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Passage #2Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived inPhiladelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he prospered by selling his small but genuine collection ofearly U.S. autographs. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures ofGeorge Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chanceof detection, he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale and circulation.Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can’t approach a respectable buyer but mustdeal with people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their worklook real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper andink with chemicals.In Spring’s time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Springinvented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General “Stonewall”Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny’s financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters andmanuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All thisactivity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task ofseparating his forgeries from the originals.
41. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?
(A) There was a greater demand there than in America.
(B) There was less chance of being detected there.
(C) Britain was Spring’s birthplace.
(D) The prices were higher in England and Canada.

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答案：B
難度：非常簡單0.9
統計：A(1),B(9),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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