e Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican of the economy, ¡°and policy from here in Washington. Second, there is a realization that he has pushed hard to do something about it.¡±

¡¡¡¡Mr. Bush¬ðs aides are confident the economy will break their way. If not, the results of the 2002 midterm elections, when Republicans picked up seats despite the weak economy, suggest that the political pain inflicted on Mr. Bush might not be as dire as that suffered by his father. But Republicans aren¬ðt taking any chances.

¡¡¡¡¡°It¬ðs still jobs, jobs, jobs,¡± Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania wrote this month to his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Setting out the Party¬ðs communications strategy, Mr. Santorum wrote: ¡°We must talk about our commitment to create and protect jobs. Every one of us needs to drive the message that 57,000 new jobs were created last month as a result of the tax cuts we passed to stimulate the economy.¡±

¡¡¡¡Intent in takingª²or at least being seen to takeª²further action, Mr. Bush has repackaged his existing domestic proposals, many of which are stalled on Capitol Hill, as efforts to create jobs. At nearly every public appearance, he suggest that encouraging more oil and gas drilling in the United States, limiting lawsuit awards and providing tax incentives to businesses for providing health insurance will help spur more employment.

¡¡¡¡None of those ideas, if enacted, would be likely to bring quick results, if they helped at all. But in this case, perception may be the thing that matters most.

¡¡¡¡1. The word ¡°anemic¡± in the first paragraph means

¡¡¡¡A. weak B. sick C. slow D. rapid

¡¡¡¡2. There are the aims of the Bush administration following except

¡¡¡¡A. Make another further tax reduction

¡¡¡¡B. Avoiding being prone to make Utopian prediction of economy prospects.

¡¡¡¡C. Prevent the Democratic defining the economy in simple, negative terms.

¡¡¡¡D. Win the next presidential term in November¬ðs election.

¡¡¡¡3. The sentence ¡°Given how little he can effect employment between now and election¡± implies that

¡¡¡¡A. During the economic recession, the Bush administration made little effect on the employment.

¡¡¡¡B. The period between the peakª² unemployment rate in a presidential term and the November vote for a second time is vital for the President.

¡¡¡¡C. The reª²election of presidents may rely on a substantial degree on the job growth.

¡¡¡¡D. There is no chance for Mr. Bush to recover from the bad economy.

¡¡¡¡4. We can conclude from the passage that

¡¡¡¡A. Reagan administration yielded to the attraction of making unrealistic forecast through his presidential term.

¡¡¡¡B. President George H.W. Bush saw eyeª²toª²eye with the following president.

¡¡¡¡C. The former president created a strong employment growth.

¡¡¡¡D. President Bush went all out to the job creation with his four tax reductions.

¡¡¡¡5. In the last paragraph, the author concurs in that

¡¡¡¡A. All the efforts ma

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