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Onthe14thdayofJune1777theContinentalCongresspassedthefollowingresolution:“Resolved(决心，决定)thattheflagofthethirteenUnitedStatesbethirteenstripesalternate(交替的)redandwhite;thattheUnionbethirteenstarswhiteinabluefieldrepresentinganewconstellation(星群).”

Wearetoldthatbeforethisin1776acommitteehadbeenappointedtolookafterthematterandtogetherwithGeneralWashingtontheycalledatthehouseofBetsyRoss239ArchStreetPhiladelphia.

BetsyRosswasayoungwidowoftwenty-fourheroicallysupportingherselfbycontinuingtheupholstery(室内装璜)businessofherlatehusbandyoungJohnRossapatriot(爱国者)whohaddiedintheserviceofhiscountry.Betsywasnotedforherexquisite(精致的)needle-workandwasengagedintheflag-makingbusiness.

ThecommitteeaskedherifshethoughtshecouldmakeaflagfromadesignaroughdrawingofwhichGeneralWashingtonshowedher.Sherepliedwithdiffidence(缺乏自信)thatshedidnotknowwhethershecouldornotbutwouldtry.Shenoticedhoweverthatthestarasdrawnhadsixpointsandinformedthecommitteethatthecorrectstarhadbutfive.Theyansweredthatasagreatnumberofstarswouldberequiredthemoreregularformwithsixpointscouldbemoreeasilymadethanonewithfive.

Sheresponded(做出反应)inapracticalwaybydeftly(灵巧的)foldingascrap(小片)ofpaper;thenwithasingleclipofherscissorsshedisplayedatruesymmetrical(对称的)、five-pointedstar.Thisdecidedthecommitteeinherfavor.Aroughdesignwasleftforherusebutshewaspermittedtomakeasample(样品)flagaccordingtoherownideasofthearrangementofthestarsandtheproportion(比例)ofthestripesandthegeneralformofthewhole.

SometimeafteritscompletionitwaspresentedtoCongressandsoonafterthecommitteehadthepleasureofinformingBetsyRossthatherflaghadbeenacceptedasthenation'sstandard(旗).

1．WhichofthefollowingdescriptionaboutRossisNOTtrue?

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A．HerhusbanddiedintheAmericanWarofIndependence.

B．Shewasgoodatneedle-work.

C．Shewasforcedtomakethenationalstandard.

D．Shechangedthesix-pointedstarinthedesigntofivepoints.

2．WhenRosswasaskedtomakethenationalstandar