Question

Washington, November 1, 2012  (CNN) -- After years of planning and months of campaigning（競選）, the most expensive presidential race in history comes down to a final five-day whirlwind of speeches and television ads in the eight states still up for grabs.
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney plan to hold virtually nonstop events between now and the Tuesday election considered too close to call.
The focus is on battleground states worth 95 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Both sides are trying to close the deal with a decreasing number of uncommitted(未表態的) voters, while making sure supporters actually cast ballots.
That means a game of campaign chess that started Thursday, with appearances by the candidates (候選人)and their assistants as well as advertising dollars allocated to the places considered most vital to success.
Concluding a race expected to cost more than $6 billion overall, Obama and Romney and their running mates will hit all the battleground states -- Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin. The campaigns also are unloading a blast of television ads and mailings that threaten to overwhelm voters already saturated with politicking. Perhaps no one said it better than 4-year-old Abigael Evans of Fort Collins, Colorado, who -- according to NPR -- cried after listening to more election coverage on the radio and told her mother, ‘I'm tired of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.’
【小題1】The underlined phrase “too close to call” probably means               .

A．a game that one side is clearly winning.

B．a tie in which neither side seems likely to win

C．so close that you need not use a telephone

D．a visit close to one’s home state

【小題2】What is the focus of the last-5 -day campaigns for both presidential candidates?

A．To make sure that their supporters understand their policies.

B．To collect enough money for campaign ads.

C．To paint their rival as black as possible.

D．To win over the voters who have not decide which candidate to vote for.

【小題3】The public generally feel ________ about these last-days election efforts.

A．excited

B．disappointed

C．annoyed

D．relieved

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C 

解析試題分析：文章介紹奧巴馬和羅姆利的選舉，耗費大量的人力物力，公眾很生氣。
【小題1】猜詞題：從第二段的內容可知too close to call 是雙方都有可能獲勝的平局，選B
【小題2】細節題：從第三段的句子：Both sides are trying to close the deal with a decreasing number of uncommitted(未表態的) voters, while making sure supporters actually cast ballots.可知這五天的活動就是為了贏得還沒決定的選舉人。選D。
【小題3】推理題：從文章最后一段的句子：‘I'm tired of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.’可知推斷出公眾對持續幾天的選舉活動感到生氣。選C 。
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點評：本文并不簡單，但以細節題的考查為主，只要考生仔細審題，再切入文章，準確定位考點。難度不大。