2014届高考英语二轮九十天强化训练阅读理解34.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解34 阅读理解 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 Benijamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon(漫画)，showing a snake cut in pieces with the words “John 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, form 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. 5. We know from the text that Buchanan is . A. Isaac’s father B. a winning horse C. a slave taking care of horse D. the first racing horse in Kentucky 6. 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 7. In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die? A. 1934 B.1960 C. 1964 D. 1994 8. Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history? A. Washing, D.C. B. New York City. C. Kentucky. D. Pennsylvania. 5—8、BADA C7 [2013·重庆卷] E It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather.Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr.Johnsons famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnsons observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentato