() 1. —Where is Mike?

—He to New York on business. He the airport at 5 in the morning.

   A. has gone; has left for   B. has been; has left for

   C. has gone; left for   D. has been; left for

4. Ron (live) here since he (get) married.

5. —Tom (already finish) his design.

—When he (start) to do it?

—Last Friday.

3. — Nancy (return) the book to you?

一Not yet,but she (bring) it here tomorrow.

1. Linda (send) an email to me just now.

2. Linda (just send) me an email.

  John J. FitzGerald,born in 1893,was a horse-racing (赛马) writer for a newspaper in New York in the 1920s and was the first to popularize the name “the Big Apple”. One day,FitzGerald heard two stablehands (养马人) use the name “the Big Apple” when talking about the New York City racecourses (赛马场) .FitzGerald loved the name so much that he named his racing column (赛马专栏) “Around the Big Apple”.

   Later many jazz musicians began calling the city “the Big Apple” to mean that New York was the jazz capital of the world. Soon the name became synonymous with the New York City.

   In the early 1970s,the city had many problems. The number of visitors was falling. So the government of the New York City decided to call the city “the Big Apple”, inviting visitors to “take a bite out of the apple”.

() 1. What did the name “the Big Apple” first mean?

   A. A racing column. B. The New York City racecourses.

   C. A newspaper in New York. D. The New York City.

() 2. Who first made the name “the Big Apple” popular?

   A. Two stablehands. B. John FitzGerald.

   C. Jazz musicians. D. The government of the New York City.

() 3. What's the meaning of the word “synonymous” in the second paragraph?

   A. 流行的   B. 熟悉的   C. 同义的   D. 反义的

() 4. The government called the city “the Big Apple” in order to .

   A. tell people the history of New York   B. get more visitors to watch horse races

   C. make the jazz musicians more popular   D. invite more tourists to visit New York

() 5. What's the article mainly about?

   A. Why New York is called “the Big Apple”.   B. How to visit New York.

   C. What to see and do in New York. D. How New York became popular.

5. 三亚位于海南的南端。我已经来这里两天了。

Sanya is Hainan Province. I for two days.

4. 中央公园是个在辛苦工作了一天之后放松的好地方。

Central Park is a good place.

3. 纽约时报广场是另一个参观的好去处。新年前夕，许多人聚集在此迎接新年到来。

Times Square in New York is . Many people gather there on New Year's Eve.

2. 自10世纪起，苏州就以丝织业闻名。

Suzhou its silk industry.

1. 点击一下这个图标，那么你就可以在八小时以内环游世界了。

Click the icon, .