英语阅读理解 .New York city isn’t the biggest city in the world,but it is the biggest city in the USA.Most American live in much smaller cities and towns,but almost 8 million people live in New York.Why did so many people come to live in one

英语阅读理解 .New York city isn’t the biggest city in the world,but it is the biggest city in the USA.Most American live in much smaller cities and towns,but almost 8 million people live in New York.Why did so many people come to live in one
英语阅读理解 .
New York city isn’t the biggest city in the world,but it is the biggest city in the USA.Most American live in much smaller cities and towns,but almost 8 million people live in New York.Why did so many people come to live in one place?
A look at the city shows us that New York City has a very good port(商埠).The Dutch (荷兰)settlers(new comes) wanted to use it for business.In 126,the Dutch paid (付钱)the Indians twenty –four dollars for the island of Manhattan.Its Dutch name was New Amsterdam.Then the British took the land in 1664 and changed its name to New York.
The United States became an independent (独立的) country in 1783,and New York was its capital for a short time.The city became so crowded that some people moved out to other areas(places).But more people from everywhere went on coming into the city every day.
( )1.Which of them is the biggest city in the United States?
A.New York B.Washington C.New Amsterdam D.Chicago
( )2.More and more people from different countries in the world come into New York because_______.
A.New York has the largest population in the United States
B.New York is as beautiful as a picture
C.New York is a developing city
D.they think it is a good place for business
( )3.The underlined word ‘took’ means________
A.花费 B.耕耘 C.占领 D.测量
( )4.The United States became an independent country in__________.
A.sixteenth century B.the seventeenth
C.the eighteenth century D.the nineteenth century
( )5.From the passage,we can know_________.
A.much about Dutch B.how the Dutch took New Amsterdam
C.some of the history of New York
D.how the people from different countries come to the USA

英语阅读理解 .New York city isn’t the biggest city in the world,but it is the biggest city in the USA.Most American live in much smaller cities and towns,but almost 8 million people live in New York.Why did so many people come to live in one
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