Beyond question, Clinton was supposed to close up, stay out of sight, and avoid second- guessing his wife’s boss. After his ego blustered into oncoming traffic during Hillary’s heated primary race (1) Obama, the nation suffered from yet another turn of Clinton fatigue.
(2) this week Bill Clinton showed an instinct for robust, inclusive leadership that the (3) White House occupant could make good use of right for the time being. With President Obama struggling to (4) the political damage from the Gulf oil spill, Clinton not only can’t help himself—he’s worth being listened.
The conventional-wisdom (5) on President Obama’s early reaction to the spill was (6) he didn’t emote enough. He didn’t feel the (7) of all those people in the crisis whose livelihood would be destroyed, whose clean waters and wildlife would be (8) in black gunk.
Clinton considers this is an unfair (9) but offers a different—and more pointed— lesson to his young successor. "I think we ought to (10) in the same boat for a while... Let’s just (11) the problem, and then we can hold everybody responsible and emote or not emote, " Clinton conversed (12) CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer.
Obama’s first (13) after the oil spill was to "feel the blame" rather than "feel the pain, " which are pretty sarcastic words as it were. No one intends to let British Petroleum (BP) management (14) the hook—for dangerously cutting corners, and for a (15) safety record. However, the President’s (16) focus on scolding BP consumed (17) White House energy while the oil gushed.
Great leaders don’t rush to criticise; Instead they instinctively (18) solutions. Rudy Giuliani, who didn’t stop to blame (19) intelligence for letting it happen, stood out from New York mayor with a girlfriend problem to 9/11 hero when he took control of a crisis and instilled confidence that a ravaged city could (20) beyond a terrorist attack.
20（）
A.move
B.leave
C.turn
D.go
参考答案：A
解析：
[试题考点] 上下文语意关系和动词词义辨析。
[解题思路] 本题空格位于修饰confidence的定语从句中，定语从句前的内容意为“他控制了危机，并向人们灌输信心”，定语从句意为“一个遭受劫难的城市可以超越恐怖袭击______”。将四个选项代入文中，只有选项[A]“前进，进展”最切合文意。该句意为“这样一种信心：一个遭受劫难的城市能从恐怖袭击中继续前进”。
[干扰排除] 选项[B]leave意为“离开”，选项[C]turn意为“转换；转变”，选项[D]go意为“走；去”，将这三项代入文中，均无法表示“从灾难中前进”这一含义，无法与前文instilled confidence相呼应，故可排除。