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 8million 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 good port（商埠）. The Dutch(荷兰) settlers (new comers) , wanted to use it for business. In 1626, the Dutch paid 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 New York.

1.Which of the following is the biggest city in the United States?

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 _______.

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” in Paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

A. 花费   B. 耕耘    C. 占领    D. 测量

4.The United States became an independent country in ________.

A. the sixteenth century

B. the seventeenth century

C. the eighteenth century

D. the nineteenth century

5.From the passage, we can know _________.

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.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了美国最大城市——纽约的历史。它最初是荷兰人用２４美元从印第安人手里买下曼哈顿岛，后来英国人占领了这个岛屿，改名为纽约。在美国独立后，曾是美国首都，后来由于人口拥挤，迁都到华盛顿。

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4.The Untied States became an independent（独立的）country in 1783. 描述，可知美国在18世纪成为一个独立国家。故选C。

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考点：考查历史类阅读