成人英语三级

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If you look closely at some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, be-yond the flourished signature of John Hancock and the other 55 men who signed it,you will also find the name of one woman,Mary Katherine Goddard. It was she,a Baltimore printer,who published the first official copies of the Declaration, the first copies that included, the names of its signers and therefore heralded (宣布,预示) the support of all thirteen colonies.
Mary Goddard first got into printing at the age of twenty-four when her brother opened a printing shop in Providence, Rhode Island,in 1762. When her brother proceeded to get into trouble with his partners and creditors,it was Mary Goddard and her mother who were left to run the shop. In 1765 they began publishing The Providence Gazette,a weekly news-paper. Similar problems seemed to follow her brother as he opened businesses in Philadel-phia and again in Baltimore. Each time Ms. Goddard was brought in to run the newspapers.
After starting Baltimore´s first newspaper, the Maryland Journal, in 1773, her brother went broke trying to organize a colonial postal service. While he was in debtor´s prison,Ma-ry Katherine Goddard´s name appeared in the newspaper´s masthead (报头) for the first time.
When the Continental Congress fled there from Philadelphia in 1776, it commissioned Ms. Goddard to print the first official version of the Declaration of Independence in Janu-ary 1777. After printing the documents,she herself paid the post riders to deliver the Decla-ration throughout the colonies.
During the American Revolution, Mary Goddard continued to publish Baltimore´s only newspaper,which one historian claimed was "second to none among the colonies." She was also the "city´s postmaster from 1775 to 1789--appointed by Benjamin Franklin--and is con-sidered to be the first woman to hold a federal position.
Which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?

A.The accomplishment of a female publisher.
B.The weaknesses of the newspaper industry.
C.The rights of a female publisher.
D.The publishing system in colonial America.

参考答案:A进入在线模考
【参考译文】
如果你仔细地读一下《独立宣言》早期的版本,除了John Hancock的华丽签名和其他55个男士的签名外,你会发现一位女性的名字,Mary Katherine Goddard。正是这位巴尔的摩的印刷工出版了《独立宣言》的第一个官方版本,上面包括了签约者的名字,因此也预示着13个殖民地的共同支持。
当1762年Mary Goddard的哥哥在罗德岛州首府Providence开了一家印刷店的时候,她才24岁,并第一次进入印刷行业。后来当她的哥哥与合作伙伴及债主们陷入纠纷之时,Mary Goddard和她的母亲来经营这家店。1765年的时候他们开始出版周报Providence Ga-zette。当她的哥哥在费城和巴尔的摩再次经营印刷店的时候,又出现了同样的问题。每次都是Ms.Goddard来经营报纸。当1773年出版巴尔的摩的第一份报纸Maryland Journal的时候,她哥哥在尝试开办殖民地邮政服务时破产了。当她的哥哥因为债务问题而坐牢时,Mary Katherine Goddard的名字第一次出现在报纸的报头上。
当大陆会议1776年从费城逃往那里的时候,就委任Goddard小姐于1777年一月印刷《独立宣言》的第一个官方版本。在文件印出来之后,她自己付钱请邮递员在各个殖民地发送《宣言》。
在美国独立战争期间,Mary Goddard继续出版巴尔的摩唯一的报纸,这一行为被历史学家称为“在殖民地里是独一无二的”。她于1775到1789年期间由Benjamin Franklin任命担任市邮政局局长,成为了第一位拥有联邦公职的女性。
【答案详解】
主旨概括题。本题考察对全文的理解。文章从独立宣言的签名引出玛丽的不平凡,然后介绍她创办报纸,印刷《独立宣言》,最后担任市邮政局局长。文章并没有介绍权力、出版系统的状况,也没有介绍出版工业的状况,故答案为A。

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