Loving and Hating New York
Ⅰ. Reading comprehension
1. Many Europeans take NewYork 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 ’vikas charged nervous
atmosphere and vulgar dynamism.
D. NewYork city is a cosmopolitan city.
2.In author ’s eyes, New York is ________.
deuce bigalowA.a sacred place
B.a mongrel city
C.a international metropolis
D.英汉互译词典a conventional city
3. The signs of how the NewYork fallen cannot be en from ________.
A. New York never boasted its
greatness.
B. Many advertising campaigns publicly prai New York.
C. Many NewYorkers wear T-shirts with a heart design and the words: “organic food I love NewYork” printed on it.
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.
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
C.Nashville
D.Beverly Hills
Ⅱ. Determine whether the following statements
are true or fal. Put epad“T”, if the statement is true and put an “F”, if fal.
1. According to the author, NewYork is no longer the leading city is the United States.
英语音标发音表2. NewYork 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浩特 “ Nature
constantly yields to man ⋯”母亲节快乐的英语 is
personification.
5. It is the fascination charm of NewYork 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.
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 air waves form California
2. Tin Pan Alley has moved to Nashville and Hollywood.
3.New York was never Mecca to me.
4.Nature constantly yields to man in New York: witness tho fragile sidewalk trees gamely
