Judging from the passage, the author ______.
A．suggests that New Castle is fortunate
B．wonders at Wilmington's prosperity
C．regrets that the two places should have become so different
D．thinks that Wilmington should not tear down old houses
第1题：
During the first half of the seventeenth century, when the nations of Europe were quarreling over who owned the New World, the Dutch and the Swedes founded competing villages ten miles apart on the Delaware River. Not long afterward, the English took over both places and gave them new names, New Castle and Wilmington.
For a century and a half the two villages grew rapidly, but gradually Wilmington gained all the advantages. It was a little closer to Philadelphia, so when new textile mills opened, they opened in Wilmington, not in New Castle. There was plenty of water power from rivers and creeks at Wilmington, so when young Irenee DuPont chose a place for his gunpowder mill, it was Wilmington he chose, not New Castle. Wilmington became a town and then a city —a rather important city, much the largest in Delaware. And New Castle, bypassed by the highways and waterways that made Wilmington prosperous, slept ten miles south on the Delaware River. No two villages with such similar pasts could have gone such separate ways. Today no two pieces could be more different.
Wilmington, with its expressways and parking lots and all its other concrete ribbons and badges, is a tired old veteran of the industrial wars and wears a vacant stare. Block after city block where people used to live and shop is broken and empty.
New Castle never had to make way for progress and therefore never had any reason to tear down its seventeenth-and eighteenth-century houses. So they are still here, standing in tasteful rows under ancient elms around the original town green. New Castle is still an agreeable place to live. The pretty buildings of its quiet past make a serene setting for the lives of 4,800 people. New Castle may be America's loveliest town, but it is not an important town at all. Progress passed it by.
Poor New Castle.
Lucky Wilmington.
Which is the major factor that made the difference between Wilmington and New Castle?
A．Convenience for traffic.
B．The Delaware River.
C．The investment of Irenee DuPont.
D．The textiles mills.
第2题：
I bought a new house last year, but I_________ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.
A． didn't sell
B． have not sold
C． had not sold
D． don't sell
第3题：
The author of this passage intends to tell us ________.
(A) the important role IT managers play
(B) the advantages IT managers should have
(C) the qualifications IT managers possess
(D) the high salaries IT managers earn
第4题：
The sentence" We have people. . . down the road" ( Line 4, Paragraph 2)probably means
[ A] we have people calling us for parking space two years ahead of time.
[ B] people called us for permission to use the places two years ago.
[ C] we received calls from people down the road two years ago.
[D] people called us for school vacancies two years in advance.
第5题：
Judging from the fact that the other scouts haven't arrived, they__________ the bus.
A． might miss
B． could miss
C． must have missed
D． should have missed
第6题：
What is Wilmington like now?
A．It's a prosperous city.
B．It has many veterans of war.
C．Its pretty buildings have been torn down.
D．It is no longer an agreeable place.
第7题：
The text suggests that in the future we _______.
A. may have to fight against more new diseases
B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs
C. should not be allowed to have pets
D. should stop buying pets from Africa
第8题：
A、torn
B、tear
C、hit
D、fell
第9题：
From the passage, how many places have the name Valencia?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
第10题：
Which of the following statements can best summarize the author's view in the passage?( )
A．The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation of the country．
B．Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage．
C．In order to secure their mamage women should work outside the home and remain independent．
D．The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case．