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北师大版话题读写补充材料
北师大版话题读写补充材料:
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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?