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歷史類（1）Napoleonagreedtoplansforatunnel（隧道）undertheEnglishChannelin1802.TheBritishbegandiggingonein1880.Neithertunnelwascompleted.Europehashadtowaituntiltheendofthe20thcenturyfortheChannelTunnel.Afternearlytwocenturiesofdreaming,theislandofGreatBritainisconnectedtoContinentalEuropeforthefirsttimesincetheIceAge,whenthetwolandmassesmovedapart.OnMay6,1994,Britain'sQueenElizabethandFrance'sPresidentMitterrandcarriedouttheofficialopening.TheQueenwasaccompanied（陪同）onhertrainjourneythroughthehistorictunnelbyoneofherRolls-Roycecarswhichwasplacedonthetrain.ThefollowingdaysawcelebrationstakingplaceinFolkestoneandCalais.Regularpublicservicesdidnotstartuntilthelatterpartof1994.TheislandofGreatBritainis.connectedtoFranceallthetimeseparatedfromFrancewithatunnelseparatedfromFranceallthetimejoinedtoFrancewiththetunnelQueenElizabethattheopening.tookhercarRolls-RoycethroughthetunneltookhercarwhichwasplacedonhertrainthroughthetunneltookhertrainthroughthetunneltookMitterrand'strainthroughthetunnelBefore1994,onecouldgotoBritainfromFrance.onlybyshipB.byshiporplaneC.bycarortrainD.byship,carortrainWhichofthefollowingisright?Napoleonmadeplansforthetunnel.ThepubliccouldpassthroughthetunnelbytrainafterMay6,1994.Thetunnelwasbuiltfortwocenturies.ThetunnelwilldogreatgoodtoBritainandFrance.【答案與解析】本文主要講述拿破侖早在1802年就同意在英吉利海底修建隧道的計(jì)劃，英國在1880年就開始挖掘，但都沒有完成。大約兩個(gè)世紀(jì)后，即到了1994年，大不列顛島和歐洲大陸才由海底隧道連接起來。Do語義理解題。從第1段theislandofGreatBritainisconnectedtoContinentalEuropeforthefirsttimesincetheIceAge可以看出theislandofGreatBritain和France是由thetunnel連接起來的。C。語義理解題。第2段第2句話TheQueenwasaccompanied（陪同）onhertrainjourneythroughthehistorictunnelbyoneofherRolls-Roycecarswhichwasplacedonthetrain已明確告知QueenElizabeth是怎么去參加開幕典禮的。B。判斷題。既然1994年以前沒有隧道，那當(dāng)然只有坐船或乘飛機(jī)從英國去法國。D。判斷題。拿破侖是同意修建隧道的計(jì)劃，并不是制定計(jì)劃，故排除A項(xiàng)；接近1994年底，公眾才能夠坐火車穿過隧道，B項(xiàng)不對(duì)；文章并沒有說隧道建了多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，C項(xiàng)也不對(duì)；而隧道修建成功時(shí)，英、法兩國元首都出席，由此可見隧道對(duì)兩國的重要性。(2)AftertheAmericanRevolutionwonin1787,thenewgovernmentintheU.S.A.hadtochooseacapitalcity.Thethirteenstatesquarreledaboutthis.Sothegovernmentdecidedtobuildacompletelynewcapital.ThelandontheRiverPotomacwasgiventhenameDistrictofColumbia(D.C).ThenewCapitalwasbuiltonthenorthbankoftheriver.ItwasnamedafterGeorgeWashington,thepresidentoftheU.S.A.WashingtonD.C.,agovernmentcity,isanimportantcultural文化)centeraswellasabigtourist(游覽)center.Mostcapitalcitieshavesimplygrownfromsmallcities.Washington,howeverwasplannedasthecapitalofagreatnation.ItwasdesignedbyaFrenchartistwhofirstmadeastudyofmanycapitalcitiesofEurope.Ingeneral,hisplanfollowedtheplanofthebeautifulFrenchcityofVersailles.WhenthenewcapitalwasbuiltAmericawasmadeupofstates.A.thirtyB.thirteenC.fiftyD.fifteenWashingtonD.C.isthenameof.A.anAmericanpresidentB.America'scapitalC.afamousriverD.abeautifulgardencityAccordingtothepassagewecanconcludethatAmerica'scapital.A.liesinthecenteronthecountryB.liesontheRiverPotomacC.wasbuiltbyFrenchworkersD.camefromasmallcityAccordingtothepassagewecaninferthatWashingtonD.C.isthecenterofAmerica'sA.politics,cultureandtravelingB.culture,travelingandsportsC.economy(經(jīng)濟(jì))，sportsandcultureD.politics,cultureandeconomy【答案與解析】本文主要講的是美國的首都WashingD.C的由來、在美國的地位及它的設(shè)計(jì)風(fēng)格。B。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段第2句Thethirteenstatesquarreledaboutthis可知答案為B。B。細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)第1段???wasgiventhenameDistriet(D.C),ThenewCapital?TtwasnamedafterGeorgeWashington及第2段WashingtonD.C,agovernmentcity…可知答案為B。B。纟田節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)第1段ThelandontheRiverPotomacwasgiventhenameDistrictofColumbia(D.C).ThenewCapitalwasbuiltonthenorthbankoftheriver可知此題答案為B。A。因?yàn)閃ashingtonD.C是美國的首都，所以它應(yīng)是美國的政治中心;再根據(jù)第2段中aimportantculturalcentreaswellasabigtouristcentre可知它也是美國的文化和旅游中心。所以答案為A。(3)CostofAmericanWarswarnamecostofthewarcostasapercentofannualGDPRevolutionaryWarUS$2.2billion(in2002dollars)63%Warof1812US$1.1billion13%MexicanWarUS$1.6billion3%CivilWarUS$62billion104%SpanishAmericanWarUS$9.6billion3%WorldWarIUS$190.6billion24%WorldWarIIUS$2.9trillion103%KoreanWarUS$335.9billion15%VietnamWarUS$494.3billion12%FirstGulfWarUS$76.1billion1%Whichwarscostmorethanayear'sworthoftheGDP?A.FirstGulfWarandWorldWarIB.TheCivilWarandWorldWarIIC.WorldWarIIandRevolutionaryWarD.MexicanWarandCivilWarTheAmericanannualgrossdomesticproductin1951was.A.2.239trillionB.2.9trillionC.3,25trillionD.76.1billionWhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A.MexicanWarcostmorethanWarof1812.FirstGulfWarcosttheleastintermofthepercentageoftheannualofGDP.WorldWarIIcostmorethanKoreanWar.D.MexicanWarcostasmuchmoneyasSpanishAmericanWar.【答案解析】本表格是美國歷次戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的開支情況統(tǒng)計(jì)。B。細(xì)節(jié)題。從表中可以看出美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)和第二次世界大