This year marks the 92nd anniversary of the September 18 Incident.
On September 18, 1931, Japanese troops
The incident marked
The 14-year Japanese invasion resulted in over 35 million victims among Chinese troops and civilians. By commemorating the September 18 Incident, the Chinese people reaffirm (重申) their
The commemorations serve as a reminder for the Chinese people
2 . Despite being First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy usually kept her distance from politics. Yet in 1963, while still recovering from the death of her prematurely born son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, she agreed to join her husband John F. Kennedy on a trip to Texas. Unfortunately, in Dallas on November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot while sitting next to Jackie, and the pink suit she was wearing became covered in her husband’s blood.
Jackie tightly held her husband on the way to Parkland Memorial Hospital, attempting to tend to his badly hurt head. John’s vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, had been in a separate vehicle in the same procession, and he and his wife Lady Bird proceeded to the hospital as well. Lady Bird later described how she saw, “in the president’s car, a bundle of pink, just like a drift of blossoms lying on the back seat. I think it was Mrs. Kennedy, lying over the President’s body.” She even kneeled on the blood-covered floor to pray. However, the time of his death was marked as 1 p.m.
Later, Jackie found a change of clothes waiting for her. She wiped off her face, but would later recall for a magazine writer: “One second later, I thought, ‘Why did I wash the blood off?’ I should have left it there; let them see what they’ve done.”
With this in mind, Jackie decided not to change her clothes, even as she agreed to be present as Johnson took the oath (誓词) of office. When offered the option to descend from the plane without being photographed, she again insisted, “We’ll go out the regular way. I want them to see what they have done.”
The former first lady had always understood the power of imagery to convey messages. By showing up in her bloody outfit, she reminded everyone there, and everyone who would later see photos from the ceremony of the murdered president.
1. According to the article, Jacqueline Kennedy refused to take off her suit after her husband was shot because ________.| A．she dared not recall the cruel assassination (刺杀) of her husband |
| B．she wanted to honor her husband in this way |
| C．she wasn’t given enough time to change into another outfit |
| D．she wanted to remind everyone of the violent act |
| A．a photographer | B．a policy economist |
| C．a government lawyer | D．his husband’s secretary |
| A．As First Lady, she was good at socializing with others. |
| B．She insisted on being photographed as usual when getting off the plane. |
| C．She lost control of her emotions after President Kennedy had been assassinated. |
| D．She didn’t attend the ceremony in which the new president Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office. |
| A．calm and determined | B．shy and unconfident |
| C．emotional and considerate | D．strong-minded and cold-hearted |
3 . Deep within the Yukon, one of the most densely wooded areas of Canada, sits a patch of land that is unlike any other forest on the planet. Instead of a canopy of treetops spreading across the horizon, tens of thousands of signposts perch haphazardly one on top of the other. They are all part of the Signpost Forest, the largest collection of signs from places around the world. At last count, the Signpost Forest in Watson Lake, located about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Canadian border, contains 91,000 signs from spots near and far.
The tradition began during the Alaska Highway Project in 1942, when U.S. soldier Carl K. Lindley spent time in Watson Lake recovering from an injury. A commanding officer asked him to repair and erect the directional signposts, and while completing the job, the homesick soldier added a sign that indicated the direction and mileage to his hometown: “Danville, Illinois, 2,835 miles.” Others followed suit, and the trend caught on. Each year, an average of 1,000 new signs are being added to the collection. Lindley’s original sign has since been lost to time. Fifty years later, in 1992, Lindley and his wife Elinor made the pilgrimage back to Watson Lake to place a replica, which is still there.
The Signpost Forest takes up a couple of acres, with huge panels snaking through the trees. There are street signs, welcome signs, signatures on dinner plates, and license plates from around the world. There are also a lot of familial signs; for example, a grandfather will put up a sign and then years later family will come back and try to find it. A lot of these are personal signs to literally say that they are here. Though the visitor center has wood and paints on hand to help create a sign, many people opt to bring their own signs, though illegally, by snatching a metal sign from their hometown and nailing it to one of the wood posts. The forest has grown so vast that the visitor center no longer tries to keep a detailed list of the signs.
1. What does “The tradition” in the second paragraph refer to?| A．Counting the number of signs in the Signpost Forest. |
| B．Replacing the natural forest with signs of different kinds. |
| C．Putting directional signposts on the highways of the Yukon. |
| D．Bringing signs to the Signpost Forest from around the world. |
| A．It remained in the Forest until 1992. |
| B．It was erected by an American soldier. |
| C．It was first put on the Alaska Highway. |
| D．It was brought from Lindley’s hometown. |
| A．List. | B．Trunk. | C．Copy. | D．Border. |
| A．The origins and sizes of the signs in the Signpost Forest. |
| B．The quantity and variety of the signs in the Signpost Forest. |
| C．The difficulty of categorizing the signs in the Signpost Forest. |
| D．The practice of nailing illegal signs to the posts in the Signpost Forest. |
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