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The basic flag of the United States is one of the world’s oldest national flags. Only the basic flags of Austria, Denmark, Great

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问题    The basic flag of the United States is one of the world’s oldest national flags. Only the basic flags of Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are older.
    During the discovery and settlement of what is now the United States, the flags of various European  nations were flown over the land, as symbols of possession. Later, in the Colonial (殖民的) and Revolutionary War periods, flags representing famous persons, places, and events were flown in the American Colonies.
    The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress (国会) on June 14, 1777. It consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the 13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress adopted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795, to give representation to the two new states admitted into the Union, Vermont and Kentucky.
    By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became app.arent that adding one stripe for each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 restored the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by one star. In 1912 President William H. Taft made the first official provision for the arrangement of the stars. He ordered that there be six even rows of eight stars each. Previously the arrangement of the stars had been left to the flagmaker’s desire.
    The evolution of the Stars and Stripes reflects the growth of the United States. After the admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959, the flag was officially changed for the 26th time since its creation.
    There are many government flags flown in the United States in addition to the national’s flag. Among them are the president’s and vice -president’s flags and those of the federal departments and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has an official flag.
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
选项 A、Before 1959 the flag had been changed 25 times.
B、Each federal department has its own official flag.
C、The national flag of the U. S. had 26 stars on it after admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959.
D、In 1912, there had been 48 states in the Union.
答案C
解析 第五段的最后一句话说“1959年夏威夷并人美国的版图致使美国国旗的第26次改变”，即意味着在1959年前美国国旗已有过25次改变，因此A项是正确的论断，可以排除。另外，最后一段提到每个联邦部门都有自己的官方旗帜，因此D项也是正确的论断，也可以排除。而C项说1959年以后美国国旗上有26颗星跟第四段指出的1912年美国国旗上就有48颗星不相符合。因此答案是C
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