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1、2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练题（55）“BenjaminFranklin,”WalterIsaacsontellsusatthebeginningofhislong(butneverboring)newbiography,“isthefoundingfatherwhowinksatus.”Bythat,Isaacsonexplains,hemeansFranklinisthemosthuman—andmostmodern—ofthemenwhoshapedtheAmericanrepublic.Weadm
2、ireWashington,JeffersonandAdams,buttheyremaincreaturesofthe18thcentury.Themanweencounterin“BenjaminFranklin”—funny,pragmaticandselfaware—seemslikeoneofus,oratleastsomeonewe'dliketobe.UnlikeWashington'scherrytree,Franklin'skitewasreal.Hisexperimentswithelect
3、ricitymadehimoneofthegreatscientistsofhisday.Hewasamiddleclassbusinessmanwhosesuccessasaprinterandajournalistallowedhimtoretireat42—andhedevotedtherestofhislifetohiscountry.HewasdiplomatwhopersuadedtheFrenchtobacktheAmericanRevolutionandtheauthorofthefirstg
4、reatAmericanautobiography.Hewasanexcellentswimmer.Therewasalmostnothinghecouldn'tdowell,exceptwritepoetry.ButwhattrulydistinguishedFranklinwashistalentofbeinggreatandhumanatthesametime.Heownedslavesasayoungerman,butinhislastyearsbecameanabolitionist(废奴主义者).
5、Whenhefatheredanillegitimate(私生的)son,heacknowledgedhisfatherhoodandtooktheresponsibilityofraisingtheboy.Heseemsstrangetodayinthejoyhetookincompilingandcreatingallthoseself-improvementmaximshepublishedinPoorRichard'sAlmanac(年鉴)—“earlytobed,earlytorise”andsoo
6、n.Generationsoflazyboyscouldhavebeenhappierwithoutthat.Buthewasnohypocrite(伪君子).IsaacsontellsusFranklinpracticedwhathepreached,andoftenlaughedathimselfwhilehedidso.Byahappyaccident,thisisthesecondexcellentbiographyofFranklintoappearintwoyears,afterEdmundS.M
7、organ'sinspiring“BenjaminFranklin.”6.Whattypeofliteraturedoesthispassagebelongto?A.Researchpaper. B.Bookreview.C.Biography.D.Shortstory.7.Theunderlinedword“maxims”inParagraph3probablymeans________.A.proverbsB.standardsC.requestsD.orders8.Withthefactthat
8、Franklinshoulderedtheresponsibilitiesofraisinghisillegitimateson,theauthorwantstoprovethat________.A.FranklinhadmadeabigfortuneinhisbusinessbeforehegotdevotedtopolitiesB.Franklinmightbetheonlyparenttos
