【英语阅读理解.NewYorkcityisn’tthebiggestcityintheworld,butitisthebiggestcityintheUSA.MostAmericanliveinmuchsmallercitiesandtowns,butalmost8millionpeopleliveinNewYork.Whydidsomanypeoplecometoliveinone】

　　英语阅读理解.

　　NewYorkcityisn’tthebiggestcityintheworld,butitisthebiggestcityintheUSA.MostAmericanliveinmuchsmallercitiesandtowns,butalmost8millionpeopleliveinNewYork.Whydidsomanypeoplecometoliveinoneplace?

　　AlookatthecityshowsusthatNewYorkCityhasaverygoodport(商埠).TheDutch(荷兰)settlers(newcomes)wantedtouseitforbusiness.In126,theDutchpaid(付钱)theIndianstwenty–fourdollarsfortheislandofManhattan.ItsDutchnamewasNewAmsterdam.ThentheBritishtookthelandin1664andchangeditsnametoNewYork.

　　TheUnitedStatesbecameanindependent(独立的)countryin1783,andNewYorkwasitscapitalforashorttime.Thecitybecamesocrowdedthatsomepeoplemovedouttootherareas(places).Butmorepeoplefromeverywherewentoncomingintothecityeveryday.

　　()1.WhichofthemisthebiggestcityintheUnitedStates?

　　A.NewYorkB.WashingtonC.NewAmsterdamD.Chicago

　　()2.MoreandmorepeoplefromdifferentcountriesintheworldcomeintoNewYorkbecause_______.

　　A.NewYorkhasthelargestpopulationintheUnitedStates

　　B.NewYorkisasbeautifulasapicture

　　C.NewYorkisadevelopingcity

　　D.theythinkitisagoodplaceforbusiness

　　()3.Theunderlinedword‘took’means________

　　A.花费B.耕耘C.占领D.测量

　　()4.TheUnitedStatesbecameanindependentcountryin__________.

　　A.sixteenthcenturyB.theseventeenth

　　C.theeighteenthcenturyD.thenineteenthcentury

　　()5.Fromthepassage,wecanknow_________.

　　A.muchaboutDutchB.howtheDutchtookNewAmsterdam

　　C.someofthehistoryofNewYork

　　D.howthepeoplefromdifferentcountriescometotheUSA