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托福阅读练习题

2017年托福阅读练习题 2017年托福考试即将到来，为了帮助同学们提供一些思路，使大家有所启发，在考试中取得好成绩，以下是小编为大家搜索整理的2017年托福阅读练习题,希望能给大家带来帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们应届毕业生考试网! Question32-38 IfyoulookcloselyatsomeoftheearlycopiesoftheDeclarationofIndependence,beyondtheflourishedsignatureofJohnHancockandtheother55menwhosignedit,youwillalsofindthenameofonewoman,MaryKatherineGoddard.Itwasshe,aBaltimoreprinter,whopublishedthefirstofficialcopiesoftheDeclaration,thefirstcopiesthatincludedthenamesofitssignersandthereforeheraldedthesupportofallthirteencolonies. MaryGoddardfirstgotintoprintingattheageoftwenty-fourwhenherbrotheropenedaprintingshopinProvidence,RhodeIsland,in1762.Whenheproceededtogetintotroublewithhispartnersandcreditors,itwasMaryGoddardandhermotherwhowerelefttoruntheshop.In1765theybeganpublishingtheProvidenceGazette,aweeklynewspaper.SimilarproblemsseemedtofollowherbrotherasheopenedbusinessesinPhiladelphiaandagaininBaltimore.EachtimeMs.Goddardwasbroughtintorunthenewspapers.AfterstartingBaltimore'sfirstnewspaper,TheMarylandJournal,in1773,herbrotherwentbroketryingtoorganizeacolonialpostalservice.Whilehewasindebtor'sprison.MaryKatherineGoddard'snameappearedonthenewspaper'smastheadforthefirsttime. WhentheContinentalCongressfledtherefromPhiladelphiain1776,itcommissionedMs.GoddardtoprintthefirstofficialversionoftheDeclarationofIndependenceinJanuary1777.Afterprintingthedocuments,sheherselfpaidthepostriderstodelivertheDeclarationthroughoutthecolonies. DuringtheAmericanRevolution,MaryGoddardcontinuedtopublishBaltimore'sonlynewspaper,whichonehistorianclaimedwas"secondtononeamongthecolonies".Shewasalsothecity'spostmasterfrom1775to1789-appointedbyBenjaminFranklin-andisconsideredtobethefirstwomantoholdafederalposition. 32.Withwhichofthefollowingsubjectsisthepassagemainlyconcerned? (A)Theaccomplishmentsofafemalepublisher (B)Theweaknessofthenewspaperindustry (C)Therightsofafemalepublisher (D)ThepublishingsystemincolonialAmerica 33.MaryGoddard'snameappearsontheDeclarationofIndependencebe