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考点规范练 18 Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Ⅰ.阅读理
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(2018·全国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).But 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.What attracted the early settlers to New York City?
A.Its business culture.
B.Its small population.
C.Its geographical
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