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a newspaper was thirtysix years old when his first book of poetry was called it Leaves of has only twelve poems are written in free lines do not follow any set lines are short and some are words at the end of each line do not have a similar do not of America’s greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Waldo Emerson praised Whitman’s most other poets and writers said nothing or denounced American Civil War began in the war,Whitman worked without pay at army helped care for the wounded and dying sat beside these men for brought them food and wrote letters for the Civil War,Whitman worked for government watched the United States try to heal itself and increase Walt Whitman,democracy was more than a political system or was a natural form of government for free believed democracy was meant to honor the rights of every person and the equality of all 1873,Walt Whitman suffered a spent the last few years of his life in Camden,New Jersey and wrote more was poor and weak during thelast few years of his died in .Walt Whitman expressed his feelings .singing songsC.writing poemsB.celebrating great people D.praising mon people64.Leaves of Grass was published .1855B.1819C.1861D.187365.It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that Whitman .a(chǎn) brave soldierC.a(chǎn)n honest officialB.a(chǎn) man of devotion D.a(chǎn) great politician66.Which of the following is the right order of Whitman’s life?a.His first collection of poetry was .He taught in a school as a teacher when he was .He helped the wounded soldiers in the .He passed away in Camden,New .He was born in New York City in .e,c,b,a,dC.e,b,c,d,aCABDDSitting across from a German couple and a Chinese mother and her child,we were waiting at the Guilin airport for our delayed flight to this last week of our travelstudy tour,my husband and I were savoring this short break by tuned out the languages I couldn’t it was an American accent that pulled my attention from my also pulled the attention of three rows of people seated around us as the American barked,“Coming through!Coming through!”At the same time,an oversized man pulling an oversized carryon passed our wheeled bag caught the German’s to see what,the American fellow yanked his bag so hard that it crossed over the man’s was then that my horror was no “I’m sorry”,no “Excuse me” and no “Pardon me” ing from this countryman of .e,b,c,a,d D.e,b,a,c,dWhile this wasn’t the first or last incident where I sighted discourteous,illmannered,rude Americans in China,each produced similar ,I was embarrassed that someone from my country was creating a negative impression of second reaction was a desire to wanted them to explain to the Chinese woman and her child,the German couple next to them,and everyone nearby that this was not typical American wanted them to know “we” were all not like never got to explain,or to differences made that option impossible,and rational thinking made it it turned out not to be a German caught my eyes with a bit of headshaking,smiling and eye rolling,whic