2014年云南省第二次高中毕业生复习统一检测英 语第i卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 a pioneering front-row white house journalist helen thomas died at age 92 after a long illness. thomas covered 10 presidents over nearly half a century, and became a legend in the industry. she was always at white house news conferences — sitting front and center — where she frequently annoyed government spokesmen with her pointed questions. thomas began covering the white house for united press international when john f. kennedy became president in 1961 and was a fixture there until her retirement in 2010. in a written statement, obama called thomas a "true pioneer" and said she kept the presidents she covered — including himself — on their toes. thomas, the daughter of lebanese immigrants, was born in winchester, kentucky, on august 4, 1920. she was one of nine children. thomas was raised in detroit, where she attended wayne state university and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1
