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　　A

　　NewYork,September15.Duringaheavyrainfalllastnightabuscarrying42passengersslippedofftheroadonHighway28,killing36ofthepassengersandthedriver.

　　AspokesmanfortheHighwayPatrol(巡逻队)whicharrivedatthesceneshortlyafter11:30p.m.estimated(估计)thattheaccidenthadhappenedabouthalfanhourbefore.TheinjuredandthedeadweresenttothenearesttownofValleyView.

　　Atthepointwheretheaccidenthappenedtheroadhasathree-lane(三条行车线)highwaywithmanycurves(弯道).Causeoftheaccidenthasnotbeenfullyfoundout.

　　1．Inconsiderationofwhatcausedtheaccident,oneshouldpayattentionto________.

　　A．thecarelessdriver

　　B．thenearesttownofValleyView

　　C．Highway28

　　D．theroadwithmanycurves

　　2．Itwasverylikelythattheaccidenthappened________.

　　A．after11:30p.m.

　　B．inthecityofNewYork

　　C．atorabout11:00p.m.

　　D．inthetownofValleyView

　　3．Howmanypeoplediedintheaccident?A．37B．36C．43D．42

　　keys:DCA

　　B

　　TheUnitedStatesisalargecountry.FromtheEastCoasttotheWestCoastitisabout3,000mileswide.TheAtlanticOceanisontheEastCoastandthePacificOceanisontheWestCoast.CanadaisthecountrytothenorthoftheUnitedStatesandMexicoisthecountrytothesouth.TherearemanyriversintheUnitedStates.ThemostimportantonesaretheMississippiRiverandtheMissouriRiverinthecentralpartofthecountry,andtheColoradoandColumbiaRiverinwest.Thereare50statesintheUnitedStatestoday.

　　TheAmericanpeopleareofalmosteveryraceintheworld.ThisisbecauseofimmigrationsfromabroadthroughoutAmericanhistory.Thepopulationisnowovertwohundredmillion.Englishisthecommonlanguage.ThelargestcityintheUnitedStatesisNewYork.ItisonNewYorkBayandatthemouthoftheHudsonRiver.

　　1.Itisabout3,000mileswide_________.

　　A.fromCanadatoMexico

　　B.fromtheEastCoasttotheWestCoast

　　C.fromtheAtlanticOceantotheEastCoast

　　D.fromthePacificOceantoCanada

　　2.“TheAmericanpeopleareofalmosteveryraceintheworld,”means________.

　　A.theAmericanpeopleincludenearlyalltheracesoftheworld

　　B.thereareseveralmainracesintheUnitedStates

　　C.theAmericanpeoplearemadeupofthewhiteandtheblackpeople

　　D.theAmericanpeopleconsistofonlyonerace

　　3.WhatdoyouknowaboutNewYork?

　　A.ItisthecapitaloftheUnitedStates.

　　B.Itisinthecentralpartofthecountry.

　　C.ItisthelargestcityintheUnitedStates.

　　D.ItisatthemouthoftheMissouriRiver.

　　4.NewYorkis________.

　　A.inthecentralpartoftheU.S.

　　B.ontheWestCoast

　　C.atthemouthoftheMississippiRiver

　　D.atthemouthoftheHudsonRiver

　　5.WhichofthefollowingpicturesshowstherightpositionsofCanadaandMexico?

　　(C==CanadaM—Mexico)

　　keys:BACDD

　　C

　　IntheUnitedStates,itisnotusualtotelephonesomeoneearlyinthemorning.Ifyoutelephoneearlyintheday,whileheisshavingorhavingbreakfast,thetimeofthecallshowsthatthematterisveryimportantandrequiresimmediateattention.Soitiswiththetelephonecallsmadeafter11:00p