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  3. George Washington was six feet tall, with【C1】______shoulders, a big nose, reddish hair that was now grey and that【C2】______of po

George Washington was six feet tall, with【C1】______shoulders, a big nose, reddish hair that was now grey and that【C2】______of po

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问题    George Washington was six feet tall, with【C1】______shoulders, a big nose, reddish hair that was now grey and that【C2】______of power and authority large men often【C3】______. He had a wonderful quality of silence【C4】______in the noisy Constitutional Conventtion at Philadelphia in 1787 had【C5】______an eloquence of【C6】______. He was the unlikely【C7】______the people were seeking: a citizen-soldier, a steady, rocklike, responsible man. He was not a【C8】______There have been【C9】______soldiers, more capable executives, more creative statesmen.【C10】______he had been once, and was now again, pre-eminently the【C11】______man in the right place【C12】______the right time.
   He had【C13】______the weight of the Revolution on his shoulders, had torn victory out of defeat because he had never known when he was【C14】______. He could never give in, yet he was no statue.【C15】______passions strung on a hair trigger. When【C16】______that the painter Gilbert Stuart had seen signs of a fierce temper controlled only with difficulty, Washington said soberly, "He is right."
   He was too honest to evade anything. He was the good soldier who never【C17】______his country’s call. Like several later generals, he would bring to the presidential【C18】______more prestige than he found in it;【C19】______some, he would leave the office greater than he had found it, and【C20】______an authority that could be handed down to those who came after him.
【C14】
选项 A、failure
B、prevailed
C、victim
D、beaten
答案D
解析 “当他遭受挫折时，他从不知道”，根据文中的四个选项，只有 A、B选项有此意，但A选项与文中的搭配不符，故选D。
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