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By Yang Jian | February 8 2015 Sunday

   MICHAEL Blumenthal’s eyes were filled with tears yesterday when he found his name on a list at the Shanghai Jewish(犹太的；犹太人的） Refugee（难民） Museum in Hongkou District.

   “Here I am and here are my father mother and sister ” said the 89-year-old former United States Secretary of the Treasury.

    Blumenthal originally from Germany was one of about 15 000 Jews who found refuge in Shanghai after fleeing Nazi persecution in Europe. He arrived in the city in1939 and spent nine years here with his parents and sister who is now 94.

   In 1948 he left the city for the United States where he spent the next six years studying for a degree in medicine at Princeton University.

   At the age of 35 Blumenthal was appointed by President J. F. Kennedy as deputy assistant Secretary of State and became Treasury Secretary in 1977.

  “ The period in Shanghai taught me to work hard and overcome hardship ” he said.

   Returning to his “second home ” Blumenthal walked around the museum and said “man hao” in his Shanghai dialect. The phrase translates as “pretty good.”

  “The old photos bring back memories for me of both happy and hard times ” he said.

   Both the Jewish people and the locals suffered a lot during the war so they had to work together he said.

   “Shanghai people taught us Chinese and the local dialect while we taught them German and English ” he said.

   “This is my eighth visit to Shanghai and I find more changes every time ” he said.

   “Young Chinese should realize how lucky they are to live in this beautiful city ” he said.

29Michael Blumenthal used to live in_______.

 A Shanghai   BNanjing  CHefei   DHangzhou

30According to the passage Michael Blumentha was born in________.

A 1921       B1926    C1936   D1948

31According to the passage which of the following sentences is True?_________

A Michael Blumenthal spent six years studying for a degree in law at Princeton University.

B Michael Blumenthal used to serve as United Kingdom Secretary of the Treasury.

C This was Michael Blumenthal’s eighth visit to Shanghai and he found more changes every time.

D Michael Blumenthal arrived in Shanghai in1939 and spent eight years here with his parents and sister.

32.This article is selected from a webite in which section can you find it?

A Entertainment    B Society   C Tourism   D Business

Answer 1

ABCB