May : Happenings from the Past May 5 , 1884 Isaac Murphy , son of a slave and pe

May : Happenings from the Past

May 5 , 1884

Isaac Murphy , son of a slave and perhapsthe greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his firstKentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.

May 9 , 1754

Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazetteproduces perhaps the first American political cartoon , showing a snake cut inpieces , with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture.

May 11 , 1934

The first great dust storm of the GreatPlains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought (干旱) , blows topsoil all the wayto New York City and Washington , D. C.

May 19, 1994

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis,former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s, died ofcancer in New York City at the age of 64.

May 24, 1844

Samuel F. B. Morse taps (轻敲) out the first message, “Whathath God wrought,” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line whichruns from Washington, D. C, to Baltimore, Md.

1.We know from the text that Buchanan is_______________.

2.What is the title of the first Americanpolitical cartoon?

3.In which year did the former first ladyJacqueline die?

4.Which of the following places has to dowith (与...有关)the first telegram inhistory?

A. Washington, D. C.

B. New York City

C. Kentucky

D. Pennsylvania

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】略