Stock Exchange closed for over a week,opened 15 percent higher,the largest one-day surge in more than halfa century.Within a week,most of the recently closed banks reopened. Gerald Ford,about 20 at the time,remembered FDR's Fireside Chats as "big events-we would all stop and listen."Ronald Reagan's biographer,Lou Cannon,has written that Reagan'smetaphors [were]the offspring of FDR's."And Bill Clinton recalled hearing his grandfather talk about how he sat in rapt attention,"then went to work the next day feeling a little different about the country." After the first Fireside Chat,FDR relaxed in his office.At 11:30 p.m. he said,"I think it's time for beer."Preparations for a bill to speed the end of Prohibition began that night Reading comprehension 1.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true,at the beginningof 1933 in the U.S.? A.The unemployment washigh. B.The business ofbanks was bad. C.People lost confidence in the national economy D.It was in the war time. 2.In the sentence "..broad executive power to wage a war against the Stock Exchange closed for over a week, opened 15 percent higher, the largest one-day surge in more than half a century. Within a week, most of the recently closed banks reopened. Gerald Ford, about 20 at the time, remembered FDR’s Fireside Chats as “big events—we would all stop and listen.” Ronald Reagan’s biographer, Lou Cannon, has written that Reagan’s “metaphors [were] the offspring of FDR’s.” And Bill Clinton recalled hearing his grandfather talk about how he sat in rapt attention, “then went to work the next day feeling a little different about the country.” After the first Fireside Chat, FDR relaxed in his office. At 11:30 p.m. he said, “I think it’s time for beer.” Preparations for a bill to speed the end of Prohibition began that night. Reading comprehension 1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true, at the beginning of 1933 in the U.S.? A. The unemployment was high. B. The business of banks was bad. C. People lost confidence in the national economy. D. It was in the war time. 2. In the sentence “…broad executive power to wage a war against the