed to develop an intimate relationship with the public
C. he proved himself inadequate as a political leader
D. he did not take effective measures to recover the economy

[填空题]Where was the wallet probably lost
It may be lost _____ during the trip.

[单项选择]The passage is mainly about


A. computer crimes
B. banking via computer
C. computer errors
D. computer businesses

[单项选择]His elder sister，who works in the supermarket，is still on the shelf．
A. 童心未泯
B. 取货
C. 没出嫁
D. 休息

[单项选择]The primary reason that President Bush starts new education reforms is that ______.


A. more children will achieve success in school and in life due to the reforms
B. the greatest changes have taken place in education in a generation
C. these reforms may help him win the next presidential election
D. he has no excuse for failing the children to go to a better school

[填空题]

President Bush arrived in Washington and forged ahead with an ambitious agenda- (1) tax cuts, vast changes in federal social programs, expansions of executive power and (2) broad remaking of energy and education policies.
Claiming a mandate by simply declaring (3) existence, his early successes dazzled his critics. With guru Karl Rove directing the (4) , Bush won a stunning series of political victories.
He muscled his agenda through (5) friendly Congress, and gained seats for his party in the 2002 midterm elections. (6) biggest triumph came in 2004, when he won a second term despite a (7) unpopular war.
The "permanent" Republican majority he and Rove envisioned even seemed attainable (8) Bush plunged himself into his most ambitious legislative effort yet: a partial privatization (9) Social Security.
But the president who boasted about "political capital" in the hea