TheErieCanalwasthefirstimportantnationalwaterwaybuiltintheUS.ItcrossedNewYorkfromBuffaloonLakeErieTroytoAlbanyontheHudsonRiver.ItjoinedtheGreatLakeswiththeAtlanticOcean.Thecanalservedasaroute|小学英语问答-掌乐学问答网

TheErieCanalwasthefirstimportantnationalwaterwaybuiltintheUS.ItcrossedNewYorkfromBuffaloonLakeErieTroytoAlbanyontheHudsonRiver.ItjoinedtheGreatLakeswiththeAtlanticOcean.Thecanalservedasaroute

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TheErieCanalwasthefirstimportantnationalwaterwaybuiltintheUS.ItcrossedNewYorkfromBuffaloonLakeErieTroytoAlbanyontheHudsonRiver.ItjoinedtheGreatLakeswiththeAtlanticOcean.Thecanalservedasarouteoverwhichindustrialgoodscouldflowintothewestandmaterialscouldpourintotheeast.TheErieCanalhelpedNewYorkdevelopintothenation'slargestcity.

ThebuildingofthecanalwaspaidforentirelybythestateofNewYork.Itcost$7143789butitsoongaineditspricemanytimesover.Between1825whenthecanalwasopenedand1882whentollchargeswerestoppedthestatecollected$121461891.

ForahundredyearsbeforetheEriewasbuiltpeoplehadbeentalkingaboutacanalwhichcouldjointheGreatLakesandtheAtlanticOcean.ThemanwhoplannedtheErieCanalandcarriedtheplanthroughwasDeWittClinton.Thosewhowereagainstthecanallaughinglycalledit“Clinton'sDitch”.Clintontalkedandwroteaboutthecanalanddrewupplansforit.HeandGovernorMorriswenttoWashingtonin1812toaskforhelpforthecanalbuttheywereunsuccessful.

ClintonbecamegovernorofNewYorkin1817andshortlyafterwardsonJuly41817brokegroundforthecanalinRomeN.Y.Thefirstpartofthecanalwas40feetwideand4feetdeep.Between1836and1862theErieCanalwasenlargedtoadepthof7feet.In1903athirdcanalwasbegunknownastheBargeCanal.Completedin1918itusedanewrouteinmanyplaces.Itis12to14feetdeep120to200feetwideand363mileslongfromAlbanytoBuffalo.TheErieCanaltodayisusedlargelybyrecreationalboats.

1．WhichofthefollowingpicturetellstherightpositionoftheErieCanal?

(H=HudsonRiver;E=ErieCanal;A=Albany;B=Buffalo)

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2．Itcanbeinferredthat________intotheAtlanticOcean.

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A．theGreatLakesflow

B．TheHudsonRiverflows

C．LakeErieflows

D．theErieCanalflows

3．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?

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A．TheEricCanalisnowusedmainlyfortourismratherthanfortransport.

B．It's363milesfromtheGreatLakestotheAtlanticOcean.

C．TheWestwasmoreadvancedthantheEastwhenthecanalwasbuilt.

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　　答案：B;B;A;C 　　解析：　　1．这是一道识图解意题。根据首段中HudsonRiver流向向南，所以答案只能在B、C中选一个，伊利运河是连接东西部的运河，并且流入HudsonRiver之后，最后汇入大西洋，根据地理常识，大西洋在美国东部，所以只有B项正确。2．这是一道推理判断题。由首段中BuffaloonLakeErieTtoytoAlbanyontheHudsonRiver．ItjoinedtheGreatLakeswiththeAtlanticOcean。可以看出，伊利运河是把东部的HudsonRiver和西部的LakeErie连接起来，后者属于GreatLakes，因此流入大西洋的是HudsonRiver（哈得逊河）。3．这是一道正误辨认题。A项与短文未句TheErieCanaltodayisusedlargelybyrecreationalboats．意思基本一致。根据末段，B项中的363miles是Albany到Buffalo的距离，因此B项错误。C项与首段Thecanalservedas…一句意思不一致，而且根据常识美国开发西部的原因是西部不发达，所以该项错误。D项4times应为3times，因为根据末段运河早期深度为4feet，第三次扩建后的深度是12～14feet，所以应为3倍多。4．这是一道计算推理题。本小题的四个选项都需要计算，而且结果都正确，但C项混淆了纽约州和纽约市，因此错误，后者只是前者的一个城市。