New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. Most Americans live in much smaller cities and towns, but almost 8million people live in New York City. Why did so many people come to live in one place?
A look at the city shows us that New York City has a good port（商埠）. The Dutch(荷兰) settlers (new comers) , wanted to use it for business. In 1626, the Dutch paid the Indians twenty-four dollars for the island of Manhattan. Its Dutch name was New Amsterdam. Then the British took the land in 1664 and changed its name to New York.
小题1:Which of the following is the biggest city in the United States?
A．New York
B．Washington
C．New Amsterdam
D．Chicago小题2:More and more people from different countries in the world come into New York because _______.
A．New York has the largest population in the United States.
B．New York is as beautiful as a picture.
C．New York is a developing city.
D．they think it is a good place for business.小题3:The underlined word “ took” in Paragraph means ________ in Chinese.
A．花费
B．耕耘
C．占领
D．测量小题4:The United States became an independent country in ________.
A．the sixteenth century
B．the seventeenth century
C．the eighteenth century
D．the nineteenth century小题5:From the passage, we can know _________.
A．much about Dutch
B．how the Dutch took New Amsterdam
C．some of the history of New York
D．how the people from different countries come to the USA
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:C
题目分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了美国最大城市——纽约的历史。它最初是荷兰人用２４美元从印第安人手里买下曼哈顿岛，后来英国人占领了这个岛屿，改名为纽约。在美国独立后，曾是美国首都，后来由于人口拥挤，迁都到华盛顿。
小题1:细节理解题。根据第一段New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. 描述，可知纽约是美国最大的城市。故选A。
小题2:段落大意题。阅读短文第二段可知，纽约是一个很好的商埠，很多人来这里是为了经商。故选D。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据下文changed its name to New York.描述，可知此处指的是，英国人占领了新阿姆斯特丹。故选C。
小题4:根据短文最后一段The Untied States became an independent（独立的）country in 1783. 描述，可知美国在18世纪成为一个独立国家。故选C。
小题5:主旨大意题。阅读短文可知，本文主要讲述了美国的最大城市纽约的历史，故选C，我们可以从本文了解一些美国历史。