James Stallman Rockefeller, the oldest-known U.S. Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup, died Tuesday. He was 102. Records of the U.S. Olympic Committee show that Rockefeller was the oldest American medal winner. He was the captain of Yale University's eight-man rowing team with coxswain that won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics - beating the Canadian team by less than 16 seconds. The oars from the winning race and the gold medal were prominently displayed in Rockefeller's house. "I think he was really proud of that - probably more than the bank career," said his grandson。
Rockefeller suffered a stroke on Thursday, said his grandson, who lived with him at his Greenwich home for two years, attributed his long life to a regimented(嚴(yán)密組織的) lifestyle: breakfast at eight a.m., lunch at 1 p.m., cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner promptly at 7 p.m.. He liked plain food, without sauces or cheese, and plenty of fresh vegetables, including those grown in the garden of his estate. Rockefeller was in good health until shortly before he died. He drove his car up until last year and would review documents from the various charities and businesses he helped lead.
Rockefeller, born June 8, 1902, was a grandson of William Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil with his brother, John D. Rockefeller. He graduated from Yale in 1924 and served in the Airborne Command during World War II. He started at the bank, and then called the National City Bank, in 1930, following his uncle and grandfather, who were leaders of the bank. He was became president in 1952, chairman in 1959 and retired in 1967. In 1955, under Rockefeller's leadership, the bank merged with the First National Bank of New York to form Citigroup. Rockefeller also was a director of numerous companies, including Pan American Airways, Northern Pacific Railroad, NCR and Monsanto, and served on the boards of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the American Museum of Natural History.
Rockefeller and his wife, Nancy Carnegie Rockefeller, had four children. His wife died in 1994.
16. Rockefeller lost his wife when he was ___________.
A. at the age of 91    B. in his eighties   C. in his nineties       D. in his 1994
17. We can learn from the passage that ____________.
A. the American rowing team beat the Canadian team in less than 16 seconds in 1924.
B. Rockefeller was the first American medal winner.
C. James Stallman Rockefeller founded the National City Bank and became president.
D. His grandson thought Rockefeller had long life because of a regimented lifestyle.
18. What does the underlined word in the last paragraph but one mean?
A. combined     B. joined     C. took on     D. together with
19. What we can infer from the passage is that __________.
A. James Stallman Rockefeller is a great Olympic medal winner.
B. James Stallman Rockefeller was in good health until he died.
C. James Stallman Rockefeller was very active in American society.
D. James Stallman Rockefeller was the only grandson of William Rockefeller.

16---19   CDAC     
本文介紹了美國(guó)年紀(jì)最大的奧運(yùn)冠軍詹姆斯·斯蒂爾曼·洛克菲勒本周二在格林威治的家中與世長(zhǎng)辭，享年102歲。他在1924年的巴黎奧運(yùn)會(huì)上為美國(guó)隊(duì)獲得了一枚賽艇金牌。
16.  C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。1994減去1092差為92.
17.  D 理解細(xì)節(jié)與猜測(cè)能力題。根據(jù)文章,A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在美國(guó)隊(duì)用時(shí)比加拿大隊(duì)少16秒.而不是在16秒之內(nèi).B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在他是最老的而不是第一個(gè)獲勝者.C項(xiàng)更是與文章不符.
18.  A 詞義推測(cè)題。本題要通過(guò)上下文來(lái)判斷，從下文看有to form Citigroup和Rockefeller also was a director of numerous companies可以推測(cè)出merged with 應(yīng)為合并,聯(lián)合之意.
19. C 細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理能力題。他一生僅獲一次獎(jiǎng),故A錯(cuò). 在死前患有中風(fēng),故B錯(cuò).D項(xiàng) 說(shuō)他是唯一的孫子與文中a grandson 不符.
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