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2014辽宁省灯塔市高考英语阅读理解连载（5）及答案 阅读理解 “Benjamin Franklin,” Walter Isaacson tells us at the beginning of his long (but never boring) new biography, “is the founding father who winks at us.” By that, Isaacson explains, he means Franklin is the most human—and most modern—of the men who shaped the American republic. We admire Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but they remain creatures of the 18th century. The man we encounter in “Benjamin Franklin”—funny, pragmatic and self-aware — seems like one of us, or at least someone wed like to be. Unlike Washingtons cherry tree, Franklins kite was real. His expe