AsweallknowitwasThomasJeffersonwhowrotetheDeclarationoftheIndependence(独立宣言)．HewroteitintwoweeksandafterafewchangesitwasacceptedbytheCongress．Asaresulthe

　　AsweallknowitwasThomasJeffersonwhowrotetheDeclarationoftheIndependence(独立宣言)．HewroteitintwoweeksandafterafewchangesitwasacceptedbytheCongress．Asaresulthebecamefamous．

　　BorninVirginiaThomasJeffersonabrilliantstudentatschoolandalmosttalentedlawyerlaterwasmuchinterestedinpolitics．

　　JeffersonwaselectedGovernorofVirginiain1779andhewassenttoFranceastherepresentativeoftheAmericangovernmentin1784．Sixteenyearslaterattheageof57hewaselectedpresidentafterWashingtonandAdams．

　　Farfromahandsomemanhewastallwithlongarmsandbighands．Jeffersonwhowasanamusingtalkerinconversationbutapoorspeakerwasgenerallygood-natured．

　　JeffersonwasregardedasadefenderoffreedomonAmerica．Asapresidentheprotectedtherightoffreespeech．InterestinglyenoughinhiseightyearsasPresidentJeffersonnevervetoed(否决)abillwhichCongresshadpassed．HedidalotinorganizingthenewUniversityofVirginia．ThomasJeffersondiedonJulythefourth1826the50thanniversaryofAmericanIndependence．

　　13．How old was Thomas Jefferson when he became Governor of Virginia?

　　A．He was 26． B．He was in his forties．

　　C．He was 36． D．We don't know．

　　14．Which of the following statements is true?

　　A．Jefferson was aslowlearneratschool．

　　B．Jefferson was not an easy person to get along with．

　　C．Jefferson was an amusing talker but not good at speaking in public．

　　D．Jerfferson wasnotonlyverytalentedbutalsoveryhandsome．

　　15．Jefferson’s greatest contribution in American history should be that ___．

　　A．he did a lot in organizing the new University of Virginia

　　B．he was strongly against the slavery

　　C．he was for the right of free speech

　　D．he wrote the Declaration of Independence