高考英语阅读训练074

高考英语阅读训练（074）

Shanghai is the largest city in China．About eleven million people make their homes in Shanghai and its suburbs（郊区）．This enormous（巨大的)city spreads out along the banks of the Huang Pu River, which flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River about fourteen miles north of here．Large oceangoing ships travel to Shanghai by way of the Yanggze and the Huang Pu．

Shanghai was a small, unimportant city until 1842 when China lost a war with Great Britain．The British realized that Shanghai was in an excellent location（位置） to serve as a seaport for the densely（密集） populated Yangtze River Plain．They forced the Chinese to allow English traders to settle on the wastelands outside the city walls．Later, French, American, and Japanese traders also came to Shanghai．The foreigners built whole new sections of Shanghai, including homes, stores, factories, and office buildings．Thousands of Chinese poured into Shanghai in search of jobs．Most of them settled in the old part of the city．As time passed, shanghai became one of the busiest seaports in the world．

1．According to the article, the population inside the city of Shanghai is ______

A．eleven million B．less than eleven million

C．more than eleven million D．about eleven million

2．The Huang Pu River is connected with ______ at a spot about fourteen miles ______ of the city．

A．the Yangtze……north

B．the city…north

C．the mouth of Huang Pu River…north

D．Yangtze River…south

3．Before 1842, the Yangtze River Plain was ______．

A．very developed

B．densely p

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