摘要: Horse riding is not included in the winter games.

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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 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 “ 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.

1. 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

2. 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          

3. In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die? 

 A.1934.    B.1960.    C.1964.    D.1994.

4. 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

 

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Before the 20th century the horse supplied day to day transportation(运输) in the USA.

Trains were used for long distance transportation.

Today the car is the most   1   sort of transportation in all of the   2  .It has completely taken the place of the horse as a   3  of  everyday transportation. The Americans use their cars for nearly 90   4   all their   5  .Most Americans are   6   to buy cars. The average(平均)   7   of a car was 2050 in 1950,2740 in 1960 and up to 4750 in 1975. During this period, American carmakers   8   improving their products. As a   9  ,the income of the average family   10   from 1950 to 1970   11   than the price of cars.  12  ,buying a new car takes a smaller part of a family’s   13   income today. In 1951, it   14   8.1 months of an average family’s income to buy a new car. In 1962,a new car   15   6.43 months of a family’s income. By 1975,it   16   took 4.75 months’ income.  17  ,the 1975 cars were technically   18   than those of the previous(先前的)   19  .

That’s why cars are so   20   in the USA.

1.A.useful           B.valuable           C.cheap              D.popular

2.A.United States      B.world             C.year              D.continent

3.A.development       B.journey            C.sign              D.means

4.A.percent           B.years               C.miles             D.dollars

5.A.trips             B.lives              C.buissness          D.time

6.A.permitted          B.encouraged          C.anxious           D.able

7.A.value            B.cost              C.price             D.money

8.A.suggested         B.enjoyed             C.made up            D.started

9.A.tool              B.result              C.drive             D.producer

10.A.reduced          B.increased           C.received            D.needed

11.A.more slowly      B.smaller            C.faster              D.less

12.A.However         B.For example         C.Instead            D.For this reason

13.A.low            B.high              C.monthly            D.total

14.A.needs           B.took              C.spent              D.saved

15.A.spent            B.paid              C.cost            D.took

16.A.might            B.really              C.only            D.would

17.A.Otherwise       B.Besides         C.But             D.Finally

18.A.improved        B.better              C.lighter              D.smaller

19.A.months         B.years              C.cars            D.families

20.A.popular          B.expensive          C.cheap             D.good

 

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