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【題目】

Over the years, the term Wall Street has come to represent the world of high finance, but it’s also just a street! And before that, it was actually a wall--hence the name. The wall used to protect New Yorkers from attacks by Native American Indians. But eventually, the English knocked the wall down. There are a number of important landmarks on Wall Street. Here are a few of them.
	TRINITY CHURCH Trinity Church is located at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway. The original church was destroyed in the Great New York City fire of 1776. The current church was built in 1846. These days, Trinity Church has several choirs, and offers free classical and contemporary music concerts.
	FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL Federal Hall was built in 1700 as New York’s City Hall. Later, it became the first capitol building of the United States of America. It was the place where George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States in 1789, and it is also where the United States Bill of Rights was drafted. These days, the building is run by the National Park Service as a museum commemorating the historic events.
	THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE The New York Stock Exchange is a neo-classical building located at 11 Wall Street. It is the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. You can visit the building and watch from the third floor as traders buy and sell shares from companies around the world.
	BANKERS TRUST COMPANY BUILDING At 14 Wall Street you can find the Bankers Trust Company Building. It’s a 227-metre skyscraper that occupies an entire block. The building was originally the headquarters of Bankers Trust. These days, it serves as the American headquarters of Deutsche Bank.

【1】How did Wall Street acquire its name?

A.Local New Yorkers named it after a certain man.

B.Some Native American Indians gave it the name.

C.The street got its name due to the original architecture there.

D.The English adopted the name in memory of the original wall.

【2】Among the important landmarks, which used to stage certain political events?

A.Trinity Church.

B.Federal Hall National Memorial.

C.The New York Stock Exchange.

D.Bankers Trust Company Building.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了華爾街的一些地標建筑。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中Over the years, the term Wall Street has come to represent the world of high finance, but it’s also just a street! And before that, it was actually a wall--hence the name.（多年來，華爾街這個詞已經(jīng)代表了高端金融的世界，但它也只是一條街！在那之前，它實際上是一堵墻——因此得名）。由此可知，華爾街是因其原有的建筑而得名。結(jié)合選項，故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL中Federal Hall was built in 1700 as New York’s City Hall. Later, it became the first capitol building of the United States of America. It was the place where George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States in 1789, and it is also where the United States Bill of Rights was drafted. These days, the building is run by the National Park Service as a museum commemorating the historic events.（聯(lián)邦大廳建于1700年，當時是紐約的市政廳。后來，它成為美利堅合眾國的第一座國會大廈。這里是1789年喬治·華盛頓就任美國第一任總統(tǒng)的地方，也是《美國人權(quán)法案》起草的地方。如今，這座建筑由國家公園管理局(National Park Service)管理，是一座紀念歷史事件的博物館。）由此可知推斷出， Federal Hall National Memorial曾經(jīng)是某些政治事件的舞臺。結(jié)合選項，故選B。