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C. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most respected of America's founding fathers, was born in Boston in January1706 and learned from his brother James, a printer, when he was only twelve years old.    After leaving Boston for Philadelphia as a teenager, he made his first visit to London at the age of eighteen. Heworked for two years in a printing house there. During the time, he studied the latest developments in his trade,and then returned to Philadelphia to continue his career as a printer, newspaper editor, and merchant   Besides writing and publishing, Franklin was interested in science and technology. He gained internationalfame for his experiments, including the famous one in which he used a kite to show that lightning was electrical inits nature. He was elected to the Royal Society, became a friend of Edmund Burke, DavidHume and Adam Smith and received honorary degrees from three universities.    In 1776, back in America, he signed the Declaration of Independence(獨立宣言),remarking as he did so, "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shallall hang separately." Franklin's diplomatic skills and his knowledge of English society wereof great help in the signing of the Treaty of Paris (巴黎條約) seven years later which endedthe American War of Independence. He stayed on as the new republic's minister in Franceuntil 1785 and then returned once more to America, where he was the President of the Pennsylvania Executive forthree years before finally retiring from public life in 1788.     He died in 1790 at the age of eighty-four. His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement,have left Franklin honored on coinage and money, the names of many towns, educational institutions, andcompanies.
52. What does the word “fathers” mean in line one?
(A) A male parent.
(B) A priest in church.
(C) A family ancestor.
(D) A first starter.

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答案：B[無官方正解]
難度：困難0.235294
統計：A(2),B(4),C(0),D(11),E(0)

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