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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

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ExcellentSeniorEngineerwithexperienceinthisfieldtomanageourplantinZhongshan

●SeniorEngineers（MechanicalandElectrical）

ForproductionandEngineeringDepartment,goodcommandofInternet

●Juniorpositions

Forthosewhowishforsuccess

●Onepurchaser（购货员）

Preferablywithexperienceinamechanicalengineeringcompanyandinternationalmarkets

●CostAccountant（会计）

5yearsexperienceinmechanicalfactorycosting,goodknowledgeinOffice95,CETlevel.FortheseseniorlevelPositions,weexpectpreferableauniversitydegreeoranexcellentjobRecord.3-5yearsofexperienceonthejobandgoodcommandofEnglish.Ifyouarereadytoworkwithus,wewillofferattractivesalarypacketandbrightfuture.

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5Ifyoudon’tknowhowtouseacomputer,youhadbetteraskforthepositionof_______.

A.asecretaryinNESTLEB.aproductionworkerinNESTLE

C.aseniorengineerinTHYSSEND.acostaccountantinTHYSSEN

6.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat_______.

A.THYSSENisasuccessfulcompanywithmanybranches

B.NESTLEisacompanyonlyproducingchemicalproducts

C.NESTLEasksforgoodcommandofEnglishineveryPosition

D.THYSSENneedsaseniorsalesmanagertosellitsproductsinAsia

7.Asagraduatefromuniversitythisyear,youcanprobablygetajobas_______.

A.acostaccountantinTHYSSENB.apurchaserinTHYSSEN

C.asecretaryinNESTLED.anaccountantinNESTLE

C

Theaveragepersonlearnsmostofthe30000～40000wordswhosemeaningsheorsherecognizesbyhearingthemorgettingfamiliarwiththeminthecontextorsimplyabsorbingthemwithoutconscious（意识到的）effort.Thebestwaytobuildagoodvocabulary,therefore,istoreadagreatdealandtoparticipateinalotofgoodtalks.Therearerelativelyfewwordsthatwelearnpermanently（永久的）bypurposefullyreferringtodictionariesorkeepingwordlists.However,eventhoseextrafewareofvalue,andnoonewillmakeamistakebyworkingondevelopingalargervocabulary.Herearesomesuggestionsofhowtodoit.

Readplentyofgoodbooks.Whenyoucomeacrossanewword,oranewmeaningofanoldword,stopandseeifyoucanunderstanditfromitscontext.Ifyoucan't,andifyoucanmanagewithoutinterruptingthethoughtofthebooktoomuch,lookitupinadictionaryorasksomebodyandthenrepeatitsmeaningtoyourselfacoupleoftimes.Ifyouarereallyconscientious（认真的）,writethewordanditsmeaninginapersonalvocabularylist—preferablyusingitinasentence,oryoucankeepaspecialvocabularynotebook.Gooverthelistfromtimetotime.Further,trytouseanewwordinwritingorconversationafewtimesoverthenextseveraldays.

Listentogoodtalksandbealerttonewwordsyouhearortonewmeaningsofwordsyoualreadyknow.Thentreatthemjustasyoutreatthenewwordsyouread.

Learnandbealerttothepartsofwords:

prefixes,suffixesandroots.Knowingthemenablesyoutomakeintelligentguessesaboutthemeaningofwords.

Ifyouarestudyingaforeignlanguage,bealerttowordsinthatlanguagewhichrelatetowordsinEnglish.Englishhasinherited（继承）orborrowedmuchofitsvocabularyof500000～600000wordsfromLatin,Greek,French,SpanishandGerman.

8.Whenyoumeetanewwordinreading,whatshouldyoudo?

A.Guessitsmeaning.B.Asksomebody.

C.Lookitupinadictionary.D.Alloftheabove.

9.Accordingtothispassage,thebestwaytobuildagoodvocabularyis_______.

A.torememberalotB.toreadagreatdeal

C.totakepartinalotofgoodtalksD.bothBandC

10.Thephrase“bealertto”inthethirdparagraphmaybestbereplacedby“_______”.

A.lookatB.payattentionto

C.writedownD.learnbyheart

11.Inthefourthparagraph,theword“them”refersto_______.

A.thepartsofwordsB.prefixes

C.suffixesD.roots

D

Answerthefollowingquestionsbyusingtheinformationtakenfromadictionarypage.（Youmayreadthequestionsfirst.）

jaguar:

n.atypeoflarge,yellow-coloredcatwithblackmarkingsfoundinthesouthwesternregionoftheU.S.andinCentralandSouthAmerica.

jargon:

1.n.speechthatdoesn’tmakesense.2.n.anunknownlanguagethatseemsstrangeorimpossibletounderstand.3.n.alanguagemadeupoftwoormoreotherlanguages:

HisjargonwasamixtureofFrenchandEnglish.4.n.thespecialvocabularyofafieldorprofession:

Herreportoncomputerswasfilledwithjargon.

jaunt:

1.n.atriptakenforfun.2.v.togoonabriefpleasanttrip:

WejauntedtothecountrylastSaturday.

javelin:

1.n.aspearmostcommonlyusedasweaponorinhunting.2.n.alightweightmetalorwoodenspearthatisthrownintrack-and-fieldcontests.3.n.thecontestinwhichajavelinisthrown.4.v.tostrike,aswithajavelin.

jazz:

1.n.atypeofmusicthatoriginatedinNewOrleansandischaracterizedbyrhythmicbeats.2.n.populardancemusicinfluencedbyjazz.3.n.slangemptytalk.4.ad.oforlikejazz:

ajazzband,jazzrecords.

Jennet:

n.asmallSpanishhorse.

12.Whichmeaningofthewordjavelinisusedinthesentencebelow?

Atthecompetition,Jackdrewhisarmbackandthrewthejavelin50yards.

A.Definition1B.Definition2

C.Definition3D.Definition4

13.Whichmeaningofthewordjargonisusedinthesentencebelow?

Doctorsoftenspeakinmedicaljargon.

A.Definition1B.Definition2

C.Definition3D.Definition4

14.Whatdoesthewordjazzmeaninthefollowingsentence?

Don’tgivemethatjazz,forIamapracticalperson.

A.rhythmicbeatsB.atypeofmusic

C.akindofdanceD.meaninglesstalk

E

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