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(A) despite
(B)after
(C)with
(D)above

George Washington first proposed a military school in 1783. Two decades 36 Washington’s first proposal, on March 16, 1802, the United States Military Academy opened. It was located at West Point, New York, 50 miles north of Manhattan. West Point became an important American school in the years before the Civil War, establishing 37 as the country’s finest school of engineering and science. Its graduates held 38 roles in American life. They 39 began to serve as junior officers, many later rising to command armies on both sides of the Civil War.40 the later years of the 19th century, West Point focused on military courses. When the United States entered World War I, its graduates had charge of almost every major field command.

喬治·華盛頓首次提出了一所軍事學校於1783年。二十年36華盛頓的第一個建議，在1802年3月16日，美國軍校打開。它坐落在西點，紐約，曼哈頓以北50英里處。西點成為在未來幾年的重要美國學校在南北戰爭之前，建立37作為全國最優秀的工程和科學的學校。它的畢業生在美國生活38舉行的角色。他們39開始擔任下級軍官，後來許多上升到命令的公務員War.40晚年19世紀的兩側軍隊，西點集中在軍事課程。當美國進入第一次世界大戰，其畢業生有主管幾乎每一個主要的現場指揮部。