May: Happenings from the Past
May 5, 1884
Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby. He bees the first rider ever to win the race three times.
May 9, 1754
Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon (漫画), showing a snake cut in pieces with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture.
May 11, 1934
The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought (干旱), blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D.C.
May 19, 1994
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.
May 24, 1844
Samuel F.B Morse taps out the first message, “What hath God wrought,” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Md.
【小题1】We know from the text that Buchanan is .A．Isaac’s fatherB．a winning horseC．a slave taking care of horsesD．the first racing horse in Kentucky【小题2】What is the title of the first American political cartoon?A．Join or DieB．Pennsylvania GazetteC．What Hath God Wrought D．Kentucky Derby【小题3】In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?A．1934 B．1960 C．1964 D．1994【小题4】Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?
A. Washing to, D.C. B. New York City C. Kentucky D. PennsylvaniaB
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(答案→)B
解析：本篇主要写的是美国历史上在五月份发生的五件事。一是1884年5月Isaac Murphy骑马比赛三连冠。二是1754年5月Pennsylvania Gazette是美国的第一个政治漫画。三是1934年5月第一次沙尘暴席卷华盛顿和纽约。四是1994年5月前第一夫人去世。五是1844年5月历史上第一次出现电报。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby它是一匹马，故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon (漫画)故选A。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据May 19, 1994
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.故选D。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Md.故选A。