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　　Passage 14

　　New York is the place in the United States which most visitors see and the city that is most often described. In New York you would often hear the phrase “New York is not America”， and， of course you would like to see more of the country. You look at the map and choose what region to start with. You remember from history books that when the United States was formed there were only thirteen states. These were thirteen colonies which in 1776 had declared their independence from Great Britain and fought a seven-year War of Independence. The thirty-seven other states were admitted to the nation one by one， as they gained enough population. The last to come in were Alaska and Hawaii. They were admitted to the Union in 1959.

　　1. From the passage we learn that ______.

　　A. most visitors to the United States visit New York and say what it is like

　　B. most visitors see and describe that New York is a place in the United States

　　C. New York is seen and described in the United States

　　D. New York is the only place in the United States which visitors see and describe

　　which 定语从句引导词

　　that 也是定语从句引导词

　　say what it is like=describe it 描述

　　答案：A

　　2. The Phrase “New York is not America” means ______.

　　A. New York is not equal to America

　　B. New York does not represent America

　　C. New York does not belong to America

　　D. New York is New York and America is America

　　equal 平等的

　　答案：B

　　3. The War of Independence ended in ______.

　　A. 1783 B. 1776

　　C. 1769 D. 1959

　　which 定语从句引导词

　　答案：A

　　本题的ended是关键词，要留心。

　　4. The United States now consists of ______.

　　A. thirteen states

　　B. fifty states

　　C. thirty-seven states

　　D. fifty-two states

　　常识题

　　答案：B

　　5. According to the passage， the other thirty-seven states were not admitted at once but one by one because ______.

　　A. they did not take part in the War of Independence

　　B. they did not like to join the Union

　　C. they did not have money enough to invest

　　D. the number of people living in the states was not large sufficiently

　　sufficiently 足够的

　　the number of 谓语要用单数形式。

　　答案：D

　　1. 文章的主题句一般就是段的句话。

　　2. 遇见提问时间的题要谨慎，不要大意了。