新高考英语阅读理解专项训练03 事实细节题练习.docxVIP

第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 6 页 PAGE 新高考英语阅读理解专项训练 传统阅读—细节题 B（2018-III） 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).