【正文】 he was in debtor’s prison, Mary Katherine Goddard’s name appeared in the newspaper’s masthead(報頭)for the first the Continental Congress fled there from Philadelphia in 1776, it missioned to print the first official version of the Declaration of Independence in January printing the documents, she herself paid the post riders to deliver the Declaration throughout the the American Revolution, Mary Goddard continued to publish Baltimore’s only newspaper, which one historian claimed was “second to none among the colonies.” She was also the city’s postmaster from 1775 to 1789appointed by Benjamin Franklin –and is considered to be the first woman to hold a federal which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned? acplishment of a female weaknesses of the newspaper rights of a female publishing system in colonial Goddard’s name appears on the Declaration of Independence helped write the original document published the document paid to have the document printed brother was in prison to the passage, Mary Goddard first became involved in publishing when she appointed by Benjamin Franklin the Declaration of Independence over her brother’s printing shop to Baltimore word “there” in paragraph 3 refers colonies print shop can be inferred from the passage that Mary Goddard was acplished businesswoman wealthy member of the Continental Congress famous writer內(nèi)容提示與分析：作為《獨立宣言》重簽名的唯一女性，瑪麗為美國的獨立做出了獨特的貢獻。本文敘述了她一生的經(jīng)歷從偶然進入出版界道到創(chuàng)辦巴爾的摩的第一份報紙，從勇敢的印刷第一份官方版本的《獨立宣言》到美國歷史上首位擁有聯(lián)邦公職的女性，這些無不顯示了她超人的能力與遠見，縱覽她一生的奮斗史，她的確無愧于“殖民地中第一人”的贊譽。答案與分析： 分析：本題考察了對全文的理解。開始從獨立宣言的簽名引出了瑪麗的不平凡，然后介紹她創(chuàng)辦報紙，印刷《獨立宣言》，最后擔任市郵政局局長。文章并沒有介紹權(quán)力。出版系統(tǒng)的狀況，也沒有介紹出版工業(yè)的狀況， 分析：本題有些隱蔽性。原文第二段最后說While he was in debtor’s prison, Mary Katherine Goddard’s name appeared in the newspaper’s masthead(報頭)for the first ，她代替他繼續(xù)經(jīng)營報業(yè)，所以應(yīng)選B，文章根本沒有談到撰寫文章，付錢等事，所以A, C不符合題意，而D沒有發(fā)掘出背后的信息。故答案為B。 分析：答案為第二段最后一句話，由for the first time可以知道答案，A, B所提到的事是在后期才做的，所以不合適，故答案為C。 分析：由第一段可以知道，瑪麗印刷《獨立宣言》，由第二段可以知道，他的印刷工作都在巴而的摩進行。A, B, D在文中都沒有提到。故答案為C。 分析：第一段只是提到她是簽名人之一，并沒有說她是議員，所以C不對，也不能確定她是不是有錢，有名。從她的行為和成就看，可以肯定的是：她是一位取得了巨大成就的商業(yè)女性，故答案為A.第四篇：2014年成人英語閱讀理解練習及答案(六)2014年成人英語閱讀理解練習及答案六Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following who remember “the good old days” are not alone in plaining about the educational system in this (移民)plain， a German friend was filled with anger when he learned that the mathematics test given to his son on his first day as a college freshman included multiplication and businessmen in Los Angeles send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported from Japan to learn mathematics at Japanese levels，generally considered at least a year more advanced than the level I wonder：If American education is so poor，why is it that this is still the country of innovation(創(chuàng)新)? When I was 12 in Indonesia，I had to memorize the name of all the world39。s major cities，from Kabul to the same age，my son，who was brought up by a Californian，thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good ，unlike children of his age in Asia and Europe，my son had studied creative he was only 6，he drew a map of the route that he traveled to get to school，including the streets，the traffic signs and the houses that he American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas。without this they will not really be able to think or to believe in of American education cannot grasp one thing：，I think，is the only country that extends even to children the license to freely speak，write and be public education certainly is not perfect，but it is a great deal better than any think I have found the answer to my the text we learn )both Americans and immigrants are dissatisfied with the quality of American education B)the author shares the general idea that American education is worse than education in many other countries C)Japanese schools in America require their American teachers to teach mathematics at Japanese levelstest for his son was too of the following is NOT true? A)The author most probably was an immigrant from Asia and received some school education )Buenos Aires must be the name of a city，as are Kabul and )Children in other countries are not likely to learn creative )The knowledge of geography of the author39。s son shows that American education is of the following can be inferred from the passage? A)If children are not allowed to experiment freely with ideas they won39。t grow up independent and )Most Americans think the present American educational system is not as good as it used to )Private schools run by Japanese businessmen maintain a higher level than American public )Americans are more innovative than other people in the the last paragraph the author says,“ I have found the answer to my question.” What is the question? A)Is Japanese education better than American education? B)Why do Japanese businessmen send their children to Japanesestaffed schools? C)Why was my son not taught enough geographic knowledge? D)Is American education really worse than education in other countries? would be the best title for this passage? A)American Education and Education in Foreign countries B)Improvement Needed for American Education C)Freedom to Think— Characteristic of American Education【答案】 Directions: This task is the same as Task 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through who are overweight should watch their diet carefully in order to lose , best way to do this is to start a weight control first it is wise to talk with your can advise you of the number of calories(卡路里)you should have in your meals each can tell you about exercising while on your good rule is to lose loss of a pound or two is meals around foods you means that it is wise to include foods that you are used to and that are part of your regular eating you have lost the weight you wish, simple items can be added to your diet so that you can maintain the weight you you are dieting, try to build a