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1、2019-2020年高考英语限时训练（26）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!ThroughouttheUnitedStatestherearemanytownsandcitiesthathavebeennamedafternotonlyEuropeancitiesbutothercou
2、ntriesaswell,suchasChina,Poland,Norway,Sweden,andDenmark.JusthowmanyNewWorldplacenamesarerecycledfromtheOldWorldnameshasneverbeentallied,butoneresearcherfoundforty-oneLondons,fifty-sixBerlins,twenty-fourDublins,thirty-twoAthenses,andtwenty-sevenMoscows,amongothers!ks**5uReasonsforEurop
3、eanplacenamesdiffer.Somewereinmemoryofsettlers’formerhomes,othersinhonorofhistoricevents.Foundedin1818byJohnCoffee,RobertBeaty,JohnD.Carroll,andJohnRead,AthensisoneoftheoldestincorporatedcitiesintheStateofAlabama.ThetownwasfirstcalledAthenson,andthenamewasthenshortenedtoAthens,afterthe
4、ancientcityinGreece.Moreinterestingly,somenamesweregivenbymistake.Forinstance,thepeopleofMoscow,Kansas,wantedtotheircitytofollowthenameoftheexplorerMoscoso.TheyshortenedhisnametoMosco,andanofficialinWashington,thinkingtheKansanscouldn'tspell,addeda‘W’.2.Theword“tallied”(Line4,Paragraph
5、2)isclosestinmeaningto________.A.builtB.believedC.addedD.visited3.WhatmighthavemadetheofficialinWashingtonchangeMoscointoMoscow?A.Moscowwasaworld-famouscityname.B.HethoughtMoscosowouldpreferMoscow.C.HebelievedMoscowwasafarbettername.D.Hecouldn'tspellverywellandmadeamistake.4.Thebesttit
6、leforthepassageis________.A.TheStoryofMoscow,KansasB.AmericanCitiesandTheirNamesC.InterestingNamesD.OldWorldPlaceNamesinAmericaBIliveinthelandofDisney,Hollywoodandyear-roundsun.Youmaythinkpeopleinsuchasplendid,fun-filledplacearehappierthanothers.Ifso,youhavesomemistakenideasaboutthenat
7、ureofhappiness. Manyintelligentpeoplestillequatehappinesswithfun.Thetruthisthatfunandhappinesshavelittleornothinginmon.Funiswhatweexperienceduringanact.Happinessiswhatweexperienceafteranact.Itisadeeper,morelastingemotion. Goingtoanamusementparkorballgame,watchingamovieortelevision,
