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New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. Most Americans live in much smaller cities and towns, but almost 8million people live in New York City. Why did so many people come to live in one place?
A look at the city shows us that New York City has a good port（商埠）. The Dutch(荷兰) settlers (new comers) , wanted to use it for business. In 1626, the Dutch paid the Indians twenty-four dollars for the island of Manhattan. Its Dutch name was New Amsterdam. Then the British took the land in 1664 and changed its name to New York.
小题1:Which of the following is the biggest city in the United States?| A．New York | B．Washington | C．New Amsterdam | D．Chicago |
小题2:More and more people from different countries in the world come into New York because _______.| A．New York has the largest population in the United States. | | B．New York is as beautiful as a picture. | | C．New York is a developing city. | | D．they think it is a good place for business. |
小题3:The underlined word “ took” in Paragraph means ________ in Chinese.小题4:The United States became an independent country in ________.| A．the sixteenth century | | B．the seventeenth century | | C．the eighteenth century | | D．the nineteenth century |
小题5:From the passage, we can know _________.| A．much about Dutch | | B．how the Dutch took New Amsterdam | | C．some of the history of New York | | D．how the people from different countries come to the USA |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:C |
解析
试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了美国最大城市——纽约的历史。它最初是荷兰人用２４美元从印第安人手里买下曼哈顿岛，后来英国人占领了这个岛屿，改名为纽约。在美国独立后，曾是美国首都，后来由于人口拥挤，迁都到华盛顿。
小题1:细节理解题。根据第一段New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. 描述，可知纽约是美国最大的城市。故选A。
小题2:段落大意题。阅读短文第二段可知，纽约是一个很好的商埠，很多人来这里是为了经商。故选D。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据下文changed its name to New York.描述，可知此处指的是，英国人占领了新阿姆斯特丹。故选C。
小题4:根据短文最后一段The Untied States became an independent（独立的）country in 1783. 描述，可知美国在18世纪成为一个独立国家。故选C。
小题5:主旨大意题。阅读短文可知，本文主要讲述了美国的最大城市纽约的历史，故选C，我们可以从本文了解一些美国历史。 |
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Harbin is the capital city of Heilongjiang Province. It lies the northeast of China. It’s a very beautiful city. It’s “Paris in the east. ” or “Ice City”. It’s the political, economical and cultural center of Heilongjiang.
The summer here is short and cool the winter here is long and very cold. Every year, there is an ice and snow festival. People all over China and foreign guests from other parts of the world come here to the festival.
The sun island is the most attractive(吸引人的) place of interest Harbin. We often go there to relax . The city is historical and modern. It has many buildings of style and many modern buildings, too. For example, Saint Sofia church and Dragon Tower, they are the best places . The Songhua River is very famous the foreigners, you can boat and fish on it.
As a developing city, some great changes are taking place. I believe the city will be better in the future.
| 小题2: | | A．calling | B．calls | C．call | D．called |
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| 小题5: | | A．have | B．celebrate | C．play | D．pay |
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| 小题6: | | A．above | B．along | C．opposite | D．in |
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| 小题8: | | A．Russian | B．Russia | C．Russians | D．Russians’ |
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| 小题9: | | A．travel | B．to travel | C．travelling | D．travels |
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Perhaps the most famous name in the world of sileni movies is Charlie Chaplin. It was in 1889 that both moving pictures and Charlie Chaplin were born. Sadly, Charlie"s father died when Charlie was five, and his mother was sent to mental hospital. This left young Charlie homeless and living on the streets.,
Things seemed bad for Charlie, but he had a bright, nice character. He was pleasant and easy to like. So he managed to get small parts in Derformances around London. Then he moved to the USA in 1906, and his life took a major change for the better. He got a part in a show performing there. Seven years after his arrival in the USA, he got his first major part in a film. Charlie was a great success in the movie theaters. His silent, highly visual(视觉的) form of comedy was perfect for the silent films of the time. By 1915, he was making over $1,250 a week, which was a huge amount of money at that time. Charlie knew what he was good at, and he stuck to it. Even when sound could be used for movies in 1923, he continued to make silent pictures, Charlie knew that the silence was an essential part of what made his movies so funny. Charlie continued to make silent films well into the 1940s, when almost everyone else had changed to sound. Charlie, however, still remained one of the world"s greatest film stars.
小题1:When did Charlie get his first major part in a film?| A．In 1889. | B．In 1906. | C．In 1913. | D．In 1923. |
小题2:The underlined word "essential" in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.| A．very boring | B．very correct | C．very difficult | D．very important |
小题3:From the passage we know that Charlie_______.| A．was easy to get along with | | B．stopped making movies in 1923 | | C．was born and brought up in America | | D．didn"t produce silent films in America |
小题4:Which could be the best title of the passage?| A．The Major Change for an Actor. | B．A Great Man of Silent Movies. | | C．The Beginning of Silent Movies. | D．The Hard Life for A Movie Maker. |
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Life in the future will be different from life today.But what will the changes be? The population(人口) is growing fast . There will be many people in the world and most of them will live to over 100 years old .
Computer will be very small and useful,and there will be computers in every home .Travelling will be very cheap and easy.
And many people will go to other countries for holidays. There will be changes in our food ,too. There will not be much room for cows and sheep, so meat will be very expensive .Maybe no one will eat it every day .They will eat many fruits and vegetables .Maybe people will be quite healthy . Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do hard work .So many people will not have enough work to do.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误 （F）
小题1:All the people in the world will have long life in the future.
小题2:Life in the future won’t be the same as life today.
小题3:Travelling is very cheap and easy today.
小题4:People will be healthy because they eat fruits.
小题5:All the people will not work. |
It helps us understand the world better if we know a little geography and have some maps at hand. But with maps in Chinese only, misunderstanding is possible in studying world events. Chinese names are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning to a foreigner. For the opening of the country maps are important and helpful and needed badly.
I wish maps various languages, such as those used in the United Nations, would come out and be sold in all bookstores open to Chinese.
小题1:The writer is mainly talking about ____.| A．geography | B．maps | | C．Chinese names | D．the opening of the country |
小题2:Knowing a little geography and having some maps in Chinese only, a foreigner ____.| A．can study world events easily | | B．can study world events without misunderstanding | | C．can’t study world events without misunderstanding | | D．will fell joy in studying world events |
小题3:What are the difficulties for a foreigner to use a map in Chinese?| A．A foreigner has nowhere to buy a map | | B．All the bookstores only open to Chinese. | | C．The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning. | | D．The names of places on a map in Chinese are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning. |
小题4:According to the passage maps in foreign language are badly needed ____.| A．in a country open to other parts of the world | | B．if a country is going to join the United Nations | | C．when we are learning geography | | D．if there are no maps in bookstores open to Chinese |
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Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So, no matter (无论) where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament (国会大厦). In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament. You will probably hear it and see it. The big clock makes such a loud noise. ‘Ding dong, ding dong.’ It goes every quarter (四分之一) of an hour. The name of Big Ben comes from a big builder.
小题1:Big Ben is ____________.| A．a bus | B．a clock | C．the name of Ben | D．a house |
小题2:Big Ben is in ____________.| A．China | B．the USA | C．Japan | D．the UK |
小题3:The clock strikes (敲) every ________ minutes of an hour.| A．ten | B．fifteen | C．thirty | D．forty-five |
小题4:You can read the time of Big Ben ____________. | A．at the top of the clock tower | | B．in the Houses of Parliament | | C．on the hands of the huge clock | | D．on the four faces of the clock |
小题5:The underlined (划线部分) word ‘hands’ means ________ in Chinese. |
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