1. On the way from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario,an extraordinary scene was waiting for the party.2. At closer range they watched in amazement as the Niagara River plunge(跳进) head-on into a fearful abyss (深渊) they thought to be 500 to 600 feet deep.
News of Niagara Falls spread throughout Europe after Louis Hennepin published two popular descriptions in 1683 and 1697.3. Few reports of the New World fascinated readers as Hennepin’s did,even after the 18th century explorers had noted his imagination was wrong—the waterfall is about 160 feet high rather than 500 or 600.4.
Other travellers agreed with Hennepin that Niagara’s fearful drop,impressive breadth,and thunderous water made it “the finest and at the same time the most awful waterfall in the world”.
Widely considered the most magnificent landscape on Earth,Niagara gradually took on a religious meaning.5. Harriet Beecher Stowe,who visited it in 1834,claimed to have entered a dreamlike state in which she sensed God’s presence in the Falls’ rushing water and ever-present rainbow.
A.The latter contained an imaginative picture of Niagara Falls.
B.So many Europeans were dreaming of Niagara at that time.
C.Niagara Falls kept its influence on the European imagination.
D.In 1678 LaSalle led an expedition through the Great Lakes region.
E.The sound of Niagara spread so far away that it terrified the tourists.
F.James Cooper described the Falls in 1848 as “a sign of the hand of the Creator”.
G.From the distance they heard a thunderous sound and saw rising clouds covering the landscape.
My first trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U.S.very clearly.My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon.The weather was very ___ and it was snowing,but I was too excited to___.From the airport,my friend and I ___ a taxi to my ___.On the way I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the ___time and I stared in surprise at the famous skyscrapers and their man-made ___.Helping me unpack at the hotel,my friend left and ___ to return the next day.
__ my friend had left,I went to a ___near the hotel to get something to eat.Since I couldn’t speak a single ____of English,I couldn’t tell the____what I wanted.I was very upset and started to make some____,but he didn’t understand me.Finally,I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was____.After dinner,I started to walk along Broadway____I came to Times Square with its theatres,neon lights,and crowds of people.I didn’t feel tired,so I____to walk around the city.I wanted to see ____on my first day,although I knew it was impossible.
When I ____to the hotel,I couldn’t fall asleep,lay____and thought about New York.It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars,and full of____and busy people.I also decided right then that I had to learn to ____ English.
1.A. hot B. warm C. cold D. cool
2.A. look B. listen C. enjoy D. mind
3.A. sat B. took C. rode D. used
4.A. home B. hotel C. office D. school
5.A. first B. one C. last D. only
6.A. satellites B. lakes C. beauty D. parks
7.A. advised B. liked C. promised D. hoped
8.A. Before long B. Shortly after C. Soon D. Then
9.A. restaurant B. shop C. supermarket D. pub
10.A. letter B. word C. sentence D. phrase
11.A. boss B. cook C. waiter D. waitress
12.A. voices B. suggestions C. sounds D. gestures
13.A. looking B. ordering C. picking D. eating
14.A. until B. when C. before D. after
15.A. tried B. stopped C. decided D. continued
16.A. anything B. everything C. something D. some things
17.A. came B. went C. returned D. arrived
18.A. asleep B. awake C. afraid D. alive
19.A. noise B. voices C. streets D. places
20.A. say B. talk C. speak D. tell
The little boy came riding at full speed down the motorway on his bicycle. ________it was!
A. What a dangerous scene B. What dangerous a scene
C. How a dangerous scene D. How dangerous the scene
The poor little boy by his heartless parents was seen begging in the street.
A. abandoning B. to be abandoned
C. having abandoned D. abandoned
—What is the IOC?
—It’s the International Olympic Committee.
A. in short of B. for short of
C. short for D. short of
According to the timetable,the airplane will cover the from Beijing to Shanghai in an hour and a half.
A. area B. reach
C. distance D. speed
