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惠安一中王志龙

模块①Unit1

Lifestyles

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TheErieCanalwasthefirstimportantnationalwaterwaybuiltintheUS.ItcrossedNewYorkfromBuffaloonLakeErieTroytoAlbanyontheHudsonRiver.ItjoinedtheGreatLakeswiththeAtlanticOcean.Thecanalservedasarouteoverwhichindustrialgoodscouldflowintothewest,andmaterialscouldpourintotheeast.TheErieCanalhelpedNewYorkdevelopintothenation’slargestcity.

ThebuildingofthecanalwaspaidforentirelybythestateofNewYork.Itcost$7143789,butitsoongaineditspricemanytimesover.Between1825,whenthecanalwasopened,and1882,whentollcharges（过运河费）werestopped,thestatecollected$121461891.

ForahundredyearsbeforetheEriewasbuilt,peoplehadbeentalkingaboutacanalwhichcouldjointheGreatLakesandtheAtlanticOcean.ThemanwhoplannedtheErieCanalandcarriedtheplanthroughwasDeWittClinton.Thosewhowereagainstthecanallaughinglycalledit“Clinton’sDitch（沟）”.Clintontalkedandwroteaboutthecanalanddrewupplansforit.HeandGovernorMorriswenttoWashingtonin1812toaskforhelpforthecanal,buttheywereunsuccessful.

ClintonbecamegovernorofNewYorkin1817,andshortlyafterwards,onJuly4,1817,brokegroundforthecanalinRome,N.Y.Thefirstpartofthecanalwascompletedin1820.Asthecanalgrew,townsalongitscoursedevelopedfast.Thelengthofthecanalis363miles.

1.WecanseethattheErieCanal________.

A.joinedtheGreatLakestogether

B.crossedNewYorkfromnorthtosouth

C.playedanimportantpartindevelopingNewYorkCity

D.wasthefirstwaterwaybuiltintheUS

2.Itcanbeinferredthat________intotheAtlanticOcean.

A.theGreatLakesflow　　　　　　　　B.theHudsonRiverflows

C.LakeErieflows　　　　　　　　　　D.theErieCanalflows

3.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.TheErieCanalbroughtprofitsofover$114,000,000.

B.It’s363milesfromtheGreatLakestotheAtlanticOcean.

C.TheWestwasmoreadvancedthantheEastwhenthecanalwasbuilt.

D.ManyotherstateshelpedNewYorkbuiltthecanal.

4.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Clintonbrokegroundforthecanalatbothends.

B.Clintonstartedbuildingthecanalbeforehebecamegovernor.

C.Allpartsofthecanalwerecompletedatthesametime.

D.Constructionofthecanaltookeightyears.

B

TheManofManySecrets—HarryHoudini—wasoneofthegreatestAmericanentertainersinthetheaterthiscentury.Hewasamanfamousforhisescapes—fromprisoncells,fromwoodenboxesfloatinginrivers,fromlockedtanksfullofwater.HeappearedintheatersalloverEuropeandAmerica.CrowdscametoseethegreatHoudiniandhis“magic”tricks.

Ofcourse,hissecretwasnotmagic,orsupernaturalpowers.Itwassimplystrength.Hehadtheabilitytomovehistoesaswellashemovedhisfingers.Hecouldmovehisbodyintoalmostanypositionhewanted.

Houdinistartedworkingintheentertainmentworldwhenhewas17,in1891.HeandhisbrotherTheoperformedcardtricksinclubinNewYork.TheycalledthemselvestheHoudiniBrothers.WhenHarrymarriedin1894,heandhiswifeBessworkedtogetherasmagicianandassistant.Butforalongtimetheywerenotverysuccessful.ThenHarryperformedhisfirstprisonescape,inChicagoin1898.Harrypersuadedadetectivetolethimtrytoescapefromtheprison,andheinvitedthelocalnewspapermentowatch.

Itwasthepublicity（宣传）thatcamefromthisthatstartedHarryHoudini’ssuccess.Harryhadfingerstrainedtoescapefromhandcuffsandtoestrainedtoescapeanklechins.Buthisbiggestsecretwashowheunlockedtheprisondoors.Everytimehewentintotheprisoncell,Bessgavehimakissforgoodluck—andasmallskeletonkey,whichisakeythatfitsmanylocks,passquicklyfromhermouthtohis.

Harryusedtheseprisonescapestobuildhisfame.Hearrangedtoescapefromthelocalprisonofeverytownhevisited.Intheafternoon,thepeopleofthetownwouldreadaboutitintheirlocalnewspapers,andintheeveningeveryseatinthelocaltheaterwouldbefull.Whatwastheresult?

World-wildfame,andanamerememberedtoday.

1.Accordingtothepassage,Houdini’ssuccessinprisonescapesdependson_______.

A.hisspecialtricksandsupernaturalpowers

B.hisunusualabilityandaskeletonkey

C.hismagictricksandunhumanpowers

D.hiswisdomandmagictricks

2.Inthefourthparagraph,theunderlinedword“this”refersto_______.

A.hisfirstprisonescapeB.theyear1898

C.thepublicityD.HarryHoudini’ssuccess

3.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatHoudinibecamefamous_______.

A.in1894B.beforehemarried

C.attheageof17D.whenhewasabout24

4.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?