Chelsea Clinton, the 31-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is stepping into her own spotlight.
According to the New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent（記者） for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”. The sections attract people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.
When Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the first lady asked the press to keep Chelsea out of the public eyes. As a young adult, Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world. Once her mother decided to run for the presidency in 2007, however, Chelsea made hundreds of public appearances, mostly on college campuses, to support the campaign. More recently, she has worked for New York University and promoted her father’s latest book. She is currently pursuing a doctor’s degree at Oxford.
Clinton is the second daughter of a president hired by NBC News; Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. Bush, works as a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show.
【小題1】 Chelsea Clinton continued to stay out of media attention to _____.

A．improve the lives of others
B．help her father in the election
C．study and go to the business circle
D．support her mother for the presidency
【小題2】 What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 2?
A．is shownB．flowsC．is managedD．spreads
【小題3】 Which is the right order of the events?
a. Chelsea helped to sell Bill Clinton’s latest book.
b. Chelsea pursues her doctor’s degree.
c. Chelsea supported her mother’s career.
d. Chelsea was out of the public attention.
A．d, a, c, bB．c, d, b, a
C．c, b, d, aD．d, c, a, b
【小題4】 According to the text, we can conclude that _____.
A．Chelsea Clinton is the second daughter of Bill Clinton
B．Chelsea Clinton is in favour of her parents’ careers
C．Chelsea Clinton always follows her mother’s advice
D．Jenna Bush Hager is a correspondent for “NBC Nightly News”


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：本文敘述了美國前總統(tǒng)克林頓和現(xiàn)任國務卿的女兒切爾西逐漸步入公眾的視野，據(jù)《紐約時報》報道，切爾西已經(jīng)成為美國全國廣播公司的一名通訊記者。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world.可知切爾西避開媒體的關注是為了上大學并進入商業(yè)圈，故選C。
【小題2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”切爾西的專題報道將被應用到“Making a Difference”系列節(jié)目中，這檔節(jié)目在“NBC Nightly News”中播出，所以run意為（連續(xù)地）播出，故選 A。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段的內(nèi)容可知，故選D。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段可知2007年，希拉里競選總統(tǒng)時切爾西為其助陣；近來，切爾西又為克林頓的新書宣傳。通過切爾西的這些舉動，我們可推斷出她非常支持她父母的事業(yè)，故選B。
考點：政治類短文閱讀。
點評： 詞義猜測題旨在考查學生根據(jù)上下文對生詞做出理解判斷的能力。近幾年來，閱讀理解中的詞義猜測題呈上升趨勢。在閱讀過程中根據(jù)選材、背景、及上下文等線索推測出生詞詞義是真實語言活動中的重要技巧。這一能力可以說是體現(xiàn)閱讀理解能力的一項重要指標。

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