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(荷蘭) 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.

小題1:Which of the following is the biggest city in the United States?
A．New YorkB．WashingtonC．New AmsterdamD．Chicago
小題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.
小題3:The underlined word “ took” in Paragraph means ________ in Chinese.
A．花費B．耕耘C．占領(lǐng)D．測量
小題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
小題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

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小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:C

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了美國最大城市——紐約的歷史。它最初是荷蘭人用２４美元從印第安人手里買下曼哈頓島，后來英國人占領(lǐng)了這個島嶼，改名為紐約。在美國獨立后，曾是美國首都，后來由于人口擁擠，遷都到華盛頓。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. 描述，可知紐約是美國最大的城市。故選A。
小題2:段落大意題。閱讀短文第二段可知，紐約是一個很好的商埠，很多人來這里是為了經(jīng)商。故選D。
小題3:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文changed its name to New York.描述，可知此處指的是，英國人占領(lǐng)了新阿姆斯特丹。故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)短文最后一段The Untied States became an independent（獨立的）country in 1783. 描述，可知美國在18世紀成為一個獨立國家。故選C。
小題5:主旨大意題。閱讀短文可知，本文主要講述了美國的最大城市紐約的歷史，故選C，我們可以從本文了解一些美國歷史。
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