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用心 爱心 专心1 历史类历史类 1 1 Napoleon agreed to plans for a tunnel 隧道 under the English Channel in 1802 The British began digging one in 1880 Neither tunnel was completed Europe has had to wait until the end of the 20th century for the Channel Tunnel After nearly two centuries of dreaming the island of Great Britain is connected to Continental Europe for the first time since the Ice Age when the two land masses moved apart On May 6 1994 Britain s Queen Elizabeth and France s President Mitterrand carried out the official opening The Queen was accompanied 陪同 on her train journey through the historic tunnel by one of her Rolls Royce cars which was placed on the train The following day saw celebrations taking place in Folkestone and Calais Regular public services did not start until the latter part of 1994 1 The island of Great Britain is A connected to France all the time B separated from France with a tunnel C separated from France all the time D joined to France with the tunnel 2 Queen Elizabeth at the opening A took her car Rolls Royce through the tunnel B took her car which was placed on her train through the tunnel C took her train through the tunnel D took Mitterrand s train through the tunnel 3 Before 1994 one could go to Britain from France A only by shipB by ship or plane C by car or trainD by ship car or train 4 Which of the following is right A Napoleon made plans for the tunnel B The public could pass through the tunnel by train after May 6 1994 C The tunnel was built for two centuries D The tunnel will do great good to Britain and France 答案与解析 本文主要讲述拿破仑早在 1802 年就同意在英吉利海底修建隧道的计划 英国 在 1880 年就开始挖掘 但都没有完成 大约两个世纪后 即到了 1994 年 大不列颠岛和欧洲大陆 才由海底隧道连接起来 1 D 语义理解题 从第 1 段 the island of Great Britain is connected to Continental Europe for the first time since the Ice Age 可以看出 the island of Great Britain 和 France 是由 the tunnel 连接起来的 2 C 语义理解题 第 2 段第 2 句话 The Queen was accompanied 陪同 on her train journey through the historic tunnel by one of her Rolls Royce cars which was placed on the train 已明确告知 Queen Elizabeth 是怎么去参加开幕典礼的 3 B 判断题 既然 1994 年以前没有隧道 那当然只有坐船或乘飞机从英国去法国 4 D 判断题 拿破仑是同意修建隧道的计划 并不是制定计划 故排除 A 项 接近 1994 年 底 公众才能够坐火车穿过隧道 B 项不对 文章并没有说隧道建了多长时间 C 项也不对 而隧 道修建成功时 英 法两国元首都出席 由此可见隧道对两国的重要性 用心 爱心 专心2 2 After the American Revolution won in 1787 the new government in the U S A had to choose a capital city The thirteen states quarreled about this So the government decided to build a completely new capital The land on the River Potomac was given the name District of Columbia D C The new Capital was built on the north bank of the river It was named after George Washington the president of the U S A Washington D C a government city is an important cultural 文化 center as well as a big tourist 游览 center Most capital cities have simply grown from small cities Washington however was planned as the capital of a great nation It was designed by a French artist who first made a study of many capital cities of Europe In general his plan followed the plan of the beautiful French city of Versailles 1 When the new capital was built America was made up of states A thirty B thirteen C fifty D fifteen 2 Washington D C is the name of A an American president B America s capital C a famous river D a beautiful garden city 3 According to the passage we can conclude that America s capital A lies in the center on the countryB lies on the River Potomac C was built by French workersD came from a small city 4 According to the passage we can infer that Washington D C is the center of America s A politics culture and travelingB culture traveling and sports C economy 经济 sports and cultureD politics culture and economy 答案与解析 本文主要讲的是美国的首都 Washing D C 的由来 在美国的地位及它的设计 风格 1 B 细节题 根据第 1 段第 2 句 The thirteen states quarreled about this 可知答案 为 B 2 B 细节判断题 根据第 1 段 was given the name District D C The new Capital It was named after George Washington 及第 2 段 Washington D C a government city 可知答案为 B 3 B 细节判断题 根据第 1 段 The land on the River Potomac was given the name District of Columbia D C The new Capital was built on the north bank of the river 可知此题答案为 B 4 A 因为 Washington D C 是美国的首都 所以它应是美国的政治中心 再根据第 2 段中 is a important cultural centre as well as a big tourist centre 可知它也是美国的文化 和旅游中心 所以答案为 A 3 CostCost ofof AmericanAmerican WarsWars warwar namenamecostcost ofof thethe warwarcostcost asas a a percentpercent ofof annualannual GDPGDP Revolutionary WarUS 2 2 billion in 2002 dollars 63 War of 1812US 1 1 billion13 Mexican WarUS 1 6 billion3 用心 爱心 专心3 Civil WarUS 62 billion104 Spanish American War US 9 6 billion3 World War IUS 190 6 billion24 World War IIUS 2 9 trillion103 Korean WarUS 335 9 billion15 Vietnam WarUS 494 3 billion12 First Gulf WarUS 76 1 billion1 1 Which wars cost more than a year s worth of the GDP A First Gulf War and World War IB The Civil War and World War II C World War II and Revolutionary WarD Mexican War and Civil War 2 The American annual gross domestic product in 1951 was A 2 239 trillionB 2 9 trillionC 3 25 trillion D 76 1 billion 3 Which of the following is NOT true A Mexican War cost more than War of 1812 B First Gulf War cost the least in term of the percentage of the annual of GDP C World War II cost more than Korean War D Mexican War cost as much money as Spanish American War 答案解析 本表格是美国历次战争的开支情况统计 1 B 细节