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FOUR STATES OF THE USA

Name	Alaska	Georgia	Hawaii	Massachusetts
Time to join the USA	Jan. 3rd,1959	Jan. 2nd,1788	Aug.21st,1959	In 1799
Area	1 518 800 km2	152 488 km2	16 705 km2	21 385 km2
Population	6 700 thousand	969 million	1 211 thousand	6 449 thousand
Time zone (地区)	9 hours behind Greenwich Time	5 hours behind Greenwich Time	10 hours behind Greenwich Time	10 hours behind Greenwich Time
Feature	Plenty of oil Over 3000thousand lakes	Peanuts Chickens and eggs	132 islands The American Pacific Naval Base (太平洋海军基地)	Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
根据表格信息选择最佳答案。
小题1:Of the four states, Massachusetts is the     largest in area in the USA.
A. first                   B. second                  C. third
小题2:The time when Hawaii joined the USA is       that of Alaska.
A. earlier than             B. the same as             C. later than
小题3:If it is 3:00 p.m. in Georgia, it is       in Massachusetts.
A. 10:00 a.m.               B. 2:00 p.m.                   C. 8:00 p.m.
小题4:From the information in the form we know that       .
A. the population of Alaska is larger than that of Georgia
B. Hawaii and Massachusetts are in the same time zone
C. Georgia has a very important naval base
小题5:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the information in the form?
A. When you come to Georgia, you’ll see many islands.
B. There are more than 3 thousand lakes in Alaska.
C. Massachusetts is famous for education in the world.

Answer 1

小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:A

试题分析：本题重点介绍了美国四个州在加入美国的时间，面积，人口，时差和本州特色方面的差异。
小题1:根据Area  1 518 800 km2   152 488 km2 16 705 km2  21 385 km2描述，可知马萨诸塞州在面积上是美国第三大州，故选C。
小题2:根据Time to join the USA  Jan. 3rd,1959   Jan. 2nd,1788   Aug.21st,1959   In 1799可知夏威夷加入美国的时间比阿拉斯加晚，故选C。
小题3:根据Time zone(地区)   9 hours behind Greenwich Time   5 hours behind Greenwich Time   10 hours behind Greenwich Time   10 hours behind
Greenwich Time计算可知，乔治亚州比马萨诸塞州时晚五个小时，故选A。
小题4:根据Time zone(地区)……10 hours behind Greenwich  Time    10 hours behind Greenwich Time描述，可知选B。
小题5:根据表格最后一行可知，夏威夷有许多岛屿乔治亚州的特点是花生，鸡肉和鸡蛋。故选项A描述错误。
点评：本篇短文的主要信息通过一个表格表达了出来，故阅读中一定要读懂表格信息，分析这些数据表达的含义，对于有关数字的问题,要认真分析,并进行必要的计算.