首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext]M: Are you enjoying this tour?W: Yes. It’s my first time to visi
[originaltext]M: Are you enjoying this tour?W: Yes. It’s my first time to visi
游客
2023-08-28
57
管理
问题
M: Are you enjoying this tour?
W: Yes. It’s my first time to visit New York.
M: Mine, too. New York is such a big and fascinating place.
W: Do you know how New York came to be the largest city in the United States?
M: Well, I suppose because it is one of the country’s oldest cities. Besides that, it has a good harbor.
W: That’s true, but there are other old port cities in the U.S. like Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. In fact, in our early history, the first two played a much larger role than New York.
M: The big difference is that New York had a water route to travel to the interior. Other cities lacked that.
W: Do you mean a river?
M: Not a natural one; it was a canal. The Erie Canal, which was completed in 1823, connected New York’s port to the Great Lakes in the Midwest.
W: So even before the railroad was invented, goods and supplies could travel via a water route from New York to the West?
M: Yes, and corn and wheat from that area could travel to New York for sale elsewhere.
W: So New York began to grow faster than the other cities?
M: Yes. In fact, within fifteen years after the canal opened in l823, New York doubled in size. It became the trading capital of the U.S., attracting business, banking and industry, and providing work for thousands of new immigrants.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What’s the main topic of the conversation?
20. Who are the speakers?
21. What gave New York an advantage over the other cities?
22. When was the Erie Canal completed?
选项
A、In 1832.
B、In 1833.
C、In 1812.
D、In 1823.
答案
D
解析
由男士提到The Erie Canal, which was completed in 1823可知,答案为[D]。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2965901.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Anadvertisementsays"LearnEnglishinsixweeks,oryourmo
[originaltext]Anadvertisementsays"LearnEnglishinsixweeks,oryourmo
[originaltext]Theworldisnotonlyhungry;itisalsothirstyforwater.Th
[originaltext]Theworldisnotonlyhungry;itisalsothirstyforwater.Th
[originaltext]W:Goodmorning,sir.CanIhelpyou?M:Goodmorning.Ihavear
[originaltext]M:Hi,Mandy.How’severythinggoing?W:Nottoogood,Isuppose.
[originaltext]W:YouhavetobepresentinclassnextMonday.Theteachercalle
[originaltext]W:YouhavetobepresentinclassnextMonday.Theteachercalle
[originaltext]W:YouhavetobepresentinclassnextMonday.Theteachercalle
[originaltext]W:YouhavetobepresentinclassnextMonday.Theteachercalle
随机试题
Whenwillthemeetingbeheld?[originaltext]ManPleaseleteveryoneknowthatW
[originaltext]W:AlexisCruzmaybeyoung,butthisupandcomingactorhashad
TheNameGameEachyear,businessexecutivesar
Itiscustomaryto______one’sresignationonemonthbeforeone’slastday.A、tu
Herecomesthee-bookrevolutionA)Atwhattemperaturedoelectronicbo
学龄期儿童患消化性溃疡的最主要临床表现是A.便秘 B.反复腹痛 C.反复呕吐
新课程标准,提出要加强课程内容的综合性,()学科界限。A.强调 B.整合
对可能会改变一、二次设备运行方式或影响集中监控的危急、严重缺陷情况应向()汇报。
下列股利政策中,根据股利无关论制定的是()。A.剩余股利政策 B.固定股利支
银行承兑汇票的承兑银行,应当按照票面金额向出票人收取()的手续费。A:千分之一
最新回复
(
0
)