Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity-Period-One-Warming-Up精练.docx

ThereareagreatmanyfamouscitiesintheUSA，oneofwhichisthecityofBoston.BostonisoneoftheoldestAmericancities，witharicheconomicandsocialhistory.
Duringthe1980s，Bostongainedfameforitshightechnology，aswellasagoodplacetodevelopbusiness.Inrecentyears，manysourceshaverankedBostonamongthebestlargecitiesinwhichtoliveintheUS.FogiscausedbyBoston’sclosenesstowater.Rainisfrequentinspringandsummer，whilesnowfallsregularlyinwinter，makingBostononeofthenation’swettestcities.Thecityexperiencedabooming(迅速发展的)periodaroundthemid-1800s，helpedbytheinventionoftherailroad.Amongthenewindustrieswasthemakingofshoesandotherleathergoodswhichuntilrecentlyisamainstay(支柱)oftheBostoneconomy.Boston’spopulationremainedlargelyEnglishmenuntilthemid-1800s，whenthefirstwavesofEuropeanimmigrants(移民)begantoarrive.
Bostonians’breakfastsaremostlyeggs.Ontheweekends，peoplefromteninthemorningtothreeintheafternoonusuallygotosomegoodcafestohavebrunch(brunch＝breakfast＋lunch)，sotheycancutoffthebreakfast.Sometimestheywillalsohavewine.InBoston，CoffeeShopsareopen24hours，supplyingyouwithdeliciousfoods，anditalsohascheappricesbutverygoodtastingkidsmeals.Ifyou’reinBoston，youwillhavetotastethefreshseafood.Ateverycafe/restaurant，youareabletoenjoyyourmeal，andalsoitcanbeevenbetterthaneatingathome.TheBostonMarathonistheworld’soldestannualmarathonandtheBostonAthleticAssociationmanagesthisAmericanclassic.
阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)
1．ThepeoplelivinginBostonareallfromEurope.(F)
2．BostonisoneofthewettestandoldestcitiesintheUSA.(T)
PeriodOneWarmingUp&Reading—Pre-reading

匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思
[第一组]
1．distinct A．苦难；困苦
2．means B．选择；决定做某事；选举某人
3．majority C．手段；方法
4．hardship D．清晰的；明显的；明确的
5．elect E．大多数；大半
答案1.D2.C3.E4.A5.B
[第二组]
6．federal A．人种的；种族的
7．percentage B．联邦制的；联邦政府的
8．boom C．飞行器；航空器；飞机
9．aircraft D．(人口、贸易的)繁荣
10．racial E．百分比；百分率
答案6.B7.E8.D9.C10.A

eq\x(Step1Fast-reading)
Ⅰ.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?
A．ThepopulationofCalifornia.
B．VariouspeopleinCalifornia.
C．WhyCaliforniaisthemostmulticulturalstate.
D．ThelanguagespokenbyCalifornians.
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