Loving and Hating New York
Ⅰ. Reading comprehension芡实
1. Many Europeans take New York as their favorite city, becau ________.
A. They are reassured by the sight of the fashion avenues of Madison and Fifth.
B. There are many familiar international names in New York.
C. New York’s charged nervous atmosphere and vulgar dynamism.
D. New York city is a cosmopolitan city.
皮疹的症状和治疗2. In author’s eyes, New York is ________.
A. a sacred place
B. a mongrel city
共存共荣 C. a international metropolis
D. a conventional city
3. The signs of how the New York fallen cannot be en from ________.
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A. New York never boasted its greatness.
B. Many advertising campaigns publicly prai New York.
C. Many New Yorkers wear T-shirts with a heart design and the words: “ I love New York” printed on it.春卷皮
D. New York is trying desperately to regain her lost privileged status.
4. From where the author begins to give an actual description of New York itlf.
丙组词A. The last ntence of paragraph 5.
B. The first ntence of paragraph 6.
C. From paragraph 1-5.
D. The whole essay.
5. Which of the following cities is located in New York?
A. Jery
B. Soho
千金姬C. Nashville
D. Beverly Hills
Ⅱ. Determine whether the following statements are true or fal. Put “T”, if the statement is true and put an “F”, if fal.
1. According to the author, New York is no longer the leading city in the United States.
2. New York is a city that resists the prevailing trends of America and it is a place where people can escape from uniformity and uncommonness.
3. Europeans take to New York becau they feel reassured when they e so many jewelers, shoes stores and designer shops bearing familiar international names on Madison and Fifth avenues.
4. The rhetorical device employed in “ Nature constantly yields to man …” is personification.
5. It is the fascination charm of New York as well as the opportunity to be a journalist that attracts the author to New York.
6. It is the good living conditions that draw tho young people to New York.
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7. The ntence “ All have their sovereignties” means all the different ethnic groups have their own little areas which they control.
8. New York is not longer the banking and communications headquarters for America.
9. The newcomers to New York are never fully assimilated.
10. New York regards the United Nations as an unworkable, impractical and hypocritical institution.
Ⅲ. Point out what figure of speech is ud in each of the following ntences:
1. While sitcoms cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, pre-empt the airwaves form California
