阅读理解题ItwasalmosttheworstbirthdayofAbrahamLincoln’slife.
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ItwasalmosttheworstbirthdayofAbrahamLincoln’slife.
OnFebrary11,1861(thedaybeforehetrnedfifty-two),Lincoln
leftforWashingtontobecomethenation’ssixteenthPresident.Asheleft
homeinSpringfield,Illinois,LincolnhandedhissonRobetablackoilskin
bag,andtoldhimtogarditcareflly.HedidnottellRobertwhatwaUnknowntohisseventeen-year-oldson,Lincolnhadplacedhisnewly
writteninagralspeechinthebag.Itwastobethemostimportantspeech
heevermade.Anditwashisonlycopy.
WhenthetrainarrivedinIndianapoils----thefirststoponthelong
jorney---Lincoclnrodeoffinaspecialcarriagewithothisfamily.
Robertwalkedfromthestationtothelocalhotel.
WhenRobertarrivedatthehotel,helearnedthathisfamily’site(套房)wasnotready.Soheaskedthatthebagsholdbeheldatthe
frontdesk.Thenhewentofftobewithfriends.
Onhisretrn,Robertfondhisfatherwaitinganxiosly.Wherewasthe
bag?Robertexplainedthathehadcheckeditatthedesk..
AnangryLincolnspedtothehallandleapedoverthefrontdesk.He
begansearchingthroghahgepileoflggage.
Aspledgestslookedon,Lincolndraggedfromthepileafamiliar-
lookingblackbagandopenedit,onlytofindsomeoneelse’dirtyclothes.Itwasthewrongbag.Backhewenttothepile.
Atlasthelocatedthepreciosbagandfondthespeechinside.Lincoln
handedittohissonandsaidstrictly,“Nowyokeepit!”
Itwastheoneandonlytime,Robertsaid,thathisfatherhadeverlost
histemperathim.Btwithhisspeechfondandhisbirthdayyettobe
celebrated,AbrahamLincolngrewcheerfl.AsRobertprodlyrecalled,
“Fatherdidnotscold(责骂).”
1.Thenderlinedwords“inagralspeech”inParagraph3mayrefert_________.
A.aspeechmadebyLincolnhimselfB.aspeechwrittenbyanother
C.aspeechtotakeofficeofPresidentD.aspeechmadetothewhole
2.Lincolngavehi