問題詳情：
Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(荒野) gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.
Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warning. An avalanche (雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go—to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City—its present population is 762.
(1) attracted the early settlers to New York City?
business culture. small population.
geographical position. favourable climate.
(2) do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?
-thirds of them stayed there. out of five people got rich.
st everyone gave up. of them died.
(3) was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson?
found the city too crowded. wanted to try their luck elsewhere.
were unable to stand the winter. were short of food.
(4) is the text mainly about?
rise and fall of a city. gold rush in Canada.
neys into the wilderness. ism in Dawson.
【回答】
(1)-(4)CBBA 解析：(1).推理判斷題。題幹句意:是什麼吸引那些早期定居者來到紐約市的呢?根據第一段第三句話(例如紐約市,它在哈得孫河的河口的一個大港口附近。)並結合第四句可知,這個優越的地理位置使得紐約市的人口在300年的時間裏從800增長到800萬。所以*為C項:它的地理位置。A項:它的貿易文化。B項:它的稀少的人口。D項:它的宜人氣候。這三項原文均未提及。 (2).細節理解題。題幹句意:對那些第一批到達道森市淘金的人我們瞭解到了什麼?根據第二段倒數第二句話(在第一批淘金的20,000人中,有4,000人富了起來。)可知有五分之一的人富了起來,故B項正確。 (3).推理判斷題。題幹句意:很多人離開道森的主要原因是什麼?根據第三段第四句話第一個逗號後的部分(當他們聽説在阿拉斯加州發現了新的金礦後,他們就像當初匆忙來道森市一樣,又匆忙離開了這裏)可推斷出這些人匆匆忙忙離開這裏去阿拉斯加州淘金去了,又去碰運氣看能不能變富。B項“他們想去別的地方碰運氣。”與原文意思相符。A項:他們覺得這個城市太擁擠了。C項:他們無法忍受這裏的冬天。D項:他們缺少食物。這三項與原文不符。 (4).主旨大意題。文章第一段第一句話提出觀點:一個城市之所以矗立在那裏是有充分的原因的。後文以兩個城市為例來論*這個觀點。紐約市的興起是因為它優越的地理位置。道森市的興起是因為這裏發現了金礦,而這座城市的衰落是因為這裏沒有了金礦。由此可知本文主要描述了一個城市的興起和衰落及其背後的原因。這與A項相符。B項:加拿大的淘金熱。C項:踏進荒野的旅程。D項:道森的旅遊業。這三項都不是主題。
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