请用适当的词完成下面的短文, 并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. His mother died 1.he was ten years old. Then, his family moved to Illinois and his father remarried. The family was poor, 2.they had to live a hard life. In Illinois, there were3.teachers nor schools, but Lincoln’s stepmother( 继 母 ) encouraged him to study. He learned to read and write while working on the farm.

At twenty-one, Lincoln left home. He soon received a law license and4. a lawyer. People trusted him and began to call5. “Honest Abe”.

During the following years, he took 6. active part in politics. Soon he was not only a highly respected lawyer but also a well-known politician. He was elected the sixteenth president of the United States7.1860, and in the next year the Civil War broke out.

The Civil War was between the southern states that wanted to leave the Union and form their own country, and the northern8.that wanted to keep all the states as one country. The southern states wanted to keep the laws that allowed them to own slaves( 奴 隶 ). Both the northern states and President Lincoln wanted to get rid of those laws. On April 9, 1865, the Civil War ended and all slaves were set free.

Less than a week9., on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot( 中 枪 ) at the Ford Theater in Washington D. C. He10.the next day from his wounds. The whole country cried for him. Today many Americans still remember him.

When I was fourteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad (Like many English children, I had often been to France). So when I went to America I thought I would have a nice easy holiday without any language problem.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to tell my American friend Danny that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,” he said, “Are you getting married? But aren’t you too young?”

“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied, “I only want to give my friend a ring to tell him I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there is a phone box?”

“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs.”

When at last we met, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.

“Don’t worry,” he said to me, “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which Americans use differently in meaning from British people. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time, British and American people understand each other.”

1.The writer was from________.

A. Japan B. France C. America D. England

2.The writer wanted to ________ at the airport.

A. have a meal B. buy a map C. call his friend D. find an old man

3.According to the friendly old man, “give somebody a ring” means “________”.

A. make a telephone call to somebody B. be going to get married

C. buy a ring for somebody D. ask somebody to wear a ring

4.The underlined word “they” refers to ________.

A. the old man and the boy B. the British

C. the French D. the Americans

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