May: Happenings form 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 becomes 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 “John 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.
45. We know from the text that Buchanan is .
A. Isaac’s father B. a winning horse
C. a slave taking care of horses D. the first racing horse in Kentucky
46. What is the title of the first American political cartoon?
A. Join or Die B. Pennsylvania Gazette
C. What Hath God Wrought D. Kentucky Derby
47. In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?
A. 1934 B.1960 C. 1964 D. 1994
48. Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?
A. Washington, D.C. B. New York City.
C. Kentucky. D. Pennsylvania.
答案
45.B 46.A 47.D 48.A
45．解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第一段“Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby”由于Isaac是最伟大的骑手，他“ride Buchanan”，可以推断出Buchanan是一匹赛马。
46．解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据“showing a snake cut in pieces, with the words ‘Join or Dic’ printed under the picture”可知“Join or Dic”是这个卡通片的名字，而“Pennsylvania Gazette”只是电影公司的名字。
47．解析：这是一道细节推断题。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 at the age of 64.”可知Jacqueline死于1994年。
48．解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据“over the long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C, to Baltimore, Md”可知和历史上第一个电报有关的城市是Washington, D.C。
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