公共英语二级阅读理解提分题及答案 简单英语

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"NewYorkCityisnotAmerica."That'swhatAmericanfriendsaresuretoyouwhenyouar-rive."YoumustseeBoston,visitNiagaraFalls,gotoVirginia,flydowntoFlorida,andsoon;butfirst,ofcourse,youwillwanttoseeNewYork.ItisnotthecapitalcityoftheUnitedStates(thatisWashington,D.C.,wherethePresidentlives)oreventhecapitalcityofNewYorkState(thatisAlbany),butmanypeoplecallit'thegreatestcityonearth'."

Thefiveparts,orboroughs,ofNewYorkCityareManhattan,Queen,Bronz,RichmondandBrooklyn.AlthoughManhattanisnotallofNewYork,itistheheartofthecity.Itisanisland,whichisonlyabout13mileslongand2mileswide.Fromtheairitsshapelookslikealongfinger,andfromtheseait'sjustlikethepictureweallknow.Thosetall,straightbuildings--theskyscrap-ers-packedsoclosetogetheronthatislandofrocksaresometimesseeninthedistancethroughaveilofearlymorningmist.Youhaveimagineditsooftenthatnowit'sdifficulttobelievethisbeautifulsightisreal,andunlessyourheartisashardasastone,excitementwilllakeitbeatalit-tlefaster.Perhaps"greatest","tallest","longest","biggest","brightest",arewordsyouwillfindmostofteninthecityguidebooks.

24.HowmanyplacesinAmericaarementionedinthispassagebesidesNewYorkCity?

A.6.

B.4.

C.7.

D.5.

25.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUE?

A.ManhattanisthecentreofNewYorkCity.

B.NewYorkCityismadeupoffiveparts.

C.NewYorklookslikealongfingerfromtheair.

D.Manhattanisanisland.

26.Inthesecondparagraph,"excitementwillmakeitbeatalittlefaster"here"it"refersto________.

A.thisbeautifulsight

B.you

C.yourheart

D.NewYorkCity

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篇章分析

本文是一篇描述地理的文章。一、段借朋友之口说明纽约城极好，第二段则重点说明了纽约城的中心区域一曼哈顿。

答案及解析

24.A

【题型】细节题

【解析】除了NewYorkCity，文中还提到了Boston，NiagaraFalls，Virginia，Washington，D.C.和Albany。一共6个地方。

25.C【题型】细节题

【解析】由文章第二段一、二、三句可知，A、B、D项均正确。由第四句Fromtheairitsshapelookslikealongfinger.可知是Manhattanlookslikealongfingerfromtheair，而非NewYork。

26.C

【题型】语义题

【解析】由文中…andunlessyourheartisashardasastone，excitementwillmakeitbeatalittlefaster.可知，it是指yourheart。