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北 京 外 国 语 大 学
2003 年 硕 士 研 究 生 入 学 考 试 基 础 英 语 试 题
I． R eading C omprehension
This section contains two passages. Read each passage and then answer the questions given at
the end of each passage, using the answer sheet provided.
Passage One
H illary Clinton was in her element. O n stage at Belfast’s G rand O pera H ouse last week,
flanked by volunteers and politicians’ wives, Clinton celebrated the role of women in the Northern
Ireland peace process. In a confident speech reminiscent of another Clinton, she urged her
audience to keep pushing for a common-sense end to the ages-old conflict. O n her last official
overseas trip as First Lady, Clinton fondly recalled not only earlier visits to Belfast, but her travel
around the globe. N ow she’d come to say farewell and, as she put it, to “end one chapter in m y
life.” But traveling with the president on his victory lap around the British Isles last week, H illary
was opening a whole new book.
A s the Clintons prepare to leave the W hite H ouse, Bill isn’t the only one thinking about a
legacy. H illary has racked up a long list of First Lady “firsts”: first baby boomer, first professional
woman, first to head a major government task force, first to testify before a grand jury. “H illary
Clinton is, in my estimation, the single most accomplished First Lady in A merican history,” say
Carl A nthony, a former N ancy Reagan aide and author of “A merican First Families.” But it’s been
a bumpy ride. “She might say surviving is her greatest triumph,” says a friend. N ow her election to
the U . S Senate and a staggering new book deal prove that Clinton has not only survived － she’s
thriving. So much so that she’s already topping the whispering list of contenders for the
D emocratic presidential nomination in 2004.
D espite all her years on the national stage, much about H illary Clinton remains a mystery－
which may explain why Simon & Schuster last week bid an almost unprecedented $ 8 million to
publish her memoirs. But friends caution that while Clinton will touch on the obvious travails of
her champion fund-raiser－ both for D emocrats who love her and for Republicans who love to hate
her－ and could become an eloquent voice of opposition against the new Bush W hite House.
H illary has promised to serve out her six-year Senate term, a vow that still could leave her open
for a presidential bid in2008. Still, friends insist she have no such plans.
But the idea could grow on her. A l G ore once seemed the natural heir of Bill Clinton’s legacy.
But in a few years, with a solid Senate record on key committees like finance or appropriations,
H illary could be well positioned to challenge the notoriously stiff campaigner who already
squandered the advantages of incumbency.
N o matter what her ultimate ambitions, Clinton has learned a thing or two about taking small
steps. W hen H illary staked out an office in the West Wing and took charge of health-care reform,
people thought she was overreaching. Yet while Clinton was wounded after the health -fiasco, she
never abandoned her goals, quietly pushing initiatives on children’s health, adoption and foreign
aid, among others.
A fter years of changing hairstyles and political strategies, H illary, it seems, has finally found
her groove. It is a central tenet of H illaryland that every woman gets to make choices of her own
－ to work, to run for office, to stand by her man. So when Clinton sits down with Laura Bush,
friends say she won’t be offering any how -to lectures. Clinton is far more consumed with her own
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