首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In the 18th century, New York was smaller than Philadelphia and Boston. Today it is the largest city in America. How to explain
In the 18th century, New York was smaller than Philadelphia and Boston. Today it is the largest city in America. How to explain
admin
2010-06-30
68
问题
In the 18th century, New York was smaller than Philadelphia and Boston. Today it is the largest city in America. How to explain the change in its size and importance?
To answer this question we must consider certain facts about geography, history and economies. Together these three will explain the huge growth of America’s most famous city.
The map of the Northeast shows that four of the most heavily-populated areas in this region are around seaports. At these points materials from across the sea enter America, and the products of the land are sent there for export across the sea.
Economists know that places where transportation lines meet are good places for making raw materials into completed goods. That is why seaports often have cities nearby. But cities like New York needed more than their geographical location in order to become great industrial centers. Their development did not happen simply by chance.
About 1815,when many Americans from the east coast had already moved to the west, trade mutes from the ports to the central regions of the country began to be a serious problem. The slow wagons of that time, drown by horses or oxen, were too expensive for moving heavy freight very far. Americans had long admired Europe’s canals. In New York State a canal seemed the best solution to the transportation problem. From the eastern end of Lake Erie all the way across the state to the Hudson River there is a long trip of low land. Here the Erie Canal was constructed. After working for several years it was completed in 1825.
The canal produced an immediate effect. Freight costs were cut to about one-tenth of what they had been. New York City, which had been smaller than Philadelphia and Boston, quickly became the leading city of the coast. In later years, transportation routes on the Great Lakes were joined to routes on the Mississippi River. Then New York City became the end point of a great inland shipping system that extended from the Atlantic Ocean far up to the western branches of the Mississippi.
The new railroads made canal shipping not as important as before, but it tied New York even more closely to the central regions of the country. It was easier for people in the central states to ship their goods to New York for export overseas.
Exports from New York were greater than imports. Consequently, shipping companies were eager to fill their ships with passengers on the return trip from Europe. Passengers could come from Europe very cheaply as a result.
Thus New York became the greatest port for receiving people from European countries. Many of them remained in the city. Others stayed in New York for a few weeks, months or years, and then moved to other parts of the United States. For these great numbers of new Americans, New York had to provide homes, goods and services. Their labor helped the city become great.
Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
选项
A、The Development of Transportation in New York.
B、Exports and Imports of New York.
C、How New York Became America’s Largest City?
D、How New York Exchanged with Europe?
答案
C
解析
由第一段 Today it is the largest cay in America.How to explain the change in its size and importance可知,全文都在解释纽约是怎样变成美国第一大城市的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/2GJd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
WhatcanbesaidaboutthereportbytheNationalAcademyofSciences?
Theaveragepersonseestensofthousandsofimagesaday—imagesontelevision,innewspapersandmagazines,andonthesidesof
YouwillhearatalkaboutFrenchelementaryschools.Asyoulisten,answerQuestions1to10bycirclingTRUEorFALSE.Youwil
Manypeoplethinkthatnowadayspeoplearebeingsubjectedtomoreandmorepressureintheirwork,andthusarehavinglessan
Inpopulardiscussionsofemissions-rightstradingsystems,itiscommontomistakethesmokestacksforthetrees.Forexample,
Youhavereadanarticleinamagazinewhichstates,"Withtheever-increasinghousepricesinbigmetropolises,itisbetterf
Theaveragepersonseestensofthousandsofimagesaday—imagesontelevision,innewspapersandmagazines,andonthesidesof
Hawaii,theneweststateintheUnitedStates,isa【C1】______ofeightlargeislandsandmanysmall【C2】______intheCentral
Insomecountries,societalandfamilialtreatmentoftheelderlyusuallyreflectsagreatdegreeofindependenceandindividual
随机试题
A.Osier吉节B.Negri小体C.Aschoff小体D.环形红斑E.McCallum斑风湿性心内膜炎可有
在土方工程施工中,若采用观察法验槽,则其重点不应选择在()。
施工图预算是______阶段确定建设工程项目造价的依据。()
因铁路、公路、水上、航空事故请求损害赔偿提起的诉讼,由运输始发地、目的地、纠纷发生地或被告住所地人民法院管辖。()
初一语文课上,李老师正情绪激昂地带领学生学习毛泽东的《沁园春.雪》,大家都很投入。这时李老师无意中发现王明正对着语文课本傻笑。李老师走到王明身边才发现他正在偷偷玩手机。李老师非常生气,当即没收了王明的手机,并对他说:“看你以后还认不认真听讲!”李老师的做法
规范
一本书内有3篇文章,第一篇的页数分别是第二篇页数和第三篇页数的2倍和3倍.已知第3篇比第2篇少10页,则这本书共有().
(2004年试题,三(7))设z=f(x2-y2,exy,其中f具有连续二阶偏导数,求
下列关于派生类构造函数和析构函数的说法中,错误的是()。
AboutHomeownershipinAmericaIsthereahousing(住房供给)crisisinAmerica?Orarewesimplyinneedofadjustingasystemtha
最新回复
(
0
)