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1、嘉兴英语教学网www.jxenglish.com收集整理欢迎使用浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（1）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项.AWhereisitpossibletodrivefromRometoMoscow,Madrid,Paris,Vienna,andStockholmwithoutgoingtoEurope?TheanswerisinthestateofMaine!ThroughouttheUnitedStatestherearemanytownsandcitiesthathavebeennamedafte
2、rnotonlyEuropeancitiesbutothercountriesaswell,suchasChina,Poland,Norway,Sweden,andDenmark.JusthowmanyNewWorldplacenamesarerecycledfromtheOldWorldnameshasneverbeentallied,butoneresearcherfoundforty-oneLondons,fifty-sixBerlins,twenty-fourDublins,thirty-twoAthenses,andtwenty-sevenMoscows,amon
3、gothers!ReasonsforEuropeanplacenamesdiffer.Somewereinmemoryofsettlers’formerhomes,othersinhonorofhistoricevents.Foundedin1818byJohnCoffee,RobertBeaty,JohnD.Carroll,andJohnRead,AthensisoneoftheoldestincorporatedcitiesintheStateofAlabama.ThetownwasfirstcalledAthenson,andthenamewasthenshorten
4、edtoAthens,aftertheancientcityinGreece.Moreinterestingly,somenamesweregivenbymistake.Forinstance,thepeopleofMoscow,Kansas,wantedtotheircitytofollowthenameoftheexplorerMoscoso.TheyshortenedhisnametoMosco,andanofficialinWashington,thinkingtheKansanscouldn'tspell,addeda‘W’.1.Whichofthefollowi
5、ngistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.InthestateofMainetherearemanydifferentEuropeancities.B.YoucandrivetomanyEuropeancitiesfromthestateofMaine.C.AllthesettlersinthestateofMainecamefromEurope.D.ThestateofMainehasmanycitiesnamedafterEuropeancities.2.Theword“tallied”(Line4,Paragraph2)isclosestinme
6、aningto________.A.builtB.believedC.addedD.visited3.WhatmighthavemadetheofficialinWashingtonchangeMoscointoMoscow?A.Moscowwasaworld-famouscityname.B.HethoughtMoscosowouldpreferMoscow.C.HebelievedMoscowwasafarbettername.D.Hecouldn'tspellverywellandmadeamistake.4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis__
7、______.A.TheStoryofMoscow,KansasB.AmericanCitiesandTheirNamesC.InterestingNamesD.OldWorldPlaceNamesinAmericaBIliveinthelandofDisney,Hollywoodandyear-roundsun.Youmaythinkpeopleinsuchasplendid,fun-filledplacearehappierthanothers.Ifso,youhavesomemistakenideasabou
