第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节：（共15小题，

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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

Strange coincidences（巧合）happened to the deaths of John F.Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln.For example,Kennedy was elected President in 1960 while Lincoln became President in 1860.Both were murdered from behind,on a Friday,and in the presence of their wives.The two men were exactly one hundred years apart and so were their murderers,Lee Harvery Oswald and John Wilkes Booth.Perhaps the strangest coincidence is that Kennedy’s secretary,whose name was Lincoln,advised him not to go to Dallas where he was shot later.Lincoln’s secretary,whose name was Kennedy,suggested him not going to the Ford Theatre,where he met his death.

56.The coincidence of the two presidents’ death were           .

A.very mysterious                       B.just the same 

C.rather different                         D.quite special

57.Where was his wife when Kennedy was murdered?

A.Maybe she was in a church.

B.She was at home because the secretary had advised her not to go with her husband.

C.She was somewhere we don’t know.

D.She was with his husband.

58.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The two murderers were one hundred years apart.

B.The two murderers fired their guns behind the two presidents.

C.The two presidents were shot in a theatre.

D.Both secretaries told the two presidents not to go where they were killed,but both failed.

59.What’s the passage mainly about?

A.Two strange presidents.

B.Strange coincidences between Kennedy’s and Lincoln’s deaths.

C.Both Kenney and Lincoln didn’t die in a natural way

D.Both Kennedy and Lincoln died on Friday.