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2017年6月大学英语六级阅读理解精炼50篇15:7 月4 日 欢庆的一天(含答案)　　英语六级阅读理解精炼第15篇，练习7 月4 日 欢庆的一天，含有六级阅读练习题，参考译文，答案等内容。供正在准备英语六级考试的学习者参考学习。015. the 4t h of july1—a day of rejoicingthe 4 th of july is the most important holiday in the usa, for it commemorates that famous day in 1776 when the americans declared their independence . congress2 made the declaration in philadelphia, and that night in the city there were joyful celebrations that soon became nationwide. ever since, the 4 th of july has been marked in the american calendar as independence day, and there are parades and festivities of all kinds.the basic cause of the americans’ struggle for independence against the mother country, england, was too much interference and intolerance from london and very little understanding of american problems and pride. most galling to the americans was the assumption by the english government and the king that they had a right to tax their subjects overseas without their consent and without giving them anything in return. 3the british were divided. it was a war inspiring no patriotism.as for the troops which the government sent to fight the rebels, they were unenthusiastic and incompetent, especially their leaders.the americans had no army. in fact, it is quite possible that but for the extraordinary faith and leadership of george washington, the revolution might have come to nothing. 4 he built an army that remained loyal to him until the end, despite terrible hardships. he was a true frontiersman. he had seen lands that he knew would make an independent america a mighty nation. he was given valuable support by the two great patriots — thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin. 5 it was franklin who helped persuade the french to come into the war against the british.in 1781 a british army commanded by an exceptionally incompetent general, lord cornwallis, surrendered to the americans at yorktown6 , virginia , and the war was over. not long afterward, the 13 colonies became states and joined together