首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
If you look closely at some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, beyond the flourished signature of John Hanc
If you look closely at some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, beyond the flourished signature of John Hanc
admin
2020-04-25
20
问题
If you look closely at some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, beyond 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【C1】______, who published the first official copies of the Declaration, the first copies that included the names of its signers and【C2】______ announced 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 he【C3】______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 newspaper. Similar【C4】______seemed to follow her brother as he opened businesses in Philadelphia 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 【C5】______trying to organize a colonial postal service. While he was in debtor’s prison, Mary Katherine Goddard’s name【C6】______on the newspaper’s masthead for the first time.
When the Continental Congress fled there from Philadelphia in 1776, it commissioned Ms. Goddard to print the first【C7】______version of the Declaration of Independence in January, 1777. After printing the documents, she herself paid the post riders to deliver the Declaration throughout the【C8】______.
During the American Revolution, Mary Goddard continued to publish Baltimore’s only newspaper, which one historian【C9】______was "second to none among the colonies" . She was also the city’s postmaster from 1775 to 1789 — appointed by Benjamin Franklin — and is considered to be the first woman to hold a(n)【C10】______position.
A. colonies B. declared C. broke D. claimed
E. insisted F. problems G. restricted H. official
I. otherwise J. proceeded K. printer L. federal
M. editor N. appeared O. therefore
【C1】
选项
答案
K
解析
printer,上下文题。根据词性,此处填名词。此处是对全文的主人翁Mary Katherine Goddard职业的判断,可选项有editor“编辑”,printer“印刷商”。而下文Mary Goddard first got into printing at the age of twenty-four提示,她从事的是印刷业,故答案是printer。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/L4RK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
ChristmastraditionsTherearemanywaystocelebrateChristmas,/andsomeBritishpeopleliketogoonholiday,/gooutf
A.ifB.sourcesC.createdD.pureE.stemF.factorsG.theoriesH.specificI.whileJ.reluctantlyK.accuratelyL.
A.ifB.sourcesC.createdD.pureE.stemF.factorsG.theoriesH.specificI.whileJ.reluctantlyK.accuratelyL.
A.enhanceB.equivalentC.idealD.probablyE.muchF.shortageG.certainlyH.calluponI.habituallyJ.callinK.
A.financeB.howC.sorrowsD.numberE.clarityF.payG.voiceH.exploringI.livingJ.disappointmentsK.aideL.a
Itwasreportedthata73-year-oldmandiedonanEtihadflight_____toGermanyfromAbuDhabi.
SpeechforVisitorstotheMuseum1.Historyofthemuseum-Waterandavailabilityofrawmaterial—madethesitesuitablefor
(1)Whendoeshistorybegin?Itistemptingtoreply"Inthebeginning",butlikemanyobviousanswers,thissoonturnsouttobe
随机试题
关于我国现行工程变更价款的确定,下列说法正确的有( )。
计入到完税价格中的所有项目的费用或价值,必须同时满足的条件是()。
通常银行通过()来覆盖非预期损失,通过()来覆盖预期损失。
下列有关无形资产会计处理的表述中,正确的有()。
引进版电子出版物的()等需要汉化。
请以“中国传统文化”为主题进行演讲。
人们经常能回忆起在感冒前有冷的感觉。这就支持了这样一种假设,即感冒是至少有时候是由着凉引起的,是寒冷使rhino病毒(如果存在的话)感染人体。下面哪项如果正确,能最严重地削弱上述论据的说服力?
要杜绝令人深恶痛绝的“黑哨”,必须对其课以罚款,或者永久性地取消其裁判资格,或者直至追究其刑事责任。事实证明,罚款的手段在这里难以完全奏效,因为在一些大型赛事中,高额的贿金往往足以抵消被罚款的损失。因此,如果不永久性地取消“黑哨”的裁判资格,就不可能杜绝令
用二维表结构表示实体及实体间联系的数据模型称为
如果指定某菜单项的名称为“存为(\
最新回复
(
0
)