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专业 教育文档 可修改 欢迎下载 PAGE 1 - 安徽省安庆市梧桐市某中学2020届高三英语阶段性测试试题 一、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共25.0分） A The picture of George Washington is on the one-dollar bill． He served as Americans first president from 1789 to 1797． President Washington has been called the Father of his country． The third president of the United States， Thomas Jefferson， is on the two-dollar bill． He was the main writer of the Declaration of independence in 1776． Jefferson was one of the most influential of the nations Founding Fathers． He was also a plant expert， architect， musician and inventor． Another of Americans greatest presidents， Abraham Lincoln， is on the five-dollar bill． He served as the sixteenth president from 1861 until 1865． He successfully led the country through the Civil War， saved the Union and ended slavery． The picture of Alexander Hamilton appears on the ten-dollar bill． Hamilton was never president． But he was the first Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers． He was also an economist and political philosopher． Andrew Jackson was the seventh president， serving from 1829 to 1837． He supported popular democracy and individual liberty． His picture is on the twenty-dollar bill． Another president is on the fifty-dollar bill． Ulysses S． Grant served from 1869 to 1877． Before serving as president， Grant was military commander of Union forces during the Civil War． Under his command， the Union Army defeated Confederate forces． So who do you think is on the one hundred-dollar bill？ It is Benjamin Franklin． Franklin was never elected president， but was one of the Founding Fathers． He was also a leading writer and printer， political thinker， politician， postmaster， scientist， inventor， civil activist， and diplomat． These American statesmen are on the front of the bills． The backs of the notes show images from nations history or famous places． They are in order， the Great Seal of the United States， the signing of Declaration of Independence and the Lincoln Memor