1. What is said about the New York City?
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A) It is a good place for traffic. ; J6 K8 G8 J; e9 ]1 f5 l
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B) It is a good place for vacation.
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2 w- D: q3 f+ s6 F' O3 | C) It is a good place for planting apple trees. . D# D) m2 G! ~+ m0 O( M- b/ K2 \
1 l" s; ?* n: l, D D) It is a good place for building skyscrapers.
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4 K/ Y9 }; N7 K: y, D" W 2. What is the geography of the New York City?
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A) It includes five boroughs, with Queen as the center island.
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B) It includes five boroughs, with Bronx in the center.
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C) It includes five boroughs, with Brooklyn as the centre island.
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* n' X. }9 ~$ c# P7 l 3. The best way to understand the geography of Manhattan is by means of .
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A) the Hudson River and the East River 3 B( q' g7 W" ^
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B) the New York city’s transportation * l& A3 w. \& i4 |" `( s
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D) the New York city’s street arrangement ' t% N6 L, N# k9 T
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A) There are twelve avenues and two hundred and twenty streets in Manhattan.
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! w. t6 a- p [! t B) There are eleven avenues and two hundred and twenty streets in Manhattan.
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C) There are twelve avenues and two hundred streets in Manhattan. ) _7 ^7 q1 d& [: h$ f
7 Q( J3 g& }/ ]+ W D) There are eleven avenues and two hundred streets in Manhattan.
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5. The addresses in New York City are arranged in an order of .
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A) the avenue number and then the street number " y: `4 i4 d$ H0 O0 c5 s9 B
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C) the street number and then the building number - ^6 X& `& f: G6 z
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D) the avenue number and then the building number
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; @9 z z/ M/ Q; G" `8 b8 P9 j4 k 6. According to one explanation, New York began to be called "the Big Apple" in the 1930s and 40s by . $ k) f3 k+ W: f) W# ^
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B) opera musicians , T* D6 p/ T' _$ {
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0 m7 s1 |! u/ d# Y 7. Certain legend accounts that, in 1626, a Dutchman bought the island of Manhattan with goods worth of .
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A) 60 guilders
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8 m [+ L) ]* w; K C)60 dollars
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D)20 dollars ) ?. B5 `: v X; _" I1 L
* F5 Z1 y( E" Z. k 8. From the 19th century immigrants have been coming in from various parts of the world, which is why New York is referred to as __________.
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# b7 t) C9 d8 ~% G# ? 9. Many people are familiar with Times Square, perhaps because it appears on TV every __________.
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6 e3 ^* V+ c$ a( _' l' q$ \ 10. To most people’s surprise New York boasts a place where they can relax and enjoy meadows, trees and water bodies, which is __________. |