Question

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(荷蘭) 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.

1.Which of the following is the biggest city in the United States?

A. New York B. Washington C. New Amsterdam D. Chicago

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.

3.The underlined word “ took” in Paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

A. 花費 B. 耕耘 C. 占領 D. 測量

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

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

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了美國最大城市——紐約的歷史。它最初是荷蘭人用２４美元從印第安人手里買下曼哈頓島，后來英國人占領了這個島嶼，改名為紐約。在美國獨立后，曾是美國首都，后來由于人口擁擠，遷都到華盛頓。

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4.The Untied States became an independent（獨立的）country in 1783. 描述，可知美國在18世紀成為一個獨立國家。故選C。

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考點：考查歷史類閱讀