More than 2,000 years ago, the brave and hardworking people of Eurasia explored and opened up several routes of trade and
When Chinese President Xi Jinping
Trade and c
3 . What happens when you want to go from one place to another, but there's water in the way?That's the problem people faced for hundreds of years in the area that is now New York City. In the city, there is a natural canal called the Narrows, separating Brooklyn on one side from Staten Island on the other.
But the Narrows isn't really so narrow. The water is almost a mile wide, and it's more than 100 feet deep.
By the late 1800s, circumstances had changed dramatically. Population growth meant there were now many people needing to travel between Staten Island and Brooklyn for work.
Between 1888 and 1920 there were two major efforts to build a train tunnel to connect the areas.
Finally, after World War II, there were so many people living in New York City that leaders decided Brooklyn and Staten Island needed a direct connection. Since tunnels were too expensive, they decided to build a bridge. The design selected had two separate roadways stacked on top of each other.
A.Sometimes getting from one place to another is easy. |
B.Both were quickly abandoned however due to the high costs involved. |
C.Neither road was large enough to satisfy the existing transport demands. |
D.It was anticipated that the new train system would help the areas grow even faster. |
E.Taking a boat every time was very slow, expensive and, in bad weather, unreliable. |
F.Both would hang in the air from thick steel cables, supported by two giant steel towers. |
G.For a long time that wasn't a problem, because only a few people lived in Brooklyn and Staten Island. |
Woodblock printing first appeared in the early Tang period. During the Song dynasty, the technique of block printing was very advanced. Books were
However, block printing
The technique of printing was gradually known to other Asian countries and Europe. The great influence printing had
1812-During the War of 1812, British forces (军队) burned the new capital at Washington, D.C. They also attacked Baltimore and New Orleans and captured (占领) Detroit, which at the time was a remote military outpost (前哨基地).
1846-A brief invasion (入侵) by Mexican troops across the Rio Gande began the U. S. - Mexican War in 1846. But the remaining action in that conflict (冲突) occurred in California, New Mexico and in Mexico. California and New Mexico belonged to Mexico at the time.
1916 - Mexican revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa attacked the town of Columbus, N.M., on March 9, 1916.
1941-Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, killing nearly 2,400 people and forcing America into World War II.
1993-Terrorists (恐怖主义者) blew up a truck bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center in February 1993, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.
2001 - Terrorists hijacked(劫机) several planes on Sep.11, 2001. Two ploughed into (撞入) New York’s World Trade Center (WTC), toppling the two highest buildings in the city; a third seriously damaged the Pentagon (五角大楼). The fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. Several thousand people were killed in the attacks.
1. During the War of 1812, British forces did the following except that _____.
A.they captured Detroit |
B.they attacked Baltimore and New Orleans |
C.they attacked the town of Columbus, N.M. |
D.they burned the new capital at Washington, D.C. |
A.terrorists hijacked three planes |
B.destroyed the Pentagon completely |
C.killed six people and injured more than 1,000 |
D.two planes knocked into New York’s World Trade Center |
A.reaching the highest point of | B.causing to fall |
C.knocking into | D.building |
A.5 | B.6 | C.7 | D.8 |