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 8 million 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 very good port (商埠). The Dutch (荷蘭) settlers (new comes) wanted to use it for business. In 126, the Dutch paid (付錢) 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 NewYork.

　　The Untied States became an independent (獨立的) country in 1783, and New York was its capital for a short time. The city became so crowded that some people moved out to other areas (places). But more people from everywhere went on coming into the city every day.

(1) Which of them is the biggest city in the United States?

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(2) More and more people from different countries in the world come into New York because ________.

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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' means ________.

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(4) The United States became an independent country in ________.

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A．the sixteenth century

B．the seventeenth century

C．the eighteenth century

D．the nineteenth century

(5) From the passage, we can know ________.

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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

根據(jù)圖表提供的信息選擇最佳答案。

A．Twenty-four days

B．Three weeks and one day

C．Three weeks and two days

A．Four hours and forty-two minutes

B．Five hours and forty-two minutes

C．Four hours and eighteen minutes

A．Eastern Flight 565

B．United Flight 501

C．United Flight 622

A．five hours and forty-five minutes

B．seventeen hours and forty-five minutes

C．six hours and forty- five minutes

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　　Washington D.C. is on the east coast (海岸). It is the capital (首都) of America.

　　Washington D.C. is a beautiful city. There are no skyscrapers(摩天大樓) there. The highest building has only sixteen storeys (層), but most of the houses have gardens. When flowers are blooming in spring, the city looks even more beautiful.

　　The city has a population(人口) of 750000. About 70% of the people are black. Many rich people live far away from the city. They drive to the city for work every day. The President(總統(tǒng)) works and lives in the White House. There are a lot of museums (博物館) there. All of them are free (免費) to visitors. If you get on the top of the Washington Monument (紀念碑), you can get a bird's-eye view of the whole city.

1．Which city is the capital of the United States?

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2．The highest building in Washington D.C. has ________ storeys.

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3．Washington D.C. has about ________ black people.

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4．Where does the U.S. President work?

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A．In the Capital Hill.(美國國會)

B．In the Washington's highest building.

C．In the White House.

5．If you visit the museums in Washington D.C., you ________

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A．needn't pay any money.

B．must pay some money.

C．have to go there early in the morning.