浙江省普通高校招生选考英语试卷解析版.pdfVIP

普通高校招生选考英语试卷 题号 I II III IV V 总分 得分 5 10.0 一、阅读七选五（本大题共 小题，共 分） Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are， like a nearby port or river ． (1) 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 ． (2) Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight ． In 1896 ， Dawson ， Canada ， was unmapped wilderness But gold was discovered there in 1897 and two years later it was （荒野）． ， ， 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 (3) An avalanche once closed the path killing 63 people For ． （雪崩） ， ． 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 (4) 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 ． (5) -its pr