问题

“自由钟”是美国独立的象征。它的钟声曾在1776年7月4日和1783年4月16日两次响起。你知道这两次钟声代表的深刻含义分别是(  )

A.美国独立战争开始,美国独立战争结束

B.美国诞生,美国获得真正的独立

C.美国独立战争开始,美国取得萨拉托加大捷的胜利

D.美国诞生,美国建立联邦制国家

答案

答案:B

1776年7月4日北美原十三个英属殖民地一致通过的《独立宣言》,正式宣布建立美利坚合众国。1783年4月16日,“自由钟”的宏亮之声,又宣告美国独立战争的胜利,彻底结束了英国的殖民统治。

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     Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in

Britain and collectors even have their own magazine, International Telephone Cards. One reason for their

interest is that cards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive

designs. There are 100, 000 different cards in Japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto

a blank card simply by using a photograph or a business card.

     The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card

appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting

cards because they are attractive, small and light, and they do not need much space. It is also a cheap

hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there

is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to 4, 000 pounds.

The first Japanese card has a value of about 28, 000 pounds. Most people only see cards with prices like

these in their collectors magazine.

1.The text is mainly about ________ .

A. the history of phone cards        

B. phone card collecting as a hobby

C. reason for phone card collecting  

D. the great variety of phone cards

2.When did people in Britain begin to use phone cards?

A. In 1971.

B. In 1975.  

C. In 1976.    

D. In 1981.

3.The main reason for most people to collect phone cards is that ________ .

A. they find the cards beautiful and easy to keep

B. they like to have something from different countries

C. they want to make money with cards

D. they think the cards are convenient to use

4.The writer mentions a market in Paris in order to show that ________

A. card collecting is popular among young people

B. French and Japanese cards are the most valuable

C. people can make money out of card collecting

D. card collectors magazines are very useful