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Before World War Ⅱ Chicago, Illinois, standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan, had the reputation(名声)of being one of the toughest, most lawless and corrupt(腐败的) cities in the world. It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong wine during the days of 1919 to 1933, when a law forbade Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form.

Chicagoans have a great pride in their city. They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York. It is the center of American commerce(商业 ) and transportation. O’Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world. 44 million passengers pass through it every year, and there are 2000 take offs and landings every day.

Chicago is also a great inland port().It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe-via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It can send goods by barge(驳船),through water-way and canals, to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico.

1.Which of the following diagrams(图解) gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan, Chicago and Illinois?

L.M.=Lake Michigan Ch= Chicago Ill=Illinois

2.According to the passage, Chicago is more important than New York because ______.

A. Chicagoans love their city more than others

B.Chicago is the center of America

C. Chicago is an inland port and has O’Hare Airport

D. Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3.44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O’Hare Airport is ______.

A. the only one in America

B.the biggest one in the world

C.the busiest one in the world

D.the most well-known one in the world

4.If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico, we probably go through ______.

A. the Gulf of Mexico— Mississippi—Canals—Waterway—Chicago

B.the Gulf Mexico—Mississippi—the Great Lake—Chicago

C.Lake Michigan—the Saint Lawrence Seaway—the Gulf of Mexico

D.Waterway—Canals—Mississippi—the Gulf of Mexico

 

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  Before World War Ⅱ Chicago,Illinois,standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan,had the reputation(名声)of being one of the toughest,most lawless and corrupt(腐败的)cities in the world.It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong during the days of 1919 to 1933,when a law forbade(禁止)Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form.

  Chicagoans have a great pride in their city.They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York.It is the center of American commerce(商业)and transportation.O'Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world.44 million passengers pass through it every year,and there are 2000 take-offs and landings every day.

  Chicago is also a great inland port(港).It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway.It can send goods by barge(驳船),through water way and canals,to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico.

1.Which of the following diagrams(图解)gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan,Chicago and Illinois?

[  ]

A.
B.
C.
D.

L.M=Lake Michigan  Ch=Chicago  Ⅲ=Illinois

2.According to the passage,Chicago is more important than New York because ________.

[  ]

A.Chicagoans love their city more than others

B.Chicago is the center of America

C.Chicago is an inland port has O'Hare Airport

D.Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3.44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O'Hare Airport is ________.

[  ]

A.the only one in America

B.the biggest one in the world

C.the busiest one in the world

D.the most well-known one in the world

4.If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico,we probably go through ________.

[  ]

A.the Gulf of Mexico-Mississippi-Canals-Waterway-Chicago

B.the Gulf Mexico-Mississippi-the Great Lakes-ChicagoC.Lake Michigan-the Saint Lawrence Seaway-the Gulf of Mexico

D.Waterway-Mississippi-the Gulf of Mexico

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Before World War Ⅱ Chicago, Illinois, standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan, had the reputation(名声)of being one of the toughest, most lawless and corrupt(腐败的) cities in the world. It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong wine during the days of 1919 to 1933, when a law forbade Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form.

Chicagoans have a great pride in their city. They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York. It is the center of American commerce(商业 ) and transportation. O’Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world. 44 million passengers pass through it every year, and there are 2000 take offs and landings every day.

Chicago is also a great inland port().It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe-via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It can send goods by barge(驳船),through water-way and canals, to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico.

1.Which of the following diagrams(图解) gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan, Chicago and Illinois?

L.M.=Lake Michigan Ch= Chicago Ill=Illinois

2.According to the passage, Chicago is more important than New York because ______.

A. Chicagoans love their city more than others

B.Chicago is the center of America

C. Chicago is an inland port and has O’Hare Airport

D. Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3.44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O’Hare Airport is ______.

A. the only one in America

B.the biggest one in the world

C.the busiest one in the world

D.the most well-known one in the world

4.If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico, we probably go through ______.

A. the Gulf of Mexico— Mississippi—Canals—Waterway—Chicago

B.the Gulf Mexico—Mississippi—the Great Lake—Chicago

C.Lake Michigan—the Saint Lawrence Seaway—the Gulf of Mexico

D.Waterway—Canals—Mississippi—the Gulf of Mexico

 

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     Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a   1   by which people can protect themselves 
  2   large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large number of people pay    3  sums
of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only   4 
will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will  pay for these homes  out or the  sums of  money  it has  5  .
     The first modern fire insurance company was    6   in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 
 7   most of the city, and people wanted protection against    8     losses. The first company   9    rapidly.
Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
      Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. he also  10   a
new kind of insurance for  11     . the new insurance would off protection against the loss of crops 12  
storms.
     In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start 13   new insurance company in America. This company, 14 
offered life insurance, collected some money15   from many different men.16  a man died, his family was
given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 17   in business.
     Over the years, people have  18    from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered  from 
19   accidents as car and plane crashes.20   , almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
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When a group of children pelltelr siop a convercaiion wiih vou. saying:"We have io go to work now." you're ieft feelins suprised and ceriainlv uneasv. After all. this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is Juat unthinkable. That is. until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools. and thai ibe "work" they go off to is to go on the stage in a theatre. Stage schools often acr as agencies (代理机构) to supply children for stage and television work. More worihy of ihe name `siage eckool. nre thase few p!aces where children auend full time. with a iraining for the theatre and a general educaiion.A visit to such school will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After alI. what lively children woudn"t settle {or snendins onlv half the day doing ordinary school work. and acting. singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day?Then of course these are time for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Thase under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year; those over 13 do 80 days.The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don't make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good siudy results. the lacis seem 'o augged ths is not alwaystbe case.

1.Peeple would sipp feeling uneasy wben realisng that ibe ch]Idren tbey're ialking to

A. aiiend a stage school

B. are going to ibe theaire

C. hsv. gor some work io do

D. love singlns and dancins

2.In ihe wrier's opnion. a ged siage school shoud.

A. preduco siar performers

B. help pup;ls imnrove iheir siudy sk]1]s

C. train pupils in Isnguage and periorming arts

D. provide a guneral ofucation and siage irairting

3."Professional work" as used in the next means_____.

A.ordinary school work

B.rooneyrnaking performances

C. siage oraining at school

D. aciing. singing or dancing afier class

4. Whck ofthe follewing beat deecrbes how the wrier feels abeui siage echoolso

A. He ibinks hishlv of wbnt they have ic rffer.

B. He favours an early siart in the training of performing aris.

C.He f'els uncomforiable aboui chldren vuiiins on nieh: sbows.

D.He douhis ihe siandard of ordlnary educaiion ihew have reachof.

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