高中英语阅读理解100篇：president

高中英语阅读理解

100

篇：

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There are stories about two U.S . presidents

，

Andrew

Jackson and Martin Van Buren

，

which attempt to explain the

American English term dont know if either story is true

，

but they are both interesting. The first explanation is based

on the fact that President Jackson had very little

fact

，

he had difficulty reading and

important papers came to Jackson

，

he tried to read them and

then had his assistants explain what they he approved

of a would write“all correct”on it

.The problem was

that he didnt know how to what he really wrote

was“ol korekt”.After a while，

he shortened that term

to“OK”.

The second explanation is based on the place where

President Van Buren was born

，

Kinderhook

，

New Bnrens

friends organized a club to help him become President They

caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club

，

and anyone who

supported Van Buren was called“OK”.

author

A. believes both of the stories

believe a word of the stories

C is not sure whether the stories are true

D. is telling the stories just for fun

32. According to the passage

，

President Jackson

t draw up any documents at all