Question

The United States covers a large part of the North 1        continent (洲) ，when this land first became a nation. After 2       its freedom (自由) from England,it has 13 states. Each of the states had a star on the American flag (旗子) .As the nation 3       ,new states were formed and there 4        new stars on the flag. 5       a long time,there were fortyeight states. In 1959 two 6        stars were added (加) to the flag,standing for (代表) the new states of Alaska and HawaⅡ.

7       were the first people of the land and great number of people came from England. It is 8        that reason that the language of the U. S. is English and 9        its culture and customs (文化习惯) are more 10        those of England than any other country in the world.

(   ) 1. A. America   B. America's   C. American   D. Americans

(   ) 2. A. win   B. won   C. winning   D. have won

(   ) 3. A. grew   B. grows   C. growing   D. have grown

(   ) 4. A. are   B. were   C. have been   D. had been

(   ) 5. A. In   B. From   C. For   D. Through

(   ) 6. A. another   B. many   C. other   D. more

(   ) 7. A. India   B. Indian   C. Indias   D. Indians

(   ) 8. A. on   B. for   C. because   D. because of

(   ) 9. A. that   B. why   C. many   D. all

(   ) 10. A. as   B. like   C. same   D. as if

Answer 1

这篇短文告诉我们美利坚合众国的由来：美国是由州组成的国家，并且每增加一个州，就在旗子上增加一颗星。结合世界历史知识，完成此篇短文。

1. C

2. C介词后面跟动名词。

3. A用过去时和后面时态一致。

4. B与前面分句并列，故用过去时。

5. C引导一段时间用for。

6. D more用在数词和名词中间表示"又、再"。

7. D这里指印第安人。

8. B 这是强调句。

for that reason意思是"由于这个原因"。

9. A与前面的that并列，不可省略。

10. B be more like意思为"更像……一样"。