A.madealotofmoney

B.hadadifficultjob

C.didnotliketheirwayoflife

D.wererich

（）57.Whenyoudosomethingnewexciting，youhave________.

A.asymbol

B.anadventure

C.ajob

D.atrip

（）58.Thecowboywasthemostimportantpersoninthemovie.Hewasthe________.

A.chief

B.rustler

C.hero

D.president

C

UncleSamisatall，thinman.He‘sanoldermanwithwhitehairandawhitebeard.Heoftenwearsatallhat，abowtie，andthestarsandstripesoftheAmericanflag.

Whoisthisstrange，lookingman？WouldyoubelievethatUncleSamistheUSgovernment？ButwhydoyoucalltheUSgovernmentUncleSam？

DuringtheWarof1812，theUSgovernmenthiredmeatpackerstoprovidemeattothearmy.OneofthesemeatpackerswasamannamedSamuelWilson.Samuelwasafriendlyandfairman.EveryonelikedhimandcalledhimUncleSam.

SamWilsonstampedtheboxesofmeatforthearmywithalargeUSforUnitedStates.SomegovernmentinspectorscametolookoverSam‘scompany.TheyaskedaworkerwhattheUSontheboxesstoodfor.Asajoke，theworkeransweredthattheselettersstoodforthenameofhisboss，UncleSam.

Thejokespread，andsoldiersbegansayingthattheirfoodcamefromUncleSam.Beforelong，peoplecalledallthingsthatcamefromthegovernment“UncleSam‘s”，“UncleSam”becameanicknamefortheUSgovernment.

SoonthereweredrawingsandcartoonsofUncleSaminnewspapers.Intheseearlypictures，UncleSamwasayoungman.Heworestarsandstripes，buthishairwasdarkandhehadnotabeard.ThebeardwasaddedwhenAbrahamLincolnwasPresident.PresidentLincolnhadabeard.

ThemostfamouspictureofUncleSamisonaposterfromWorldWarI.Thegovernmentneededmentofightinthewar.Intheposter，averyseriousUncleSampointshisfingerandsays“IwantYOUfortheUSArmy.”

（）59.“UncleSam”becamea________fortheUSgovernment.

A.boss

B.nickname

C.picture

D.businessmen

（）60.UncleSamoftenwearstallhat，________andthestarsandstripesoftheAmericanflag.

A.darkhair

B.abowtie

C.abox

D.ashirt

（）61.Governmentinspectorscameto________Sam‘smeat-packingcompany.

A.ask

B.standfor

C.lookover

D.see

（）62.InthedrawingandcartoonsofUncleSam________.

A.heworethestarsandstripes

B.theneverhadabeard

C.hehadnohair

D.heworeabowtie

D

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