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It’s going to be a busy day at Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia on Thursday. She won’t be there, since she died in 1836, but hundreds of tourists will be going through her house.
You see, Thursday is Flag Day in the United States. The unofficial holiday commemorates the adoption of the stars-and-stripes design of the American flag by the Continental Congress 235 years ago, on June 14, 1777. According to lore, the Ross House is the birthplace of the nation’s flag. That’s open to debate, but it’s a story that schoolbooks still tell. Betsy Ross was a seamstress, busy sewing cushions for chairs in Philadelphia, which was the focus place of the American revolution against British rule. The Declaration of Independence by the colonists was signed there, and so was the new nation’s Constitution after independence was won.
Widowed when her husband, a member of the local militia, was killed in a gunpowder explosion, Betsy Ross often mended the clothes of the rebels’ leader and future U.S. president, George Washington. According to what some say in history and others a stretch of what really happened, Washington asked Ross to design and sew the new nation’s flag. The story was promoted by Ross grandson, who wrote that Betsy Ross had “made with her hands the first flag.” She became a role model for girls - a shining example of women’s contributions to the nation’s history. Most research indicates that Ross did sew the first flag. She’s credited with substituting artful five-point white stars for six-pointed ones in the upper-left blue field. But many other accounts indicate George Washington brought the design to Ross and simply asked her to stitch it together.
In a letter, Washington wrote: “We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her. And the white stripes shall go down to posterity as representing liberty.”
1.People would like to go to Ross’s house in Philadelphia to _____.
A. ask Betsy Ross who created the first American flag
B. meet her grandson who wrote a book about flags
C. debate over who designed the first American flag
D. remember her as the creator of the first American flag
2.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. Betsy Ross was one of the people who signed The Declaration of Independence
B. All are in agreement that Ross designed the first American flag
C. It is almost certain that Ross did sew the first American flag
D. It is George Washington who designed the stars and stripes flag
3.The underlined the word “seamstress” in Paragraph 2 probably means_____.
A. a person who designs flags B. a person who makes a living by sewing
C. a person who takes part in revolution D. a person who creates chairs
4.What does the last paragraph imply according to the passage?
A. It implies that the U.S. is independent from Britain
B. It implies that Washington liked Ross’s design of the flag
C. It implies that Washington might be the designer of the flag
D. It implies that Ross did have helped with the design of the flag
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It’s going to be a busy day at Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia on Thursday. She won’t be there, since she died in 1836, but hundreds of tourists will be going through her house.
You see, Thursday is Flag Day in the United States. The unofficial holiday commemorates the adoption of the stars-and-stripes design of the American flag by the Continental Congress 235 years ago, on June 14, 1777. According to lore, the Ross House is the birthplace of the nation’s flag. That’s open to debate, but it’s a story that schoolbooks still tell. Betsy Ross was a seamstress, busy sewing cushions for chairs in Philadelphia, which was the focus place of the American revolution against British rule. The Declaration of Independence by the colonists was signed there, and so was the new nation’s Constitution after independence was won.
Widowed when her husband, a member of the local militia, was killed in a gunpowder explosion, Betsy Ross often mended the clothes of the rebels’ leader and future U.S. president, George Washington. According to what some say in history and others a stretch of what really happened, Washington asked Ross to design and sew the new nation’s flag. The story was promoted by Ross grandson, who wrote that Betsy Ross had “made with her hands the first flag.” She became a role model for girls - a shining example of women’s contributions to the nation’s history. Most research indicates that Ross did sew the first flag. She’s credited with substituting artful five-point white stars for six-pointed ones in the upper-left blue field. But many other accounts indicate George Washington brought the design to Ross and simply asked her to stitch it together.
In a letter, Washington wrote: “We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her. And the white stripes shall go down to posterity as representing liberty.”
- 1.
People would like to go to Ross’s house in Philadelphia to _____
- A.ask Betsy Ross who created the first American flag
- B.meet her grandson who wrote a book about flags
- C.debate over who designed the first American flag
- D.remember her as the creator of the first American flag
- A.
- 2.
Which statement is true according to the passage?
- A.Betsy Ross was one of the people who signed The Declaration of Independence
- B.All are in agreement that Ross designed the first American flag
- C.It is almost certain that Ross did sew the first American flag
- D.It is George Washington who designed the stars and stripes flag
- A.
- 3.
The underlined the word “seamstress” in Paragraph 2 probably means_____
- A.a person who designs flags
- B.a person who makes a living by sewing
- C.a person who takes part in revolution
- D.a person who creates chairs
- A.
- 4.
What does the last paragraph imply according to the passage?
- A.It implies that the U.S. is independent from Britain
- B.It implies that Washington liked Ross’s design of the flag
- C.It implies that Washington might be the designer of the flag
- D.It implies that Ross did have helped with the design of the flag
- A.
It’s going to be a busy day at Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia on Thursday. She won’t be there, since she died in 1836, but hundreds of tourists will be going through her house.
You see, Thursday is Flag Day in the United States. The unofficial holiday commemorates the adoption of the stars-and-stripes design of the American flag by the Continental Congress 235 years ago, on June 14, 1777. According to lore, the Ross House is the birthplace of the nation’s flag. That’s open to debate, but it’s a story that schoolbooks still tell.Betsy Ross was a seamstress, busy sewing cushions for chairs in Philadelphia, which was the focus place of the American revolution against British rule.The Declaration of Independence by the colonists was signed there, and so was the new nation’s Constitution after independence was won.
Widowed when her husband, a member of the local militia, was killed in a gunpowder explosion, Betsy Ross often mended the clothes of the rebels’ leader and future U.S. president, George Washington. According to what some say in history and others a stretch of what really happened, Washington asked Ross to design and sew the new nation’s flag. The story was promoted by Ross grandson, who wrote that Betsy Ross had “made with her hands the first flag.” She became a role model for girls - a shining example of women’s contributions to the nation’s history. Most research indicates that Ross did sew the first flag. She’s credited with substituting artful five-point white stars for six-pointed ones in the upper-left blue field. But many other accounts indicate George Washington brought the design to Ross and simply asked her to stitch it together. www..com
In a letter, Washington wrote: “We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her. And the white stripes shall go down to posterity as representing liberty.”
67. People would like to go to Ross’s house in Philadelphia to _____.
A. ask Betsy Ross who created the first American flag
B. meet her grandson who wrote a book about flags
C. debate over who designed the first American flag
D. remember her as the creator of the first American flag
68. Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. Betsy Ross was one of the people who signed The Declaration of Independence
B. All are in agreement that Ross designed the first American flag
C. It is almost certain that Ross did sew the first American flag
D. It is George Washington who designed the stars and stripes flag
69. The underlined the word “seamstress” in Paragraph 2 probably means_____.
A. a person who designs flags B. a person who makes a living by sewing
C. a person who takes part in revolution D. a person who creates chairs
70. What does the last paragraph imply according to the passage?
A. It implies that the U.S. is independent from Britain
B. It implies that Washington liked Ross’s design of the flag
C. It implies that Washington might be the designer of the flag
D. It implies that Ross did have helped with the design of the flag
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On the 14th day of June, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the following resolution: “Resolved (决心，决定) that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate (交替的) red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation (星群).”
We are told that before this, in 1776, a committee had been appointed to look after the matter, and together with General Washington they called at the house of Betsy Ross, 239 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Betsy Ross was a young widow of twenty-four, heroically supporting herself by continuing the upholstery (室内装璜) business of her late husband, young John Ross, a patriot (爱国者) who had died in the service of his country. Betsy was noted for her exquisite (精致的) needle-work, and was engaged in the flag-making business.
The committee asked her if she thought she could make a flag from a design, a rough drawing of which General Washington showed her. She replied, with diffidence (缺乏自信), that she did not know whether she could, or not, but would try. She noticed, however, that the star as drawn had six points, and informed the committee that the correct star had but five. They answered that as a great number of stars would be required, the more regular form with six points could be more easily made than one with five.
She responded (做出反应) in a practical way by deftly (灵巧的) folding a scrap (小片) of paper; then with a single clip of her scissors she displayed a true, symmetrical (对称的)、 five-pointed star. This decided the committee in her favor. A rough design was left for her use, but she was permitted to make a sample (样品) flag according to her own ideas of the arrangement of the stars and the proportion (比例) of the stripes and the general form of the whole.
Some time after its completion, it was presented to Congress, and soon after the committee had the pleasure of informing Betsy Ross that her flag had been accepted as the nation's standard (旗).
1．Which of the following description about Ross is NOT true?
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A．Her husband died in the American War of Independence.
B．She was good at needle-work.
C．She was forced to make the national standard.
D．She changed the six-pointed star in the design to five points.
2．When Ross was asked to make the national standard, she was ________.
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3．The committee decided to ask Ross to make the national standard because ________.
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A．her husband was a patriot
B．she was very confident
C．General Washington showed her the design
D．they believed she was capable and competent
4．She changed the design because ________.
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A．she didn't know that the person who showed her the design was General Washington
B．she wanted to display her competence
C．she knew that the true star was five-pointed
D．she thought the star with six points was not easy to make
5．In the sentence “This decided the committee in her favor” (Para. 5), the pronoun “this” refers to ________.
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A．the design
B．the five-pointed star
C．her making a true star with a scrap of paper
D．her confidence
查看习题详情和答案>>Grady : You are a famous actor. But you always play 1 parts. Are you an unhappy man?
Dunn : Not at all. But it's 2 . I've never had a part as a good happy family 3 You see, my first big part was Ross, in Shakespeare’s Richard IV. Most actors played the part 4 a happy, simple way. They saw Ross 5 a sort of friendly uncle 6 the young Richard. I played the part very 7 .
A few hours before 8 opened, I was climbing a tree in my back yard. 9 our cat climbed that tree, it climbed 10 high and couldn't get down again, 11 I had to climb up and 12 it down. Well, 13 it happened, the cat and I 14 climbed up a little too high this time, and we 14 fell out of the tree together. The cat was 15 of course, but I hurt my leg very 16 . By the time the play began, I could walk again and sit down, 17 , and soon, but not without pain, So Ross was an 18 , unhappy uncle that night. In fact everybody. from Richard himself, to Sir Bodkin, changed 19 me. We gave people quite a new idea of the play.
Grady : And 20 you played any happy parts since then?
Dunn : No, and all because of that silly cat.
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