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河北专接本考试模拟试卷（一） ????Test?I?????(90?minutes)?????Part?I?Reading?Comprehension?(40/150)?????Directions:?There?are?4?passages?in?this?part.?Each?passage?is?followed?by?some?questions?or?unfinished?statements.?For?each?of?them?there?are?four?choices?marked?A.B.C)?and?D.?You?should?decide?on?the?best?choice?and?mark?the?corresponding?letter?on?the?Answer?Sheet?with?a?single?line?through?the?centre.?????Passage?One?????Questions?1to?5?are?based?on?the?following?passage:?????A?forger(伪造者)is?a?person?who?makes?an?imitation?or?copy?of?money?or?a?document.?A?forger?usually?sells?his?works?to?people?who?don’t?have?much?knowledge?in?the?field.?????Robert?Spring,?a?19th?century?forger,?was?so?good?at?his?profession?that?he?was?able?to?make?his?living?for?15years?by?selling?false?signatures?of?famous?Americans.?At?first?be?succeeded?in?selling?his?small?but?genuine?collection?of?early?U.S.?autographs?(亲笔签名)?Discovering?his?ability?at?copying?handwriting,?he?began?imitating?signatures?of?George?Washington?and?Ben?Franklin?and?writing?them?on?the?title?pages?of?old?books.?To?lessen?the?chance?of?detection,?he?sent?his?forgeries?to?England?and?Canada?for?sale.?????In?Spring’s?time,?right?after?the?Civil?War,?Britain?was?still?fond?of?the?Southern?states,?so?Spring?invented?a?Miss?Fanny’s?financial?problems?forced?her?to?sell?a?great?number?of?letters?and?manuscripts?belonging?to?her?famous?father.?Spring?had?to?work?very?hard?to?satisfy?the?demand.?All?this?activity?did?not?prevent?Spring?from?dying?in?poverty,?leaving?sharp-eyed?experts?the?difficult?task?of?separating?his?forgeries?from?the?originals.?????1.?Why?did?Spring?sell?his?false?autographs?in?England?and?Canada??????A.?There?was?a?greater?demand?there?than?in?America.?????B.?There?was?less?chance?of?being?detected?there.?????C.?Britain?was?Spring’s?birthpalce.?????D.?The?prices?were?higher?in?England?and?Canada.?????2.?After?the?Civil?War,?there?was?g?great?demand?in?Britain?for______.?????A.?Southern?money