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 （漫畫(huà)）, 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，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. Morsr taps out the first message , “ What Hath God Wrought ,” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C. , to Baltimeore , Md .
【小題1】We know from the text that Buchanan is_____________.

A．Isaac”s father
B．a(chǎn) winning horse
C．a(chǎn) slave taking care if horses
D．the first racing horse in Kentucky
【小題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
【小題3】In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die ?
A．1934 B．1960
C．1964 D．1994
【小題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


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析: 本文主要寫(xiě)美國(guó)五月歷史上發(fā)生的事。
【小題1】B 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第一段提到Isaac Murphy , son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history , rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby .可知由于Isaac 是個(gè)偉大的騎手，他rides Buchanan可知這是一匹賽馬，故選B項(xiàng)。
【小題2】A 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到showing a snake cut in pieces, with the words “ Join or Die” printed under the picture可知Join or Die是這個(gè)卡通片的名字，故選A項(xiàng)。
【小題3】D 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到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可知他死于1994年，故選D項(xiàng)。
【小題4】A 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段提到over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C. , to Baltimeore , Md可知和歷史上第一個(gè)關(guān)的城市是Washington，故選A 項(xiàng)。
考點(diǎn)：歷史類閱讀。

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