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New York is the most exciting city in the United States. It is not only the center of commerce and business for the United States, but also one of the three “world cities”. Together with London and Tokyo, it controls the world’s finance. There are many high-rise business buildings in this city. People call them skyscrapers. The tallest skyscraper was the World Trade Center. It had 110 floors. Sadly, this building was destroyed（被摧毀）by the terrorist attack on Sep. 11, 2001, and yet, the glory and image of it still remain vividly（生動地）in the memory of the world people. The Empire State Building is not as tall as the World Trade Center, but it is the tallest building in New York City now. It has 102 floors. The skyscrapers in New York City are world-famous for their grandeur and their beautiful architecture（建筑）. Every year millions of people come to visit them.

1.What kind of city is New York? It is___________.

A. the biggest city B. the most beautiful city

C. the most exciting city D. the hottest city

2.Why is New York very important? Because __________.

A. it’s in the middle B. it controls the world’s finance

C. it controls the world’s banks D. it has many people

3.How do people call those high-rise buildings? They call them __________.

A. skycrapers B. skyscrapers C. skys D. scrapers

4.How many floors did the World Trade Center have? It had _________.

A. 112 B. 92 C. 102 D. 110

5.What is the Empire State Building famous for? It is _________.

A. the tallest B. beautiful and majestic C. the greatest D. the oldest

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.B 【解析】紐約是美國最令人興奮的城市。它不僅是美國商業(yè)和貿(mào)易的中心，也是三個“世界城市”之一。與倫敦和東京一起，它控制著世界的金融。這個城市有許多高層商業(yè)建筑。人們稱之為摩天樓。紐約的摩天大樓以其宏偉壯麗和優(yōu)美的建筑聞名于世。每年都有數(shù)百萬人前來參觀。 1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文開頭的句子“New York is the mo...

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