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一 阅读短文，根据所读内容在表中的空格处填上适当的单词或短语， 每空不超过3个单词。 Most Americans have a city they like best. Over the years, American songwriters have described these feelings in music. More songs have been written about America's biggest city, New York, than about any other city. Many others dream about leaving their small towns to go there. They want to become rich and famous. Frank Sinatra sings about this dream in the most popular song written about New York. Almost three-million people live in the middle western city of Chicago, Illinois. It is now America's third largest city. It used to be the second largest city. So, of course, it needed its own song. Judy Garland sings the song, Chicago, Chicago. One of America's most exciting cities is Las Vegas, Nevada. In nineteen-sixty-four, Elvis Presley starred in a movie called Viva Las Vegas. Here is the song from that movie. It is sung by the group Z-Z Top. As we all know, one of the most beautiful cities in America is San Francisco, California. The most popular song about the city is called I Left My Heart in San Francisco. Tony Bennett recorded it in nineteen-sixty-two. It sold more than three-million records. Many people love Los Angeles, California. It is now America's second largest city. Los Angeles is popular because the weather is warm and the sun shines almost all the time. Randy Newman sings about his feelings for the city in the song, I Love L.A. Not everyone, however, loves Los Angeles. Some people do not like all the big roads around the city. They like living in a smaller place. A place like San Jose, California. Dionne Warwick sings about going back to this city. The song is, Do You Know The Way To San Jose.
Songs about American Cities States 76.__________ Features Songs Songwriters/ Band New York America's biggest city A song about New York 78.____________ Illinois Chicago, 79. America's ____________ city Chicago, Chicago Judy Garland
77.________ 80._________ America's second largest city 81._________ Randy Newman
San Francisco
82.___________ I Left My Heart in San Francisco. 83.____________
84.________ small Do You Know The Way To San Jose Dionne Warwick
Nevada Las Vegas exciting A song from Viva Las Vegas. 85. the group ___________
76. Cities 77. California 78. Frank Sinatra 79. third largest. 80. Los Angeles 81. I Love L.A” 82. beautiful 83. Tony Bennett 84. San Jose 85. Z-Z Top
二 Throw me something. Mister! Throw me something, Mister! Thousands of people are waiting for the parade to pass them by and for someone to throw them a cup, some beads, or some candy. Welcome to New Orleans, USA. Welcome to Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is a holiday celebrated in the South of the U. S. The name of the festival, Mardi Gras, is French and means Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras is celebrated on a Tuesday between February 3 and March 9, always 47 days before Easter Sunday. During Mardi Gras, peo¬ple like to dress up in colorful and unusual costumes, and of course, watch parades in the streets. The official colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green and gold. Mardi Gras is cele¬brated for two weeks before Fat Tuesday and people from all over the world come to watch the festival.
Fill in each blank with ONLY one word in the following chart with the information a¬bove-mentioned: Question: Facts Inference Mardi Gras is the name of the 1 _____________________. Here Mister is the man in charge of giving out 6 ________________. . Mardi Gras falls on 2________________. . Mardi Gras probably originates from 7 ______________________. Mardi Gras is 3 __________________in the South of USA. Some ancestors of the parades were probably 8 _____________________. People usually dress up in colorful and unusual 4 _______________________. The official colors are based on 9 __________________ customs The formal colors of Mardi Gras are 5 ____________________, green and gold. Fat Tuesday means people can enjoy themselves with big 10 _________________.
三 Tourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire. But when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped. In the early 17th century, the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice in Italy. Their tours lasted for two or four years and the tourist stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich. In the 18th century tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to “take the wasters”. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns. In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820’s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays by sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier. Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries. The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket process dropped and more people used them.
1._________ Main Tourists Places 8._______________ 2._________ 4.__________ in Roman empire to visit friends and family 17th century rich young people 6.___________ 9.______________ 3._________ people in the UK some towns 10. _____________ 19th century 5.____________ 7.____________ enjoy the beauty of nature 20th century ordinary people faraway counties not mentioned
1. Time 2. Roman times 3. 18th century 4. rich Romans 5. ordinary
