首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man. He’s an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and th
Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man. He’s an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and th
admin
2011-03-26
37
问题
Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man. He’s an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.
Who is this strange, looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the U.S. government? But why do you call the U.S. government Uncle Sam?
During the War of 1812, the U.S. government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson. Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam.
Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large U.S. for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam’s company.
They asked a worker what the U.S. on the boxes stood for. As a joke, the worker answered that these letter stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam.
The joke spread, and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam. Before long, people called all things that came from the government "Uncle Sam", "Uncle Sam" became a nickname for the U.S. government.
Soon there were drawings and cartoons of Uncle Sam in newspapers. In these early pictures, Uncle Sam was a young man. He wore stars and stripes, but his hair was dark and he had not beard. The beard was added when Abraham Lincoln was President. President Lincoln had a beard.
The most famous picture of Uncle Sam is on a poster from World War I. The government needed men to fight in the war. In the poster, a very serious Uncle Sam points his finger and says "I want YOU for the U.S. Army."
Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large U.S. for ______.
选项
A、Uncle Sam
B、United States
C、Soldiers
D、America
答案
B
解析
参见第4段。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/27vC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
依次的词语,恰当的一组是①台湾当局领导人只有彻底放弃“台独”理念,明确承认一个中国原则,才能台湾社会经济不断发展和繁荣。②他这话闪烁其词,真让人猜不透其中的( )。③张老师在这所山区中学( )已经二十多年了,他一直兢兢业业地工作。
It______thepostofficetimeifpeopleaddresslettersproperly.
Before1914femalesecretarieswererarebecausethey______.Thewriterbelievesthatbeforelong______.
Wewerecompletely______whenwefinallyreachedthedestination.
Agreatmanycancerscanbecuredbutonlyif______beforetheyhavebeguntospreador’colonize’inotherpartsofthebody.
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE,accordingtotheauthor?Consideredjudgmentisdifferentfrompersonalpreferencei
Inthe______ofmanyparents,standardsofeducationinthepublicschoolareactuallyfalling.
Lasaisunique______itisthehighestcapitalcityinchina.
Words______mewhenIwantedtoexpressmythankstohimforhavingsavedmysonfromtheburninghouse.
UncleSamisatall,thinman.He’sanoldermanwithwhitehairandawhitebeard.Heoftenwearsatallhat,abowtie,andth
随机试题
Modernbiologyisbasedonseveralunifyingthemes,suchasthecelltheory,geneticsandinheritance,FrancisCrick’scentrald
细菌中最小者可用于检查滤菌器效果的是A.大肠埃希菌B.金黄色葡萄球菌C.蜡样芽胞杆菌D.草绿色链球菌E.黏质沙雷菌
人体防御能力与病原体处于相持状态,无临床症状而能排出病原体在大多数传染病中,最常见的表现是
营养物质吸收最主要的部位是
安全生产是是为了使生产过程在符合物质条件和工作程序下进行,防止发生人身伤亡、财产损失等事故,采取的()的一系列措施和活动。
关于无效合同的说法,错误的是()。
因动用而发出无须收回的政府储备物资的,按照发出物资的账面余额,计入()。
根据增值税法律制度的规定,下列情形中,增值税的一般纳税人不得开具增值税专用发票的有()。
FDI
1956年4月,毛泽东发表了《论十大关系》一文,文中,毛泽东指出:“提出这十个问题,都是围绕着一个基本方针”,毛泽东提出的这个“基本方针”是)。
最新回复
(
0
)