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 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 (荷兰) settlers (new comes) wanted to use it for business. In 126, the Dutch paid (付钱) 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 (独立的) 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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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 ________.

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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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A．花费

B．耕耘

C．占领

D．测量

(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

Answer 1

答案：A;D;C;C;C
解析：

整体把握：纽约不是美国的首都，这是世人皆知的，但它却是美国最大的城市，同时也是众人向往的地方，你想了解她的历史吗，认真去读一读吧。 (1) 点拨：由第一段第一句可知。 (2) 点拨：选项A，B和C在短文中都没任何体现，但是选项D在第二段作了陈述，故知纽约是个贸易大都市。 (3) 点拨：从世界历史上可知北美洲，即美国在独立前是英国的殖民地。 (4) 点拨：由第三段第一句可知，美国独立于1783年，这个年份属于第18世纪。 (5) 点拨：整篇短文陈述的主要是纽约的发展史。